Jim Nicholson
@jnichretired.bsky.social
Retired commodity market publishing manager. I've lived and worked in London, Singapore, Washington DC and Amsterdam. Now based in Surrey.
This conclusion from James Ball in the i Paper seems to me to be bang on the mark.
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This conclusion from James Ball in the i Paper seems to me to be bang on the mark.
Really struck by this paragraph in @lewisbaston.bsky.social 's book Borderlands. He's talking about the postwar Czech government's attitude to Sudeten Germans, but the message resonates throughout history until today.
August 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Really struck by this paragraph in @lewisbaston.bsky.social 's book Borderlands. He's talking about the postwar Czech government's attitude to Sudeten Germans, but the message resonates throughout history until today.
This is the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. A lot of subtle differences in the images of disturbed and disturbing children.
Thought-provoking, unsettling and more than a little weird.
Thought-provoking, unsettling and more than a little weird.
June 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. A lot of subtle differences in the images of disturbed and disturbing children.
Thought-provoking, unsettling and more than a little weird.
Thought-provoking, unsettling and more than a little weird.
Greetings from a cloudy bay of Naples.
March 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Greetings from a cloudy bay of Naples.
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only
February 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Movies you've watched more than six times, gifs only
We went out earlier in Morden Hall Park
January 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We went out earlier in Morden Hall Park
Why oh why do the government and the press keep conflating youth mobility and immigration?
December 5, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Why oh why do the government and the press keep conflating youth mobility and immigration?
The Bridge Too Far at Arnhem, or to be precise, the replica built post-war.
October 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The Bridge Too Far at Arnhem, or to be precise, the replica built post-war.
I also found this
October 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I also found this
Just finished reading The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fascinating imagination of how Putin rose to power, in part by creating an alternative reality.
October 9, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Just finished reading The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fascinating imagination of how Putin rose to power, in part by creating an alternative reality.
Not mine, but one I befriended on Procida, near Naples, earlier this year
September 9, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Not mine, but one I befriended on Procida, near Naples, earlier this year
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery
August 31, 2024 at 8:33 PM
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery
Epsom Downs, looking towards the grandstand
August 18, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Epsom Downs, looking towards the grandstand
Sometimes の means "one". Image from my Japanese grammar dictionary.
August 15, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Sometimes の means "one". Image from my Japanese grammar dictionary.
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social on blistering form.
July 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social on blistering form.
Have to agree with ian.birrell.bskysocial, writing in the i.
May 24, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Have to agree with ian.birrell.bskysocial, writing in the i.
Almost anything by Eugene Boudin, my favourite French painter from the 19th century. He encouraged Monet to paint "en plein air". This is the coast at Portrieux, painted in 1874.
April 18, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Almost anything by Eugene Boudin, my favourite French painter from the 19th century. He encouraged Monet to paint "en plein air". This is the coast at Portrieux, painted in 1874.