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therealnihal.bsky.social
I wrote a book about the art conversation and I host a podcast for the BBC where I have amazing conversations with fascinating guests.
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Why do we live ~80 years, instead of 20 or 300? How has the definition of death changed over time? Will we ever be able to put people into stasis? I and @therealnihal.bsky.social discuss all this and more on @bbc5live.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Musk managed to do to Tesla the brand what Daniella Westbrook did to Burberry.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Please can you set aside 17 minutes of your day today so that you can witness what hope looks like? And then act accordingly. youtu.be/0juLRi90kRg?...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

What a miserable 4 days. #FFSCOYS @therealnihal.bsky.social

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Current location: Fort Bazaar, Galle, Sri Lanka. Galle Literary Festival.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

The Galle Literary Festival. Sri Lanka is lush.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Another day, another way in which Trump's America apes the British empire "Parallels have been drawn with the British policy in the early 18th century, when convicts were sent first to the American colonies, and then, after the American Revolution, to Australia" www.thetimes.com/article/ad2a...

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

The jumping bit could've gone either way.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Gary's worried. We chatted about it on my Headliners With Nihal Arthanayake Podcast. Gary Stevenson.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Tomorrow I am flying to Sri Lanka to attend the Galle Literary Festival. Don't worry I will be asking if the pilot is non-white or a woman. And if they are brown, black or a woman I will demand to see their qualifications. Bloody diversity.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Went on X again this morning. Felt like that scene from Trainspotting when Ewan McGregor climbed into a toilet.

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

The new Sam Fender song and video are so beautiful. Take 5 mins out of your day to watch this. youtu.be/5cXCUp6j5M8?...

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"Because it wasn't implemented properly!" They cry.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

How many kids who end up in Pupil Referral Units have terrible home lives blighted by abuse, addiction, and terrible parenting. They are then punished for their rage and put into a place where many dedicated adults try and help them turn it around.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

🔴How Right-Wing Media Spread the False Claim That One in Twelve Londoners Are ‘Illegal Migrants’ There is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, in order to push for Trump-style mass deportations, argues @zoejardiniere.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/h...

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🔴Elon Musk is Accidentally Helping to Raise Thousands for Progressive Causes in the UK Campaigners are turning his own tweets “into a weapon against the far right” bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/e...

submitted 26 days ago • 7 comments

And encouraged and enabled by the right wing media.

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I love hosting in conversations with great authors. @sathnam.bsky.social

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Great evening in Nottingham listening to @garyseconomics.bsky.social being interviewed by @therealnihal.bsky.social about Gary's book 'The Trading Game' and then answering some great audience questions on Wealth Inequality. Superb night 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and I encourage others to catch Gary while he's on tour💯

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🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

submitted 27 days ago • 13 comments

A must!

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Will Mr Musk be posting about this despicable gang of criminals too?

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

That was an afternoon well spent in the company of @sathnam.bsky.social discussing the legacy of Empire. (The photo was taken during soundcheck)

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Can’t wait @sathnam.bsky.social @therealnihal.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

History teacher heaven this afternoon! A brilliant nuanced, funny and fascinating conversation @sathnam.bsky.social @therealnihal.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

@sathnam.bsky.social thank you and @therealnihal.bsky.social for a thought provoking, intelligent, human and funny afternoon. Looking forward to reading the book after I’ve read Empireland.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Get tickets for exclusive Byline Times screening of the amazing film 2073 With special Q&A with director Asif Kapadia, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes 19 February at Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square at 6.30pm www.eventbrite.com/e/2073-scree...?

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

If millionaires are fleeing due to Labour's policies then places like Hale in Cheshire will empty out pretty quickly. I see no evidence of that. Apart from when they all go en masse skiing.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

In the 1970s Afghanistan’s Sikh ­population was about 100,000, before years of war, poverty and discrimination pushed thousands into exile. ­Community leaders now estimate that fewer than 140 remain in the country www.thetimes.com/article/5670...

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

submitted 30 days ago • 20 comments

This.

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Here's our piece on Non-League Day from last year at @altrinchamfc.bsky.social featuring @therealnihal.bsky.social Where should we go this year for Non-League Day (22.03.25)? Let us know in the replies. #groundhopping www.terraceedition.com/home-haute/n...

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"Donald Trump is a slob, a cheat, a lawbreaker, a bully, a careless liar, a cheap jingoist and a very dangerous politician indeed. He appeals to the dark side, the chaos in human nature. His presidency may prove a disaster." Matthew Parris is not wrong. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

submitted 34 days ago • 13 comments

🔴 EDITORIAL: Trump's Return – Keeping the Subtle Flame of Integrity Lit "In the next few years of Trump's America it will be easy to fall into doom loops & rage. By paying attention to our complex & contradictory humanness we can keep our integrity in chaos & disruption" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

I wonder how Mexican Americans are feeling right now. .

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

"It's all about commonsense." Trump.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Nice that they chose a football chant for the inauguration. "Glory glory Tottenham Hotspur!"

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

How long until Trump and Musk fall out? And over what?

submitted 34 days ago • 7 comments

Biden and Harris at The Roast of Biden & Harris.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

See you there!

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” Omar El Akkad.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

This book.

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

Grateful to @therealnihal.bsky.social for posting daily book recommendations in January. Listed in this blog post inc. book 1 Humankind: A Hopeful History, by @rutgerbregman.bsky.social. intunepr.co.uk/reads-experi... #bookrecommendation #goodreads #bookrecommendations #letstalk #poetry

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

This! Hope some Reform UK voters come along.

submitted 37 days ago • 3 comments

He absolutely does and should be listened to above the Musk types.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Forget what Musk, Farage, Yaxley-Lennon and the rest of them have to say and listen to this podcast instead open.spotify.com/episode/1cQM...

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments