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Ian Nicholson FRSA

@idgnicholson.bsky.social

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Director and now writer. Recognised in #TheStage100 2021. Dad. Loves board games and TTRPGs. Exploring play and game design. https://bio.site/iandgnicholson

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 21h

The only failure to integrate is by the wealthy.

#tomorrowspaperstoday

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 4d

Weapons was good recently. And I Saw the TV Glow last year was incredible.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 4d

Didn't care for today's theme of 'murky' so here's a fly and a cheese grater with some other stuff. #inktober

An ink drawing of a cheese grater. There's also a shuttlecock, oak and holly leaves and a snake.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 4d

Gently Johnny and the Maypole Song on such tunes.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 5d

I'm just going to put it out there #ttrpg community...

I don't enjoy Actual Plays. I'm sure people do, but they're not for me.
Watching professional comedians and improvisers playing any ttrpg makes me feel less good about playing, like I'm not as witty or erudite in my play/character choices.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoyed this one today a lot. Feels like I'm hitting a stride which is nice, and remembering how much I love drawing. #inktober

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 6d

Just in the nick of time today!

#inktober

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not the best of drawers (the right hand, ugh) but I'm going to commit to doing this #inktober2025.

Dwarf with axe.

A crudely sketched dwarf with axe. The foreshortening doesn't make any sense and the right hand is shit.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah. I'm ruttedly middle class. Attended a minor independent school, parents attended university, as did I, holidayed in France, occasionally Italy. I've never pretended to be anything but middle class. Highlighted it, frankly.

And it's been *so* uncool. Painfully.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 7d

I know this is always a boring question, but may I ask what you draw with?

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 8d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 8d

This was fun (rhetorical/profundity) to read first thing this morning. I can totally see how the Molly House story is included in fun. But I'm not sure that fun as a descriptor is totally without merit, I might try writing a defence, or 'defunce' if you will.

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 9d

You seen this flag?!

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 9d

The new issue of Wyrd Science (@wyrdscience.bsky.social) has just thumped onto my doormat, and it looks incredible. So many cool articles and for them to be analogued onto ink and paper. Viva Print!

Thanks to editor @johnpower.bsky.social for allowing me to write for this one.

A vibrant cover of the Wyrd Science magazine depicting a sci-fi fantasy mashup in an explosion of colour.

A list of incredible writers that I'm incredibly honoured to appear alongside.

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 9d

One Battle After Another was a hell of a wild ride. Absolutely loved it. Immediately one of PTA's best. DiCaprio running across the rooftop and falling out of the tree, Del Toro's Sensei and Sean Penn's deeply uncomfortable walking anywhere were particular highlights. More of this please.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 11d

I was Judas in a production of his Mysteries when I was much younger. Still remember it clearly because it was so beautiful and lyrical, plus I was booed vigorously by the audience like it was panto.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 12d

Could I introduce you to Warhammer?
#warhammercommunity

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 13d

Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 12d

I have this whole gnome book and it is gorgeous.

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 13d

@royalastrosoc.bsky.social question from my 4yo son this morning, do other planets have more than four seasons? Or are seasons something that only happen on Earth?

Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 13d

You wrote Thronglets?! That was a great game, I didn't know you worked on that.

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 13d

Oooh, I've seen this, is it good?!

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 14d

Calamitous decision for artists if done. We *will* see Arts used for party political ends, funding "the Right kind of Art" dependent on political trends. Will be especially hard on trans/minority group artists

Arts Council funding decisions likely to be handed to mayors share.google/LYekLAOJdtn1...

Arts Council funding decisions likely to be handed to mayors | LBC

Funding decisions on the arts could soon be made regionally if the government strips the Arts Council of these powers

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 14d

First time I saw that film it was on the big screen, as a first date!

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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 15d

The hat is pretty cool too ...

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Eggo Cap

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