Dr JC Niala
@jcniala.bsky.social
Creating where art and research meet. @blooloop.bsky.social top 50 int’l museum influencer.
‘The New Eden’ out with Gaia Books @hachetteuk.bsky.social 12 March 2026
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‘The New Eden’ out with Gaia Books @hachetteuk.bsky.social 12 March 2026
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Delighted to be featured in this season’s @cprecountryside.bsky.social magazine… it was joyful to be able to share what I love about the incredible countryside.
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Delighted to be featured in this season’s @cprecountryside.bsky.social magazine… it was joyful to be able to share what I love about the incredible countryside.
There are cities that are full of nature and we we learn to pay attention to it… we can make room for even more… for the next few days 25% off on pre order…
October 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
There are cities that are full of nature and we we learn to pay attention to it… we can make room for even more… for the next few days 25% off on pre order…
A year on from our sold-out works in progress reading at Blackwell’s in Oxford… we have moved to the next stage and our rehearsed reading is on Wednesday 29th October at the Old Fire Station in Oxford… looking forward to seeing you there.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A year on from our sold-out works in progress reading at Blackwell’s in Oxford… we have moved to the next stage and our rehearsed reading is on Wednesday 29th October at the Old Fire Station in Oxford… looking forward to seeing you there.
It has been a gift to be one of the judges for this prize - congrats to the authors and I can highly recommend these reads.
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It has been a gift to be one of the judges for this prize - congrats to the authors and I can highly recommend these reads.
Nutritious, climate resilient delicious foods that can thrive in poor soils have been with us for millennia.
Thrilled to come across these delicious ragi crisps in Mumbai - in Kenya we call finger millet (Eleusine coracana) wimbi and make porridge from it.
It’s an ancient East African grain.
Thrilled to come across these delicious ragi crisps in Mumbai - in Kenya we call finger millet (Eleusine coracana) wimbi and make porridge from it.
It’s an ancient East African grain.
February 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nutritious, climate resilient delicious foods that can thrive in poor soils have been with us for millennia.
Thrilled to come across these delicious ragi crisps in Mumbai - in Kenya we call finger millet (Eleusine coracana) wimbi and make porridge from it.
It’s an ancient East African grain.
Thrilled to come across these delicious ragi crisps in Mumbai - in Kenya we call finger millet (Eleusine coracana) wimbi and make porridge from it.
It’s an ancient East African grain.
Thursday 9th January
16.00 — 17.30 UK time
Venue: The Story Museum — THE WOODSHED, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP
COMMUNITY, FOOD, LAND, NATURE; LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Speakers: Samwel Nangiria Taresero, JC Niala, Atenchong Talleh Nkobou, James Norman
Chair: Ollie Douglas
16.00 — 17.30 UK time
Venue: The Story Museum — THE WOODSHED, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP
COMMUNITY, FOOD, LAND, NATURE; LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Speakers: Samwel Nangiria Taresero, JC Niala, Atenchong Talleh Nkobou, James Norman
Chair: Ollie Douglas
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thursday 9th January
16.00 — 17.30 UK time
Venue: The Story Museum — THE WOODSHED, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP
COMMUNITY, FOOD, LAND, NATURE; LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Speakers: Samwel Nangiria Taresero, JC Niala, Atenchong Talleh Nkobou, James Norman
Chair: Ollie Douglas
16.00 — 17.30 UK time
Venue: The Story Museum — THE WOODSHED, 42 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP
COMMUNITY, FOOD, LAND, NATURE; LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Speakers: Samwel Nangiria Taresero, JC Niala, Atenchong Talleh Nkobou, James Norman
Chair: Ollie Douglas
Lovely to see so many nature writer folks over here now. Looking to reconnect with more. Here are a couple of splendid collections from 2024 that I am thrilled to have some of my work in #naturewriting
November 15, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Lovely to see so many nature writer folks over here now. Looking to reconnect with more. Here are a couple of splendid collections from 2024 that I am thrilled to have some of my work in #naturewriting
Always a joy to write about allotments and this time it was for lovely the simple things.
In it one of things I describe is ‘The Rule of Six’ which gives the right of six people from different households to demand an allotment from their local council is there is insufficient supply’
In it one of things I describe is ‘The Rule of Six’ which gives the right of six people from different households to demand an allotment from their local council is there is insufficient supply’
September 7, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Always a joy to write about allotments and this time it was for lovely the simple things.
In it one of things I describe is ‘The Rule of Six’ which gives the right of six people from different households to demand an allotment from their local council is there is insufficient supply’
In it one of things I describe is ‘The Rule of Six’ which gives the right of six people from different households to demand an allotment from their local council is there is insufficient supply’
Squash bee feeding in an Indian mallow plant.
December 16, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Squash bee feeding in an Indian mallow plant.
One never knows where doctoral research will lead. In my case to a art project with Greenpeace drawing attention to the 174,183 applications on allotment waiting lists across Britain. Artists allotmenteers and volunteers performed this artwork at the Department of Levellong up this morning.
October 11, 2023 at 1:16 PM
One never knows where doctoral research will lead. In my case to a art project with Greenpeace drawing attention to the 174,183 applications on allotment waiting lists across Britain. Artists allotmenteers and volunteers performed this artwork at the Department of Levellong up this morning.
It’s launched! My wee offering to the Land Justice Oxford residency at the Old Fire Station… up until the end of month.
September 30, 2023 at 7:31 AM
It’s launched! My wee offering to the Land Justice Oxford residency at the Old Fire Station… up until the end of month.
On this trip - every morning I have the same breakfast at the same cafe and every day they charge me a little bit less - maybe I am slowly becoming a local.
September 21, 2023 at 7:06 AM
On this trip - every morning I have the same breakfast at the same cafe and every day they charge me a little bit less - maybe I am slowly becoming a local.