Nick Lewis
@synthmanwales.bsky.social
No one to follow
And nothing to teach
Except that the goal
Falls short of the reach
And nothing to teach
Except that the goal
Falls short of the reach
This morning’s walk.
May 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This morning’s walk.
Maybe at some point I will be able to watch “The English Patient” without crying throughout the last ten minutes.
Evidently, that point still hasn’t been reached this evening.
What an erotic, sublime yet utterly devastating film.
Evidently, that point still hasn’t been reached this evening.
What an erotic, sublime yet utterly devastating film.
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe at some point I will be able to watch “The English Patient” without crying throughout the last ten minutes.
Evidently, that point still hasn’t been reached this evening.
What an erotic, sublime yet utterly devastating film.
Evidently, that point still hasn’t been reached this evening.
What an erotic, sublime yet utterly devastating film.
Escape to the country. Or deeper into the country.
A respite weekend has arrived for me.
A respite weekend has arrived for me.
April 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Escape to the country. Or deeper into the country.
A respite weekend has arrived for me.
A respite weekend has arrived for me.
Today’s new book haul from Waterstones.
April 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Today’s new book haul from Waterstones.
Just two dystopian, threatening headlines from The Guardian today.
All part of the same concerted conservative push (or should that by ‘putsch’?) to change the times back to 1820.
All part of the same concerted conservative push (or should that by ‘putsch’?) to change the times back to 1820.
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just two dystopian, threatening headlines from The Guardian today.
All part of the same concerted conservative push (or should that by ‘putsch’?) to change the times back to 1820.
All part of the same concerted conservative push (or should that by ‘putsch’?) to change the times back to 1820.
On a Saturday night you either go hard or you go home, and I went home.
Now listening to a ‘Boulez at 100’ concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, while sat in my living room, sporting a very snazzy dressing gown, perusing The Economist and The New Statesman and downing Green Tea. 👍
Now listening to a ‘Boulez at 100’ concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, while sat in my living room, sporting a very snazzy dressing gown, perusing The Economist and The New Statesman and downing Green Tea. 👍
April 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On a Saturday night you either go hard or you go home, and I went home.
Now listening to a ‘Boulez at 100’ concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, while sat in my living room, sporting a very snazzy dressing gown, perusing The Economist and The New Statesman and downing Green Tea. 👍
Now listening to a ‘Boulez at 100’ concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, while sat in my living room, sporting a very snazzy dressing gown, perusing The Economist and The New Statesman and downing Green Tea. 👍
At a Jazz gig in Haverfordwest.
“Nice…”
“Nice…”
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At a Jazz gig in Haverfordwest.
“Nice…”
“Nice…”
This morning: Tenby.
March 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This morning: Tenby.
Evidently entering my ‘Tony Montana Era’ (as the kids say) this Summer…
New shirts courtesy of T. K. Maxx.
New shirts courtesy of T. K. Maxx.
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Evidently entering my ‘Tony Montana Era’ (as the kids say) this Summer…
New shirts courtesy of T. K. Maxx.
New shirts courtesy of T. K. Maxx.
Day off. Cefn Sidan beach.
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Day off. Cefn Sidan beach.
New books, a current ‘Mr. Toad (intellectual) Enthusiasm’ and curiosity of mine: Carl Jung and one’s own ‘Shadow’.
March 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New books, a current ‘Mr. Toad (intellectual) Enthusiasm’ and curiosity of mine: Carl Jung and one’s own ‘Shadow’.
Quite the view, approaching Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Quite the view, approaching Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.
Pit stop at New Quay.
March 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Pit stop at New Quay.
Vodka + Bitter Lemon + Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” = Saturday Night. 👍
Dystopian times call for Dystopian measures.
Dystopian times call for Dystopian measures.
March 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Vodka + Bitter Lemon + Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” = Saturday Night. 👍
Dystopian times call for Dystopian measures.
Dystopian times call for Dystopian measures.
March 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Age…
I went to the doctor, complaining about a high pitched whining sound in my right ear and it is apparently something called “Neil Tennant”.
I went to the doctor, complaining about a high pitched whining sound in my right ear and it is apparently something called “Neil Tennant”.
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Age…
I went to the doctor, complaining about a high pitched whining sound in my right ear and it is apparently something called “Neil Tennant”.
I went to the doctor, complaining about a high pitched whining sound in my right ear and it is apparently something called “Neil Tennant”.
1) Giving off some Oppenheimer and Harry Lime vibes in Bristol last weekend.
2) Channelling Urquhart via Gekko at an onsite meeting on Tuesday.
2) Channelling Urquhart via Gekko at an onsite meeting on Tuesday.
March 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1) Giving off some Oppenheimer and Harry Lime vibes in Bristol last weekend.
2) Channelling Urquhart via Gekko at an onsite meeting on Tuesday.
2) Channelling Urquhart via Gekko at an onsite meeting on Tuesday.
This evening’s cultural distraction.
February 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This evening’s cultural distraction.
A view from a hotel room, Bristol.
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A view from a hotel room, Bristol.
About to watch at the cinema…
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
About to watch at the cinema…
Day off and so slumming it at the local multiplex with this…
February 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Day off and so slumming it at the local multiplex with this…
The rise of regressive politics in the UK and globally is deeply unsettling.
Rather than passively watching it unfold, I’ve taken a step: I’ve joined HOPE Not Hate. Their work in countering extremism and fostering resilience is more vital than ever.
hopenothate.org.uk
Rather than passively watching it unfold, I’ve taken a step: I’ve joined HOPE Not Hate. Their work in countering extremism and fostering resilience is more vital than ever.
hopenothate.org.uk
February 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The rise of regressive politics in the UK and globally is deeply unsettling.
Rather than passively watching it unfold, I’ve taken a step: I’ve joined HOPE Not Hate. Their work in countering extremism and fostering resilience is more vital than ever.
hopenothate.org.uk
Rather than passively watching it unfold, I’ve taken a step: I’ve joined HOPE Not Hate. Their work in countering extremism and fostering resilience is more vital than ever.
hopenothate.org.uk