Nicholas Pegg
@nicholaspegg.bsky.social
Actor, writer, director, gardener. Author of The Complete David Bowie. Probably the only Equity member to have played Hamlet, a Dalek and an otter.
I’m hoping they go for ‘Our Party’, because that will wreak havoc in political interviews, as Tory or Labour or Lib Dem people will end up saying things like ‘Our party is doing very badly in the polls,’ or ‘Nobody in their right mind would vote for our party,’ etc etc etc
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’m hoping they go for ‘Our Party’, because that will wreak havoc in political interviews, as Tory or Labour or Lib Dem people will end up saying things like ‘Our party is doing very badly in the polls,’ or ‘Nobody in their right mind would vote for our party,’ etc etc etc
David Bowie
Kate Bush
The Cure
Steeleye Span
The Wurzels
Kate Bush
The Cure
Steeleye Span
The Wurzels
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Bo Diddley
Pulp
Eartha Kitt
The Fall
Hall & Oates
Bo Diddley
Pulp
Eartha Kitt
The Fall
Hall & Oates
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Aqualung
Dodgy
Van Morrison
Ricky Ross
Crybaby (Danny Coughlan)
Aqualung
Dodgy
Van Morrison
Ricky Ross
Crybaby (Danny Coughlan)
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
David Bowie
Kate Bush
The Cure
Steeleye Span
The Wurzels
Kate Bush
The Cure
Steeleye Span
The Wurzels
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I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
David Bowie in Time | British Library
Ten years after the death of David Bowie this landmark gathering of writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists and critics reflects on key points in his creat
events.bl.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
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Join me on 17/1, for a day with:
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
David Bowie in Time | British Library
Ten years after the death of David Bowie this landmark gathering of writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists and critics reflects on key points in his creat
events.bl.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Join me on 17/1, for a day with:
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
Tony Visconti
Nicholas Pegg
Leah Kardos
Mark Reeder
Blixa Bargeld
Gudrun Gut
Paul Morley
Francis Whately
Donny McCaslin
Samira Ahmed
Jonathan Barnbrook
Jehnny Beth
Mary Ann Hobbs
…and others
Talks, performances, film and more!
events.bl.uk/events/david...
I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
David Bowie in Time | British Library
Ten years after the death of David Bowie this landmark gathering of writers, filmmakers, musicians, artists and critics reflects on key points in his creat
events.bl.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m delighted and honoured to be a part of this event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Saturday 17th January. A day dedicated to David Bowie, with live music and very special guests. I’ll be in conversation with David’s producer and friend, the legendary Tony Visconti.
events.bl.uk/events/david...
events.bl.uk/events/david...
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Take a minute.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take a minute.
Happy Doctor Who Day to all who celebrate. 62 years old, and it’s still the greatest show in the galaxy.
a doctor who logo with a sign saying happy birthday
ALT: a doctor who logo with a sign saying happy birthday
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day to all who celebrate. 62 years old, and it’s still the greatest show in the galaxy.
Like many youngsters of my generation, I was deliciously frightened by the original TV movie of Salem’s Lot. 45 years later, I’m reading the novel for the first time. It’s superb. And no word of a lie, I reach *that* scene just as a delivery man taps on the window outside in the dark. Jesus Christ.
a man in a white robe is standing in a window .
ALT: a man in a white robe is standing in a window .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Like many youngsters of my generation, I was deliciously frightened by the original TV movie of Salem’s Lot. 45 years later, I’m reading the novel for the first time. It’s superb. And no word of a lie, I reach *that* scene just as a delivery man taps on the window outside in the dark. Jesus Christ.
I’ve only just stumbled across the fantastic fact that Margaret Thatcher’s 1970s voice coach, who taught her to lower her voice and speak more resonantly, was none other than Catherine Fleming, who voiced the evil Animus in bonkers 1965 Doctor Who serial The Web Planet. The Zarbi’s not for turning!
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve only just stumbled across the fantastic fact that Margaret Thatcher’s 1970s voice coach, who taught her to lower her voice and speak more resonantly, was none other than Catherine Fleming, who voiced the evil Animus in bonkers 1965 Doctor Who serial The Web Planet. The Zarbi’s not for turning!
Another very fine piece by Simon about a book that I read and re-read countless times during my formative years.
A long, long post on the novelisation Doctor Who The Revenge of the Cybermen by Terrance Dicks, the first to feature the bohemian Fourth Doctor: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/11/doct... #books #booksky #DoctorWho
Doctor Who The Revenge of the Cybermen, by Terrance Dicks
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November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Another very fine piece by Simon about a book that I read and re-read countless times during my formative years.
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It’s hardly the most important thing about this story, but could the entire news media please stop getting ‘letters patent’ wrong? It’s a plural noun. The king has issued letters patent. Saying he has issued ‘a letters patent’ is like saying that Wordsworth and Tennyson were ‘a poets laureate’. Bah.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s hardly the most important thing about this story, but could the entire news media please stop getting ‘letters patent’ wrong? It’s a plural noun. The king has issued letters patent. Saying he has issued ‘a letters patent’ is like saying that Wordsworth and Tennyson were ‘a poets laureate’. Bah.
It’s hardly the most important thing about this story, but could the entire news media please stop getting ‘letters patent’ wrong? It’s a plural noun. The king has issued letters patent. Saying he has issued ‘a letters patent’ is like saying that Wordsworth and Tennyson were ‘a poets laureate’. Bah.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s hardly the most important thing about this story, but could the entire news media please stop getting ‘letters patent’ wrong? It’s a plural noun. The king has issued letters patent. Saying he has issued ‘a letters patent’ is like saying that Wordsworth and Tennyson were ‘a poets laureate’. Bah.
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This Specific Dalek has been played by both @nicholaspegg.bsky.social and me. We happily accept the accolade as a couple, though. Thank you, @pinknews.bsky.social.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This Specific Dalek has been played by both @nicholaspegg.bsky.social and me. We happily accept the accolade as a couple, though. Thank you, @pinknews.bsky.social.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.
When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When the world feels grim, I remind myself that I’ve lived through the time of Alan Bennett, David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Oliver Postgate, ABBA, the Goodies, Kate Bush, I Claudius, Doctor Who, David Bowie and sun-dried tomatoes, and I think good god, we’re the luckiest generation in history.
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Huge fun here from the always splendid Toby Hadoke, who invited a whole load of us to nominate the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes we’d most like to see recovered. Whittling it down from 97 was agony, but I hope you’ll approve of my choices… and David Tennant’s, and many more besides. Get clicking!
I’m amazed at the number and quality of folk who contributed to this podcast (a Doctor! 3 companions! Writers! Actors! Lost Episode Finders! Fans of Yore!)
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
Indefinable Magic MISSING EPISODES SPECIAL - Fantasy Film Cans (Part One)
With all this missing episodes speculation in the air, your Host With The Most (that is "Most Patience For Wrangling Arcane Facts and Stats Because He's A Very Boring Man") Toby Hadoke has found the t...
www.podbean.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Huge fun here from the always splendid Toby Hadoke, who invited a whole load of us to nominate the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes we’d most like to see recovered. Whittling it down from 97 was agony, but I hope you’ll approve of my choices… and David Tennant’s, and many more besides. Get clicking!
Huge fun here from the always splendid Toby Hadoke, who invited a whole load of us to nominate the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes we’d most like to see recovered. Whittling it down from 97 was agony, but I hope you’ll approve of my choices… and David Tennant’s, and many more besides. Get clicking!
I’m amazed at the number and quality of folk who contributed to this podcast (a Doctor! 3 companions! Writers! Actors! Lost Episode Finders! Fans of Yore!)
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
It’s just a bit of fun: a countdown of the most desired missing episodes of Doctor Who. Plus much arcana, natch:
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8epk3...
Indefinable Magic MISSING EPISODES SPECIAL - Fantasy Film Cans (Part One)
With all this missing episodes speculation in the air, your Host With The Most (that is "Most Patience For Wrangling Arcane Facts and Stats Because He's A Very Boring Man") Toby Hadoke has found the t...
www.podbean.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Huge fun here from the always splendid Toby Hadoke, who invited a whole load of us to nominate the 17 missing Doctor Who episodes we’d most like to see recovered. Whittling it down from 97 was agony, but I hope you’ll approve of my choices… and David Tennant’s, and many more besides. Get clicking!
I think music peaked in the year I turned 11. So that’ll be a no from me.
Everyone thinks music peaked in the year where they were having the most casual sex
October 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I think music peaked in the year I turned 11. So that’ll be a no from me.
I’ve just learned that Patrick Troughton’s farewell words* to Jamie* and the Brigadier* in the last episode of The Tenth Planet* were “It’s the kindest person I’ve ever met,”* and this is “a classic moment in Doctor Who lore, cherished by fans.”* That should silence those pesky AI haters.
*wrong
*wrong
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’ve just learned that Patrick Troughton’s farewell words* to Jamie* and the Brigadier* in the last episode of The Tenth Planet* were “It’s the kindest person I’ve ever met,”* and this is “a classic moment in Doctor Who lore, cherished by fans.”* That should silence those pesky AI haters.
*wrong
*wrong
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Very much enjoying all the indignant reviews of this new Frankenstein film, written by people who have clearly never read Frankenstein, taking issue with the fact that it appears for once to be based on Frankenstein.
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Very much enjoying all the indignant reviews of this new Frankenstein film, written by people who have clearly never read Frankenstein, taking issue with the fact that it appears for once to be based on Frankenstein.
Back in 1981 this extraordinary track was like nothing we’d ever heard before - a whole decade ahead of its time. All these years later, it’s still a total banger. Marc Almond and Cindy Ecstasy on vocals. The mighty Dave Ball on everything else.
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youtu.be/Yd6SR5VC5A0?...
Soft Cell / Memorabilia / Extended / Featuring Cindy Ecstasy
YouTube video by REG PLASMA
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October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Back in 1981 this extraordinary track was like nothing we’d ever heard before - a whole decade ahead of its time. All these years later, it’s still a total banger. Marc Almond and Cindy Ecstasy on vocals. The mighty Dave Ball on everything else.
youtu.be/Yd6SR5VC5A0?...
youtu.be/Yd6SR5VC5A0?...
Together with Marc, Dave Ball brought pleasure, power and positivity to countless young lives, my own included. Raising a glass to one of the greats.
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Together with Marc, Dave Ball brought pleasure, power and positivity to countless young lives, my own included. Raising a glass to one of the greats.
Beginning to wonder if headline writers are deliberately trying to get that Day Today Chris Morris meme treatment.
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Beginning to wonder if headline writers are deliberately trying to get that Day Today Chris Morris meme treatment.
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s best novel. Not sure if that opinion quite counts as unhinged, but I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who agrees. I hasten to add that I love all the others to pieces. But Mansfield Park is best.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s best novel. Not sure if that opinion quite counts as unhinged, but I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who agrees. I hasten to add that I love all the others to pieces. But Mansfield Park is best.