David Nice
@davidnice.bsky.social
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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Everyone in the world should watch this.
Eye witnesses Gaza, testimony
Dr. Ben Thomson
Eye witnesses Gaza, testimony
Dr. Ben Thomson
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Everyone in the world should watch this.
Eye witnesses Gaza, testimony
Dr. Ben Thomson
Eye witnesses Gaza, testimony
Dr. Ben Thomson
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Ed Gardner knows how to make Elgar move, in more senses than one, where other conductors don't quite get it. Beth Taylor also contralto-magnificent and intensely dramatic in 'Sea Pictures'. Five stars, no doubt about it: a first rate evening @southbankcentre.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ed Gardner knows how to make Elgar move, in more senses than one, where other conductors don't quite get it. Beth Taylor also contralto-magnificent and intensely dramatic in 'Sea Pictures'. Five stars, no doubt about it: a first rate evening @southbankcentre.bsky.social
Courage we can't begin to imagine (yet, thank goodness).
"First we meekly allowed millions of us to be killed,then we carefully pampered the killers in their comfortable old age."
Anna Aleksandrova,a hairdresser from the Leningrad region of Russia,was sentenced to 5,2yrs in prison for "spreading fakes about the Russian army"
Anna Aleksandrova,a hairdresser from the Leningrad region of Russia,was sentenced to 5,2yrs in prison for "spreading fakes about the Russian army"
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Courage we can't begin to imagine (yet, thank goodness).
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Wonderful Liz Watts stepped in with 24 hours' notice to replace Lucy Crowe. She was every inch as splendid in her own way as the other great Brit would have been. Fascinating programme from the Fantasia Orchestra, too. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Wonderful Liz Watts stepped in with 24 hours' notice to replace Lucy Crowe. She was every inch as splendid in her own way as the other great Brit would have been. Fascinating programme from the Fantasia Orchestra, too. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
The lady's not for turning. It's all about growth, growth, growth. Another thing to hate about this appalling misgovernment.
Demand no more airport expansion while we’re in a climate emergency here: foe.uk/14iat
Tell Rachel Reeves: don’t put plane profits before planet
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed airport expansion while we're in a climate emergency. Expanding airports like Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick won’t do much, if anything, for the communities that need ...
foe.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The lady's not for turning. It's all about growth, growth, growth. Another thing to hate about this appalling misgovernment.
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I stand with Senator Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I stand with Senator Mark Kelly.
The slide to authoritarianism continues. What the heck? And Labour needs to drop the charges against pro-Palestine protesters. A criminal waste of time and (our) money. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan for England and Wales, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The slide to authoritarianism continues. What the heck? And Labour needs to drop the charges against pro-Palestine protesters. A criminal waste of time and (our) money. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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So disgusting. As is the death penalty already.
our cruelty has never stopped for some, and it seems our prison/judicial system was set up to do exactly that.
"At 5:50, correctional officers opened the curtains of the death chamber to begin the state’s grim orchestration. Before those curtains would close about 37 minutes later, Boyd would gasp for air inside the gas mask more than 225 times."
www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So disgusting. As is the death penalty already.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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When people can't get their heads round the difference in scale between millions and billions, show them this. as for trillions, guess we're talking 'In the beginning was the word...' (no, not really...)
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When people can't get their heads round the difference in scale between millions and billions, show them this. as for trillions, guess we're talking 'In the beginning was the word...' (no, not really...)
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Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine last night. The main target of the attack was Kyiv
Six people were killed and 14 were injured
There is no electricity or heat in Kyiv due to shelling of energy infrastructure
That's Russia's response to USA peace plan
#UkrainianView
Six people were killed and 14 were injured
There is no electricity or heat in Kyiv due to shelling of energy infrastructure
That's Russia's response to USA peace plan
#UkrainianView
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine last night. The main target of the attack was Kyiv
Six people were killed and 14 were injured
There is no electricity or heat in Kyiv due to shelling of energy infrastructure
That's Russia's response to USA peace plan
#UkrainianView
Six people were killed and 14 were injured
There is no electricity or heat in Kyiv due to shelling of energy infrastructure
That's Russia's response to USA peace plan
#UkrainianView
Postponed watching the last of the Don Camillo films, only partly set in Russia (in a village on the Don, presumably the Po), because I feared it would be simplistic. But it has the usual balance between right-wing church man and communist mayor. Guareschi set the tone, and the films do him proud.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Postponed watching the last of the Don Camillo films, only partly set in Russia (in a village on the Don, presumably the Po), because I feared it would be simplistic. But it has the usual balance between right-wing church man and communist mayor. Guareschi set the tone, and the films do him proud.
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SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
SEN. GALLEGO: "This is fucking insane... Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, fuck you, you're not going to be able to scare us. You say you’re not acting like fascists… you won’t intimidate us.”
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
on the “investigation” announcement for telling the military their oath is to the constitution
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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Please repeat this
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Please repeat this
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
law enforcement!
ICE is breaking so many laws and committing crimes against humanity!
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★★★★ Blooming versatility: Watts, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Smith Square Hall review by @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Watts, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Smith Square Hall review - blooming versatility
Bah-humbuggers like me are happy to pass over seasonal fare, maybe excepting a Messiah or Christmas Oratorio
www.theartsdesk.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
★★★★ Blooming versatility: Watts, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Smith Square Hall review by @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Worth a read for what I quote. This Zionist Brit was as bad as any Israeli 'settlers' (ie thugs) now.
Checked out some names in the vital-to-see faction film Palestine 36. Orde Wingate, a real villain rather overdone (and with long hair) by the actor, was a real bastard. Wiki: 'Wingate became politically involved with a number of Zionist leaders, and became an ardent Christian Zionist himself. (ctd)
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Worth a read for what I quote. This Zionist Brit was as bad as any Israeli 'settlers' (ie thugs) now.
Not yet December, and already I am being driven out of cafes when 'Jingle Bell Rock' starts up...
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not yet December, and already I am being driven out of cafes when 'Jingle Bell Rock' starts up...
The press just love this treading water, but we know the upshot: Ukraine will not yield sovereign territory, and so Putler will reject it. The result won't be a 'tremendous' disappointment because we expect nothing else. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US and Ukraine signal peace plan progress after Geneva talks
Both sides say
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The press just love this treading water, but we know the upshot: Ukraine will not yield sovereign territory, and so Putler will reject it. The result won't be a 'tremendous' disappointment because we expect nothing else. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wonderful Liz Watts stepped in with 24 hours' notice to replace Lucy Crowe. She was every inch as splendid in her own way as the other great Brit would have been. Fascinating programme from the Fantasia Orchestra, too. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Wonderful Liz Watts stepped in with 24 hours' notice to replace Lucy Crowe. She was every inch as splendid in her own way as the other great Brit would have been. Fascinating programme from the Fantasia Orchestra, too. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
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This is badass!
Protesters at Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Vía @johnnypalmadessa.bsky.social on IG
#Pinks
Protesters at Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Vía @johnnypalmadessa.bsky.social on IG
#Pinks
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is badass!
Protesters at Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Vía @johnnypalmadessa.bsky.social on IG
#Pinks
Protesters at Lincoln Memorial yesterday.
Vía @johnnypalmadessa.bsky.social on IG
#Pinks
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...