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Ian Nicholson FRSA

@idgnicholson.bsky.social
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Director and Writer. Recognised in #TheStage100 2021. Dad. Reviewer for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Paints miniatures. bio.site/iandgnicholson

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Attention, like crude oil, is treated like a scarce natural resource that must be extracted, processed, and refined."
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When Culture Becomes “Content”
Can art still illuminate reality in an age of monetized attention, generative AI, and culture produced at limitless scale?
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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com
A woman standing by a sphinx, the wind beating her cape
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely packed at SPRU (and this is only part of it!). Very exciting to see this much support for the indie gaming scene.
The Great Hall at the Albert Hall, Nottingham, full of stalls and people. SPRU artwork, reading 'Kitbash the Community'.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Queue is out the door and round the corner for #SPRU!
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If only there was an existing script instead...
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very disappointed the new Sky series #TheWargame does not feature Michael Gove slap-chopping Tyranids or Nicola Sturgeon pre-measuring Tau pulse rifles. #warhammercommunity
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turnip max @turnipmax.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Turnip28 Core Rules V19 is finally complete! Make sure to check the changelog for the new rules and balance updates. - Max
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Osprey Games 🎲 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Command a fleet of mighty battleships, sleek destroyers, and agile fighters, battling for supremacy of the stars. 🎲 A Billion Suns: Second Edition ✏️ Mike Hutchinson 🎨 Rob Turpin & Juan Richard Feliz 🗓️ December 2026 Available to Pre-Order Now #Wargames #ABillionSuns #SpaceCombat #SpaceFleets
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Peacehammer 40K: Paintinge litel miniatures of gardeneres, sculptors, academics. Detailed scale dioramas of museums, kiosks, cafés. Trimminge hedges. Makinge friendes. Yn the cozye glowe of the far future ther ys onlye WARMTH.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I never knew that Bob Hoskins made a cameo in Frasier. What a wonderful discovery.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Spent the morning watching #Grimdark from Two Block Films. A beautiful documentary about what the hobby means to one community in the North West. youtu.be/QTj8WXC_KgM?... #warhammer #warhammercommunity
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GRIMDARK | Full Documentary
YouTube video by GRIMDARK film (2026)
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just binge watched Mr Inbetween in three days. So good. Writing is brilliant. Character arcs for everyone are great. No sentimentality. And, very wisely, gets out on a high. Something of The Wire about it.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is my Batman (along with the 1960s Adam West). I 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 this version. I had the action figures, started drawing comics in silhouettes and watched it all the time (early Cartoon Network adopter). Absolutely iconic, and whoever thought Batman should have 1930s noir style costuming is a wonder.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I've am incredible urge to collect #skaven. Never played them before, sonyeven play AoS or WFB anymore but those lil rats guys are very appealing. #warhammercommunity
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Damn right.
Wile E. Coyote holding a sign saying "KEEP ART ALIVE"
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma was like watching a YouTube video essay about Two Many Cooks.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tippett's MAD GOD was a piece of proper cinema art. A singular vision, eeked out in spare time over decades. He, and his studio, have created dozens and dozens of legendary cinematic moments. To have it all broken up and sold off in a glorified car boot is a crime against cinema preservation.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Another incredible @greenmanfest.bsky.social over! Tyler Ballpark, Garth Marenghi, Zack Polanski and, of course, Wolf Alice were highlights this year. Huge love to Little Folk that create a beautiful, creative and inclusive area every year for the festival's children.
Green Man's Green Man. A shamanistic figure playing a pipe in the woods. The main stage of Green Man. Lit up at night for a gig.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I've never been much of an Austen fan but this mailout from @curzon.com certainly makes the latest release sound good.
Mailout mistakenly using the text from Resident Evil for Sense and Sensibility.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Currently exploring #snak28 by 5R of Sugar Candy Miniatures, and absolutely loving it. The games coming out of zine punk are so evocative and I find much more compelling.
A miniature of an enormous cupcake monster attempting to devour other candy land folk.An illustration of a smore but as a demon.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@leadpunkzine.bsky.social who did the cover illustration for Lead Punk #1? It's awesome!
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Colander eclipse
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thanks to Troublemaker Games for this fantastic @countbinface.bsky.social mini, as well as a mini of this other bloke who is mired in trash and hangs out with rats, who bears no resemblance to anyone at all (I am legally obliged to say, probably).
An image of a resin miniature of Lionel Garbage produced by Troublemaker Games. A man in a suit, stood in a bin, brandishing a broom and a bin lid with a rat on his shoulder.Count Binface but in miniature metal form.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🚨 Escaping containment 🚨 in further evidence that our hobby is piquing more mainstream interests, here is @tomfaber91.bsky.social excellent article on LARPing in the @financialtimes.com Weekend. #LARP #rpg share.google/EvXN1l0GR24p...
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How to become a wizard for the weekend
Thousands turned a Cambridgeshire field off the A10 into the capital city of a sprawling, boozy, bloody fantasy empire
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@culexus.bsky.social Where are the minis in your profile header from?
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just saw a thing where a director talked about taking out sex/nudity because audiences don’t want to see it. Here’s an idea: fuck the audience. I’m the chef & they’ll eat what I serve them and like it. *The audience* knows what they want? Why don’t you let a toddler drive a car next?
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exciting to receive Oathmark 2nd edition from @ospreygames.bsky.social today. Some interesting changes in this ed. and looking forward to getting it on the table.
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
full info here:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PREMIUM FANTASY LIFESTYLE BRAND, WYRD SCIENCE, BANS SMART GLASS WEARERS FROM READING MAGAZINE
London - 29/07/2026

Following reports of incredibly uncool behaviour at several comic and gaming conventions Wyrd Science, one of the world's leading Fantasy Adventure Gaming lifestyle brands, today became the first publisher in the world to announce a total ban on wearer's of smart glasses, otherwise known as nonce goggles, from reading its flagship print magazine title, Wyrd Science.
"Like many we are increasingly frustrated by Meta's determination to stick their beak into every part of our lives, and their determination to try and make the world a worse place," explained Wyrd Science publisher and editor John Power. "Not that we expect the kind of people who would willingly wear these devices to pick up a magazine in between trying to perve on unsuspecting members of the public but still, enough is enough, our words are not to filtered through your infernal devices."
"Mark Zuckerbeg is one of the richest men in the and certainly one of the few people alive today who can afford to own two full strength Warhammer armies, we suggest he takes advantage of this and tries to develop a hobby or two rather than cosying up with authoritarians around the world whilst trying to turn our everyday existence into some kind of nightmarish panopticon of non-consensual content."
Launched in 2021 Wyrd Science has incredibly slowly developed a reputation of some kind amongst a niche of a niche within the tabletop gaming community. Nonetheless with so few others willing to throw money away on quixotic projects like this they are definitely amongst the top ten, maybe even top 5 print magazines in the world covering games that are a bit like Dungeons & Dragons but less popular.
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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great news: the talks from Jubensha Con are now available online for FREE! Big thanks to our amazing speakers for agreeing to this, and to Joe Strickland at @chronicinsanity.bsky.social for producing the videos. A lot of much bigger and more expensive conferences don't do this – but we just did.
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Jubensha Con 2026 - YouTube
The talks given at JubenshaCon 2026 Find out more about the convention at https://jubenshacon.com Buy jubensha from: https://jubensha.co.uk https://www.suspe...
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
So here's our new newsletter, Hooks & Rumours. Basically the best of the Gazetteer & hopefully a load of stuff to interest, entertain and inform you This week you'll find links to everything from peasant metal to a haunted English county, crass & sublime art & Game Workshop's origin story. enjoy!
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Hooks & Rumours #1
What we've been reading, watching, listening to and buying this weekend and think you should check out too....
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Vae Victis Miniatures @vaevictisminis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Totally not related to any situation that might be going on right now in the hobby community : Being political neutral doesn't exist, it is a political stance in itself. And why would you want to be neutral against fascists, homophobes and transphobes?
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Making something weird for a new game... #sugarlump #nerdlings #mlp #minipainting #miniaturepainting
Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony but she's covered in mushrooms Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony but there's mushrooms growing out of her and she has a flower for an eye.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
40K tech priests and STCs are real now. #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Daddy, why did we need a new Prime Minister?" asks my 4yo.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I don't know what #Jimothy is, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Do you have a copy of the Reader's Digest Folklore, Myths and Legends? I've written about it for the @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reader's Digest Folklore, Myths and Legends book from 1973
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Any game that has some form of "remember when DnD used be X" is the RPG equivalent of when comedians say "you can't make jokes about anything anymore!". It's just a form of saying "remember when bigotry didn't have consequences!".
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 16/07/2026
'The site’s founders are big believers in pushing the cause of neglected or threatened culture, so when they heard tidings that the ploughman’s lunch was in a state of crisis and decline, they knew they had to act...' Low Culture Podcast: The Ploughman’s Lunch buff.ly/DjGb3R8
Colour photograph of a traditional ploughman's lunch—bread, pickled onions, cucumber, tomatoes, relish and cheese.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In her new film #TheInvite, it feels like Olivia Wilde finds a style of directing that is her. Thoughtful framing, the length of shots, a European sensibility to it whilst obviously referencing works like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf as well as Cesc Gay's original.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I love this from Gerard Way. Such a class touch.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Discovered today that my old housemate is married to Count Binface. Small world.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Always good getting the new edition of @secretpassageszine.bsky.social. Particularly enjoying the @gavthorpe.bsky.social interview and Trish Carden's article about GW's first dragon.
Secret Passages zine with a wizard casting a spell on the front.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Received the Maus! miniatures from @westfaliaminis.bsky.social today and they are wonderful. So much detail and character packed into such a small space! Love these lil guys.
A mouse wearing chainmail and holding a shield. Still on its sprue.A swashbuckling mouse. A wizard mouse.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Well, this Vinted page is an absolute joy.
A chintzy floral plate printed with Lord Fairisle worshipping in front of The Wicker Man
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Very cool to have MakeBeth announced at Shakespeare's Globe! Currently on tour, it'll be coming to London in the autumn. Been fab to direct this and work with Hannah, Sam and the cast. 💀🗡️🩸 www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/mak...
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MakeBeth | What's On | Shakespeare's Globe
A brand-new interactive retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth brought to life with recycled cardboard magic. Perfect for families and young audiences aged 7+.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What is our continued arc towards #grimdark in games about? Is it still a repudiation of Tokien/Lewis moralistic fantasy? Has it become a cultural eddy that we struggle to escape from? Is it a reflection of our increasingly damaged world where evil acts are so obviously unpunished? Your thoughts?
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wyrd.science
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Got Glaive issue 3 (thanks @wyrdscience.bsky.social!) and it's packed with awesome weird stuff. Particularly enjoying @wittlegoblin.bsky.social Obscure Offerings section just suggesting cool things to look at. Also the SmashBash interview and Philosophy of Painting are very nice, chewy brain stuff.
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I have found it! After a month of searching! It was from Brigade Models. brigademodels.co.uk/product/jone...
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Jonesy – Brigade Models Online Shop
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Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Received Horse War from @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social today - and it absolutely slaps. Completely bonkers, kit bashing opportunities aplenty and a total riot. Going to getting it to the tabletop very soon.
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