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.

Scene from Barry's The Importance of Being Earnest at Garsington.
Abel Selaocoe at the 2026 BBC Proms, image by Chris Christodoulou
Philip K Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - a literary masterpiece about the human condition.
Janey Godley, possibly the first to stand up to Pres Pizda in an original way. Suggesting the Spanish team should present copies to him should they win.
Philip K Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
Rehearsing 'Wuthering Heights' in Fairview Park, Dublin, 18 July 2026.
Pärnu bay, Estonia.
Swallows and cloud-covered sun, Pärnu, Estonia.
Flowery meadow between mouth of Pärnu river and reed beds (bird sanctuary behind dunes and beach).
Stone jetty in Pärnu, female eiders swimming away from an influx.
Oaks in Pärnu's 'garden zone', on the way to river and sea.
Pärnu beach, Estonia, after my only swim this time - too many meetings with interesting people, rehearsals, daytime recitals.
Claudia Jablonski taking conducting advice from Neeme, Paavo and Kristjan Järvi in Pärnu.
Count Binface with Kennedy in Berlin.
Kaupo Kikkas's photograph of the 2016 Pärnu Festival team with Paavo Järvi central.
Paavo Järvi conducting the Estonian Festival Orchestra in Nielsen's Third Symphony at the Pärnu Music Festival
Gerald Barry and Dean Power after the EC/EP Thomas Moore tribute in Dublin's Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Company of singers, pianists and instrumentalists (plus Ann Murray who spoke and read beautifully) at the end of the Irish Presidency special EU concert honouring 'Europe's Minstrel', Thomas Moore.
Seapoint swimming, walking to Monkstown
Programme for 'Europe's Minstrel' on 11 July in the Royal Irish Academy of Music
Programme cover for a celebration of Thomas Moore at the Royal Irish Academy of Music tonight (11 July)
Mackerel-cirrus clouds over Howth, Dublin Bay, 11 July
After a long, lovely swim at Seapoint, 9am, 11 July.
Happy Neeme Järvi, delighted newcomers after the first major concert of the Pärnu Music Festival
Looking towards Howth from beyond Seapoint, Dublin Bay, 9pm, 7 July
Bathing at Seapoint, looking towards the Poolbeg Towers, 8pm, 8 July
Tern on a rock, Seapoint, Dublin Bay
Bathers at Seapoint, 7.45pm, 9 July.
Dame Ann Murray on a recent visit to Zoom opera course, presiding over a Thomas Moore concert in Dublin on 11 July
Guitarist Sean Shibe playing an 'Electric Twilight' programme in front of Barbara Hepworth's 'Family of Man' at Snape.
Tudor bee bole, walled garden, Fulham Palace.
Elizabeth Llewellyn, long-read interview with David Nice on theartsdesk
Former knot garden, Fulham Palace Walled Garden
Israel's ambassador to UK Tzipi Hotovely with Yvette Cooper, who still refuses to sanction Netanyahu despite a letter from 70 MPs. Cooper took huge donations from the Israel lobbyists. Pure corruption.
Dahlias et al outside the glasshouse, Fulham Palace Walled Garden
Flowers, sales cart and church tower beyond, Fulham Palace Walled Garden
Pond in Fulham Palace's Walled Garden
Bee bole in Tudor wall, Fulham Palace gardens
Walled Garden at Fulham Palace, July 2026
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston
Common blue butterfly, Margravine Cemetery, London W14
Gatekeeper butterfly in Margravine Cemetery, London W14
Marbled white butterfly in Margravine Cemetery, London W14
Tom Fetherstonhaugh and Niamh O'Sullivan in rehearsal for their latest Fantasia Orchestra programme
Scene from Royal Opera I puritani
Gyula Orendt as Kurwenal and Clay Hilley as Tristan in Pappano's LSO concert performance at the Barbican
Scene from Bellini's I Puritani at the Royal Opera
Marquee for Borders wedding viewed from above, Broughton.
Tallest foxglove in Broughton woods, Scottish Borders.
View from the edge of Broughton woods, Borders.
Choral concert in Blythburgh Church as part of the 2026 Aldeburgh Festival
Sean Shibe rehearsing electric guitar pieces in front of Barbara Hepworth's 'Family of Man' at Snape.
Alde Estuary near Snape, looking across to Iken Church
Boat and sea poppies, Aldeburgh Beach
Boat, couple and low flying swallow, Aldeburgh beach, c.11.30am.
Aldeburgh beach after swim, c. 11am.
Seagulls, Aldeburgh, 3.30am.
Swallow flying in front of Moot Hall, Aldeburgh
Sea poppies on Aldeburgh Beach.
Performance of part of Joyce's Scylla and Charybdis chapter in the National Library of Ireland on Bloomsday