Nigel Pate
@nigelpate.bsky.social
www.nigelpate.com
British voiceover - 30 years in corporate comms, now freelance corporate narrator, writer, editor. Home studio.
Other interests: 🕉️ philosophy and meditation; environment, chalk streams; social/ economic justice; LibDems; prison reform…
British voiceover - 30 years in corporate comms, now freelance corporate narrator, writer, editor. Home studio.
Other interests: 🕉️ philosophy and meditation; environment, chalk streams; social/ economic justice; LibDems; prison reform…
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“Use Plato to awaken your spirit of inquiry ... because the opposite path is despair and despondency” - David Horan, the first writer to translate all of Plato's dialogues since late 19th century.
#ITUnthinkable
#ITUnthinkable
Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
Plato throws down a challenge to us all on how to engage in free and open-ended public debate
www.irishtimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Use Plato to awaken your spirit of inquiry ... because the opposite path is despair and despondency” - David Horan, the first writer to translate all of Plato's dialogues since late 19th century.
#ITUnthinkable
#ITUnthinkable
“People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.”
October 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
“People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.”
Here’s to you, Lizzie Tree!
Twenty years after her sudden adult death, aged 15, our daughter Elizabeth is uppermost in our family’s thoughts today…
Twenty years after her sudden adult death, aged 15, our daughter Elizabeth is uppermost in our family’s thoughts today…
August 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Here’s to you, Lizzie Tree!
Twenty years after her sudden adult death, aged 15, our daughter Elizabeth is uppermost in our family’s thoughts today…
Twenty years after her sudden adult death, aged 15, our daughter Elizabeth is uppermost in our family’s thoughts today…
A little toast to the amazing team at @Moorfields.bsky.social in London. I am just so grateful for their skill and dedication in saving my sight, after a detached retina earlier in the year.
It’s been a long haul, but it shouldn’t be long before I can read my voiceover scripts with two eyes again!
It’s been a long haul, but it shouldn’t be long before I can read my voiceover scripts with two eyes again!
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A little toast to the amazing team at @Moorfields.bsky.social in London. I am just so grateful for their skill and dedication in saving my sight, after a detached retina earlier in the year.
It’s been a long haul, but it shouldn’t be long before I can read my voiceover scripts with two eyes again!
It’s been a long haul, but it shouldn’t be long before I can read my voiceover scripts with two eyes again!
Seeing social housing as “critical national infrastructure”. Interesting idea.
Treat social housing as critical infrastructure to unlock billions, says Peabody boss
Treat social housing as critical infrastructure to unlock billions, says Peabody boss
Exclusive: Giving social housing same status as roads and energy would mean more investment in sector major providers say is at breaking point
The head of one of the UK’s biggest non-profit housing providers has called for social housing to be classed as “critical national infrastructure”, like roads and energy networks, allowing for billions of pounds in much needed extra investment.
In an interview with the Guardian, the chair of housing association Peabody, Ian McDermott, said it should be reclassified by the Treasury to allow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to commit extra funds without breaking her fiscal rules. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Seeing social housing as “critical national infrastructure”. Interesting idea.
Have long been a fan of the great George Monbiot, but his latest article surprised even me. (Surprised and delighted, let me add!)
Always clear on what he stands for. A force for change and for doing better.
Always clear on what he stands for. A force for change and for doing better.
We're wringing our hands, saying, "oh no, Farage will step into the vacuum. Well why don't we step into it instead?
May 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Have long been a fan of the great George Monbiot, but his latest article surprised even me. (Surprised and delighted, let me add!)
Always clear on what he stands for. A force for change and for doing better.
Always clear on what he stands for. A force for change and for doing better.
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You can see it right there when Conservative voters are asked who they prefer - Ed Davey or Nigel Farage...
May 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
You can see it right there when Conservative voters are asked who they prefer - Ed Davey or Nigel Farage...
Tat tvam asi - That thou art
Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
May 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Tat tvam asi - That thou art
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Becky Barnicoat on the trials of watching season 2 – cartoon
Becky Barnicoat on the trials of watching season 2 – cartoon
It’s not quite season 1 – but can you really bear to admit that?
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Becky Barnicoat on the trials of watching season 2 – cartoon
The scale of China’s space supercomputing ambition is breathtaking!
My concerns about hardware circling the Earth at least partly allayed by potential climate benefits: “Orbital data centres can use solar power and radiate their heat to space, reducing the energy needs and carbon footprint.”
My concerns about hardware circling the Earth at least partly allayed by potential climate benefits: “Orbital data centres can use solar power and radiate their heat to space, reducing the energy needs and carbon footprint.”
China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
AI goes to space.
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The scale of China’s space supercomputing ambition is breathtaking!
My concerns about hardware circling the Earth at least partly allayed by potential climate benefits: “Orbital data centres can use solar power and radiate their heat to space, reducing the energy needs and carbon footprint.”
My concerns about hardware circling the Earth at least partly allayed by potential climate benefits: “Orbital data centres can use solar power and radiate their heat to space, reducing the energy needs and carbon footprint.”
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Inevitable consequence of failing to act much sooner. Stern (2006) showed “the costs of stabilising the climate are significant but manageable; delay would be dangerous and much more costly”.
Just think what it will cost future generations to rebuild London and other cities as sea levels rise!
Just think what it will cost future generations to rebuild London and other cities as sea levels rise!
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Inevitable consequence of failing to act much sooner. Stern (2006) showed “the costs of stabilising the climate are significant but manageable; delay would be dangerous and much more costly”.
Just think what it will cost future generations to rebuild London and other cities as sea levels rise!
Just think what it will cost future generations to rebuild London and other cities as sea levels rise!
First visit to Switzerland for several years and first time in Zurich: such a beautiful city with great public transport.
But, oh my, it has become eye-wateringly expensive, thanks to long term strength of the CHF, plus the recent surge in value as reported by the @financialtimes.com
But, oh my, it has become eye-wateringly expensive, thanks to long term strength of the CHF, plus the recent surge in value as reported by the @financialtimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
First visit to Switzerland for several years and first time in Zurich: such a beautiful city with great public transport.
But, oh my, it has become eye-wateringly expensive, thanks to long term strength of the CHF, plus the recent surge in value as reported by the @financialtimes.com
But, oh my, it has become eye-wateringly expensive, thanks to long term strength of the CHF, plus the recent surge in value as reported by the @financialtimes.com
Thank heaven for @davidhockney.bsky.social!!
Was just blown away today by his latest exhibition, at the breathtaking Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The creative outpouring that can come through a single human being is awe inspiring.
If you’re in Paris in the next few weeks, don’t miss this!
Was just blown away today by his latest exhibition, at the breathtaking Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The creative outpouring that can come through a single human being is awe inspiring.
If you’re in Paris in the next few weeks, don’t miss this!
April 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank heaven for @davidhockney.bsky.social!!
Was just blown away today by his latest exhibition, at the breathtaking Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The creative outpouring that can come through a single human being is awe inspiring.
If you’re in Paris in the next few weeks, don’t miss this!
Was just blown away today by his latest exhibition, at the breathtaking Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The creative outpouring that can come through a single human being is awe inspiring.
If you’re in Paris in the next few weeks, don’t miss this!
I worked closely with Earthwatch many years ago in a corporate-NGO partnership. It’s great to see how their vision of an army of citizen scientists has blossomed and is now having real impact.
💧 The #GreatUKWaterBlitz starts THIS FRIDAY 25 April!
🧪 Will you be testing the water quality of your local river, lake, pond or stream this weekend?
Please share your WaterBlitz story with us via the online form on our website 🔗 earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwater...
🧪 Will you be testing the water quality of your local river, lake, pond or stream this weekend?
Please share your WaterBlitz story with us via the online form on our website 🔗 earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwater...
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I worked closely with Earthwatch many years ago in a corporate-NGO partnership. It’s great to see how their vision of an army of citizen scientists has blossomed and is now having real impact.
No surprise that the US Dollar Index is “enjoying” its worst start to the year for 30 years. Just part, it seems, of “a comprehensive turn away from US assets…capital flowing out of the US.”
Extraordinary times!
Extraordinary times!
“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.”
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
- GS Desk/Pasquariello
April 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
No surprise that the US Dollar Index is “enjoying” its worst start to the year for 30 years. Just part, it seems, of “a comprehensive turn away from US assets…capital flowing out of the US.”
Extraordinary times!
Extraordinary times!
Zurich looking majestic in the spring sunshine this morning
April 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Zurich looking majestic in the spring sunshine this morning
Trump’s calculation methods exposed. “What extraordinary nonsense this is“!
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Trump’s calculation methods exposed. “What extraordinary nonsense this is“!
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Tough language from JPMorgan tonight:
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tough language from JPMorgan tonight:
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
A beautiful vision
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A beautiful vision
It’s high time politicians and others who support land value taxation ‘in principle’ got behind this and supported it in practice. The world needs this now
Land Value Tax is a tax on land, and not the buildings on the land. LVT is good because:
1: It’s fair. Land value is created not by the landowner, but by nature or the people around the land.
2: It’s efficient. Land is fixed in supply, so a tax on land doesn’t discourage production.
1: It’s fair. Land value is created not by the landowner, but by nature or the people around the land.
2: It’s efficient. Land is fixed in supply, so a tax on land doesn’t discourage production.
March 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s high time politicians and others who support land value taxation ‘in principle’ got behind this and supported it in practice. The world needs this now
My favourite song of all time. Storytelling par excellence. Heartbreaking
“It was a song about my parents,” Tracy Chapman said about “Fast Car” (1988).
“My mother didn’t have a high school diploma .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
Born today in 1964. 🔥
“My mother didn’t have a high school diploma .. I think they came together thinking that, together, they’d have a better chance of making it.”
Born today in 1964. 🔥
March 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My favourite song of all time. Storytelling par excellence. Heartbreaking
One of my favourite quotes from JFK:
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
President John F Kennedy, Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 25, 1963
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
President John F Kennedy, Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 25, 1963
March 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
One of my favourite quotes from JFK:
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
President John F Kennedy, Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 25, 1963
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
President John F Kennedy, Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 25, 1963
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Black Lives Matter. Now and always.
March 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Black Lives Matter. Now and always.