Nick Crumpton - Taking a break from social media.👋🏻
@lsmonster.bsky.social
ニック PhD Zoology🔬
By day, NHM London 🏛️🐋
By night, children's author 📚
SMALL WORLD out now... 🦋
DINOSAUR DESERT out this July... 🦕
nickcrumpton.com
By day, NHM London 🏛️🐋
By night, children's author 📚
SMALL WORLD out now... 🦋
DINOSAUR DESERT out this July... 🦕
nickcrumpton.com
Goooood morning. Here's a little introduction to my terribly grafted ginseng ficus. I bought them upon moving to London ten years ago, it's survived it's first repotting - and a few months of neglect. Hoping this fellow's going to be my life-long photosynthesising buddy.
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Goooood morning. Here's a little introduction to my terribly grafted ginseng ficus. I bought them upon moving to London ten years ago, it's survived it's first repotting - and a few months of neglect. Hoping this fellow's going to be my life-long photosynthesising buddy.
Added benefit of WFH: being able to take deliveries of new book proofs. Sure, it looked amazing on the PDFs, but its size in the hand, the foil on the cover, the SMELL of the ink!
Here's a detail from p27 of my main character feeling subtly chuffed she's going on an adventure. #kidslitUK #kidlit 🦕
Here's a detail from p27 of my main character feeling subtly chuffed she's going on an adventure. #kidslitUK #kidlit 🦕
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Added benefit of WFH: being able to take deliveries of new book proofs. Sure, it looked amazing on the PDFs, but its size in the hand, the foil on the cover, the SMELL of the ink!
Here's a detail from p27 of my main character feeling subtly chuffed she's going on an adventure. #kidslitUK #kidlit 🦕
Here's a detail from p27 of my main character feeling subtly chuffed she's going on an adventure. #kidslitUK #kidlit 🦕
Greater London National Park.
(Commuting out of NW)
(Commuting out of NW)
May 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Greater London National Park.
(Commuting out of NW)
(Commuting out of NW)
I was super lucky to have co-organised an event at @rbgkew.bsky.social yesterday with a heap of majorly talented PhD students from there and the @nhm-london.bsky.social. And yeesh, this was the view behind the lecture theatre 🤩
May 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I was super lucky to have co-organised an event at @rbgkew.bsky.social yesterday with a heap of majorly talented PhD students from there and the @nhm-london.bsky.social. And yeesh, this was the view behind the lecture theatre 🤩
Happy birthday, big man. Have a good one, baby. 💚
May 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Happy birthday, big man. Have a good one, baby. 💚
I remember reading somewhere that 1 in 4 books sold in France are graphic novels. A lot of that is non-fiction/journalistic. When you look at the quality of something like Green Algae, it's really not hard to see why...
May 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I remember reading somewhere that 1 in 4 books sold in France are graphic novels. A lot of that is non-fiction/journalistic. When you look at the quality of something like Green Algae, it's really not hard to see why...
Been in northern France for less than 24 hours - barely over the channel - and the state of our borrowed roof box speaks volumes on UK vs mainland European insect abundance.
May 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Been in northern France for less than 24 hours - barely over the channel - and the state of our borrowed roof box speaks volumes on UK vs mainland European insect abundance.
Please don't judge the mess in the yard... But look how well she's doing!!!
April 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please don't judge the mess in the yard... But look how well she's doing!!!
We live in London and have a *tiny* backyard. Nevertheless, we have a very scruffy robin fledgling being raised in it. Upon viewing, my 5-year-old immediately wanted to illustrate it and I should very much like to draw your attention to it's ear tufts 🥰 #urbannature
April 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We live in London and have a *tiny* backyard. Nevertheless, we have a very scruffy robin fledgling being raised in it. Upon viewing, my 5-year-old immediately wanted to illustrate it and I should very much like to draw your attention to it's ear tufts 🥰 #urbannature
Waterlow Park, Highgate. A "garden for the garden-less". North London.
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Waterlow Park, Highgate. A "garden for the garden-less". North London.
I've been reading a lot about Schrödinger this weekend which had led to tangents on eastern mysticism, how we protect children from predatory tutors, and... perhaps most unexpectedly, this picture in the Library of Congress of Stephen Fry enjoying two cats in 1927.
April 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've been reading a lot about Schrödinger this weekend which had led to tangents on eastern mysticism, how we protect children from predatory tutors, and... perhaps most unexpectedly, this picture in the Library of Congress of Stephen Fry enjoying two cats in 1927.
The Phoenix Garden, squeezed between the hustle and bustle of the West End, is my most recently discovered central London delight. 💚
April 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The Phoenix Garden, squeezed between the hustle and bustle of the West End, is my most recently discovered central London delight. 💚
Today would have been the Polish #palaeontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska's 100th birthday. 🍰
If you're interested in n*zi-bashing, mid-20th century adventures in Asia and, obviously, dinosaurs, why not pre-order my new kids book about her, out July 31st?🦖🇲🇳🎂
If you're interested in n*zi-bashing, mid-20th century adventures in Asia and, obviously, dinosaurs, why not pre-order my new kids book about her, out July 31st?🦖🇲🇳🎂
April 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today would have been the Polish #palaeontologist Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska's 100th birthday. 🍰
If you're interested in n*zi-bashing, mid-20th century adventures in Asia and, obviously, dinosaurs, why not pre-order my new kids book about her, out July 31st?🦖🇲🇳🎂
If you're interested in n*zi-bashing, mid-20th century adventures in Asia and, obviously, dinosaurs, why not pre-order my new kids book about her, out July 31st?🦖🇲🇳🎂
Huh. I'm 39 and this morning was the first time I've ever seen a carrion crow eating... well, carrion. It's not until you've watched a content corvid pecking out the fluid delight of a drowned rat's eyeball that you really get a glimpse into how these weird little dinosaurs made it through the K-Pg.
April 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Huh. I'm 39 and this morning was the first time I've ever seen a carrion crow eating... well, carrion. It's not until you've watched a content corvid pecking out the fluid delight of a drowned rat's eyeball that you really get a glimpse into how these weird little dinosaurs made it through the K-Pg.
This is some very cool micro-biogeography here... I've walked barely two miles this morning across Hampstead heath in NW London and spotted tonnes of these on the northern border. But we never get lemon or white lipped snails down on our road.
April 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This is some very cool micro-biogeography here... I've walked barely two miles this morning across Hampstead heath in NW London and spotted tonnes of these on the northern border. But we never get lemon or white lipped snails down on our road.
Jeez, this was worth the hype.
April 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Jeez, this was worth the hype.
We at the @nhm-london.bsky.social are running two incredible training courses this summer at the NHM, New Forest & Lake District on #freshwater #ecology and limno-terrestrial meiofauna.
They're both *free*, and taught by world-leading experts. Apply!
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪 #dna #taxonomy
They're both *free*, and taught by world-leading experts. Apply!
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪 #dna #taxonomy
April 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We at the @nhm-london.bsky.social are running two incredible training courses this summer at the NHM, New Forest & Lake District on #freshwater #ecology and limno-terrestrial meiofauna.
They're both *free*, and taught by world-leading experts. Apply!
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪 #dna #taxonomy
They're both *free*, and taught by world-leading experts. Apply!
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
🧪 #dna #taxonomy
Aw man. My parents popped up a couple of weeks ago and left this with my 5 year old - a relic of my childhood bookshelf. I remember *nothing* from the actual stories, but the illustrations have a sort of tactile familiarity to them. #kidlitUK
April 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Aw man. My parents popped up a couple of weeks ago and left this with my 5 year old - a relic of my childhood bookshelf. I remember *nothing* from the actual stories, but the illustrations have a sort of tactile familiarity to them. #kidlitUK
Hiya. Here's a little introduction to my new natural history children's book SMALL WORLD published by Wide Eyed books here in the UK. :) #kidlitUK
www.quarto.com/books/978071...
www.quarto.com/books/978071...
April 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hiya. Here's a little introduction to my new natural history children's book SMALL WORLD published by Wide Eyed books here in the UK. :) #kidlitUK
www.quarto.com/books/978071...
www.quarto.com/books/978071...
Hello #kidlituk pals. Ready your eyeballs for A Natural History of Bums, coming out in June, written by my *brilliant* friends at the Crab Museum. It is, beyond any doubt, the best kids book about evolution I have ever read. Pleeeeease pre-order it and gift it to everyone. 🍑 www.crabmuseum.org/bums
April 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hello #kidlituk pals. Ready your eyeballs for A Natural History of Bums, coming out in June, written by my *brilliant* friends at the Crab Museum. It is, beyond any doubt, the best kids book about evolution I have ever read. Pleeeeease pre-order it and gift it to everyone. 🍑 www.crabmuseum.org/bums
Three years late but, buoyed by a new set of headphones, I spent all of yesterday with Björk's Fossora on repeat and I am richer for it.
April 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Three years late but, buoyed by a new set of headphones, I spent all of yesterday with Björk's Fossora on repeat and I am richer for it.
There are a few objects I am very attached to. My fountain pen, my camera, and this: one of the simplest and most beloved items of sustainability I use daily. I think a bear stole my previous sigg, but this number's been through it's share of adventures. 💚
April 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
There are a few objects I am very attached to. My fountain pen, my camera, and this: one of the simplest and most beloved items of sustainability I use daily. I think a bear stole my previous sigg, but this number's been through it's share of adventures. 💚
So happy to have received @danzep.bsky.social's glorious new book Overnight (from @canongate.co.uk). Dan's writing is wonderful at the best of times, but this is stunningly wide-ranging and at times incredibly personal book. So, so highly recommended.
April 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
So happy to have received @danzep.bsky.social's glorious new book Overnight (from @canongate.co.uk). Dan's writing is wonderful at the best of times, but this is stunningly wide-ranging and at times incredibly personal book. So, so highly recommended.
Hosting our first born's birthday party tomorrow. Wish us luck.
March 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hosting our first born's birthday party tomorrow. Wish us luck.
It is wild, WILD, that The Wire still exists as a print magazine but that it still attaches the occasional compilation 'The Tapper' as real honest to goodness CDs is nutso.
March 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It is wild, WILD, that The Wire still exists as a print magazine but that it still attaches the occasional compilation 'The Tapper' as real honest to goodness CDs is nutso.