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David Nice

@davidnice.bsky.social

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Writer, lecturer, broadcaster, happily bestriding London and Dublin. Classical music/Opera Editor of The Arts Desk, author of seven books including Prokofiev: From Russia to the West (Yale). Running two Zoom courses, one on opera, the other on concert rep.

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · Nov 23

Giving it a try on here after low-key interactions on Mastodon - excellent for finding out about the world, but I missed most of the musical folk I left behind on Xitter last year. Good to see some famiiar faces already.

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 14m

Oh, so not the physical violence and disappearance of innocent people, then? Not etc etc. Loomer has always been one of the worst and always will be.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 16m

Unkind to orang-utans, who are definitely more intelligent.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 17m

It's no bombshell. It's exactly what we thought they did, or rather stated, since they do nothing, behind closed doors.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 19m

All of this pales into insignificance alongside the moral arguement - you're propping up one of the worst people in the world.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 21m

How often does it have to be repeated? Trans rights are human rights. Let them live their lives.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 23m

3/ Another rose. Not familiar with this singular shade.

Second bloom in Rose Garden, Greenwich Park.

David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 24m

2/ Sounds like the Ranger's House is well worth a visit; the Wernher Collection looks like a real cabinet of curiosities.

Ranger's House and Rose Garden, Greenwich Park

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 29m

Blooms still apparent in the newly-done rose garden of Greenwich Park. Never been there before and thought the autumn planting (plenty of sages, Michaelmas daisies etc) was superb.