Ian Nicholson FRSA
@idgnicholson.bsky.social
Director and now writer. Recognised in #TheStage100 2021. Dad. Loves board games and TTRPGs. Exploring play and game design.
https://bio.site/iandgnicholson
https://bio.site/iandgnicholson
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
Hail Pan!
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hail Pan!
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Shinybright goblin for @idgnicholson.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shinybright goblin for @idgnicholson.bsky.social
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
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We need to make thinking and imagination FUN again because it bloody IS.
Find a way to make bad music with pots, craft a surprise party for your parents, come up with all the steps to put a cardboard fort in your friend's garden, and before you know it, you can tackle ANYTHING
ART IS LIVING
🧵
Find a way to make bad music with pots, craft a surprise party for your parents, come up with all the steps to put a cardboard fort in your friend's garden, and before you know it, you can tackle ANYTHING
ART IS LIVING
🧵
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We need to make thinking and imagination FUN again because it bloody IS.
Find a way to make bad music with pots, craft a surprise party for your parents, come up with all the steps to put a cardboard fort in your friend's garden, and before you know it, you can tackle ANYTHING
ART IS LIVING
🧵
Find a way to make bad music with pots, craft a surprise party for your parents, come up with all the steps to put a cardboard fort in your friend's garden, and before you know it, you can tackle ANYTHING
ART IS LIVING
🧵
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playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
playing Nick's reaction to finding out Alan was a traitor to myself for the rest of the night. #CelebrityTraitors
He literally laughed when he had to say he was a Faithful. *How* did Alan Carr win?!
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
He literally laughed when he had to say he was a Faithful. *How* did Alan Carr win?!
#celebritytraitors
#celebritytraitors
NICK NOOOOOOOOOO #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
NICK NOOOOOOOOOO #celebritytraitors
Saw @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein. Loved Caravaggio lighting, Catholic reliquary imagery particularly in the Monster's creation, spectacular use of colour, and Kate Hawley's costume design which will definitely influence everything soon. This film is a thick juicy steak for cinematic anemia.
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Saw @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein. Loved Caravaggio lighting, Catholic reliquary imagery particularly in the Monster's creation, spectacular use of colour, and Kate Hawley's costume design which will definitely influence everything soon. This film is a thick juicy steak for cinematic anemia.
Probability wise, they should have least caught one traitor by blind luck.
I think they are statistically the worst Faithful group there has ever been.
#CelebrityTraitors
I think they are statistically the worst Faithful group there has ever been.
#CelebrityTraitors
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Probability wise, they should have least caught one traitor by blind luck.
I think they are statistically the worst Faithful group there has ever been.
#CelebrityTraitors
I think they are statistically the worst Faithful group there has ever been.
#CelebrityTraitors
An absolutely outstanding conversation between @timclare.bsky.social & Irving Finkel tonight at Canterbury Festival.
Loved the theory of "deep pointlessness" of games, Tim's recommendation of Magical Athlete (already on the Christmas list) and discovering so many ways to play German infrastructure.
Loved the theory of "deep pointlessness" of games, Tim's recommendation of Magical Athlete (already on the Christmas list) and discovering so many ways to play German infrastructure.
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An absolutely outstanding conversation between @timclare.bsky.social & Irving Finkel tonight at Canterbury Festival.
Loved the theory of "deep pointlessness" of games, Tim's recommendation of Magical Athlete (already on the Christmas list) and discovering so many ways to play German infrastructure.
Loved the theory of "deep pointlessness" of games, Tim's recommendation of Magical Athlete (already on the Christmas list) and discovering so many ways to play German infrastructure.
And another British cultural icon: '99 ice creams and ice cream vans are because of post-Napoleonic Italian immigrants.
fish & chips is Jewish street food. it's well-documented Victorian Jewish immigrants started selling it.
I well remember my grandmother doing a big batch of 'fried fish' in matzo meal every Friday to eat cold for Shabbes lunch. I'm willing to bet 'white English' people don't have that memory.
I well remember my grandmother doing a big batch of 'fried fish' in matzo meal every Friday to eat cold for Shabbes lunch. I'm willing to bet 'white English' people don't have that memory.
(The chicken tikka masala thing is backed up by opinion poll after opinion poll. I suspect its popularity might be slipping a bit largely because lots of people’s taste in curries is no longer quite so basic.)
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And another British cultural icon: '99 ice creams and ice cream vans are because of post-Napoleonic Italian immigrants.
Stephen Fry proposes something completely ingenious and never done before on Traitors... as is ignored completely, which is very in keeping with the Traitors. #CelebrityTraitors
October 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Stephen Fry proposes something completely ingenious and never done before on Traitors... as is ignored completely, which is very in keeping with the Traitors. #CelebrityTraitors
“Theatre essentially relies on people having had the privilege of an education that allows them to believe that they’re entitled to go to the theatre... It’s a relatively small group of people that is available to..."
I mean, pretty much yeah.
I mean, pretty much yeah.
‘Theatre is an elitist artform for privileged people’: Daniel Day-Lewis talks class, cinema and his crush on Mary Poppins
‘Theatre is an elitist artform for privileged people’: Daniel Day-Lewis talks class, cinema and his crush on Mary Poppins
Speaking at the London film festival, the triple Oscar-winner mounted a fierce defence of movies and method acting, although he conceded My Left Foot couldn’t be made today
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
“Theatre essentially relies on people having had the privilege of an education that allows them to believe that they’re entitled to go to the theatre... It’s a relatively small group of people that is available to..."
I mean, pretty much yeah.
I mean, pretty much yeah.
I want Adrian Chiles to review every piece of performance art.
I went to Marina Abramović’s erotic, explicit new art show – and there was an awful lot to take in | Adrian Chiles
I went to Marina Abramović’s erotic, explicit new art show – and there was an awful lot to take in | Adrian Chiles
The ‘grandmother of performance art’ and I both have Slavic roots. But I didn’t recognise any of her 14th-century Dalmatian fertility rites – and neither did my mum, writes Adrian Chiles
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I want Adrian Chiles to review every piece of performance art.
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Just a reminder if you'd like to hear me & the British Museum's Irving Finkel talk about the history of boardgames, we're on in Canterbury this Saturday at 5:30pm. I'd love to see you there. I can't wait.
canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/tim...
canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/tim...
Tim Clare & Irving Finkel: The History of Board Games - Canterbury Festival
Global expert on cuneiform tablet games, Dr Irving Finkel speaks to author Tim Clare about our fascination with a good board game.
canterburyfestival.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just a reminder if you'd like to hear me & the British Museum's Irving Finkel talk about the history of boardgames, we're on in Canterbury this Saturday at 5:30pm. I'd love to see you there. I can't wait.
canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/tim...
canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/tim...
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm just going to put it out there #ttrpg community...
I don't enjoy Actual Plays. I'm sure people do, but they're not for me.
Watching professional comedians and improvisers playing any ttrpg makes me feel less good about playing, like I'm not as witty or erudite in my play/character choices.
I don't enjoy Actual Plays. I'm sure people do, but they're not for me.
Watching professional comedians and improvisers playing any ttrpg makes me feel less good about playing, like I'm not as witty or erudite in my play/character choices.
October 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm just going to put it out there #ttrpg community...
I don't enjoy Actual Plays. I'm sure people do, but they're not for me.
Watching professional comedians and improvisers playing any ttrpg makes me feel less good about playing, like I'm not as witty or erudite in my play/character choices.
I don't enjoy Actual Plays. I'm sure people do, but they're not for me.
Watching professional comedians and improvisers playing any ttrpg makes me feel less good about playing, like I'm not as witty or erudite in my play/character choices.
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM