Tom Nicholas

Video: Why Political Debate Sucks Now

Hey all!

Anyone looking for a little Sunday evening watch? (Or, you know, whatever-day-and-time-it-is-where-you-are watch?)

Here's my latest piece which, as things stand, I'm calling Why Political Debate Sucks Now.

It's a little reflection on the public sphere, the internet, positioning, and "context collapse"; ideas I've been thinking about for some time, but which seemed hyper relevant to some of the fall out of Charlie Kirk's murder, and some of the discursive fa...

Cooking Up Another Monologue | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

I write this whilst taking a few moments out of the final editing push on the second of the "monologue" videos I've been experimenting with lately.

The idea behind the format was simple: old-school, opinion-style videos with just me, a camera, and hopefully some half-decent writing. There were a few inspirations, but my pitc...

Moving Out | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

It's been a reasonably quiet week this week as myself and the whole team have had our heads down working on the next run of videos. But there's still been a lot going on...

My main focus has been to finalise the script for another "monologue" video in the vein of the Elon Musk/Nigel Farage/Twitter piece from last month. This...

Interviews and Interludes | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

This week saw another surprise video, in the form of an interview with Kerry Moscogiuri from Amnesty International UK.

Regular readers of this little update will have noticed that I didn't manage to publish an entry last week, and that was because we were in London filming a couple of interviews as part of our early attempts...

Interview: Why British Police Arrested 2,000 Peaceful Protestors

Hey all!

Another surprise extra video!

I've mentioned a few times lately that I've been looking at piloting an interview series. The plan is to sit down with experts, power-holders, and critics of power to tap their knowledge and experience.

The hope is that this might help us cover some additional topics while allowing you to hear from some other, far more knowledgable people than I.

The idea came out of having had the chance to speak with some really knowledgable fol...

Video: Universities are in Crisis. Here's Why.

Hello friends!

Feast your eyes on my latest video: Why University Feels Like a Scam Now.

It's been a big ol' production to bring together. Filmed on-location in Cambridge, and featuring a stellar group of interviewees, it's an attempt to understand what's gone wrong with university (if anything has gone wrong) and what we can do to fix it.

Let me know what you think! And thanks so much to all of you who support me on here who ensure that making ambitious wo...

Getting Educated | The Friday(ish) Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

This week, we've been out on the road again!

The last couple of videos have been filmed fairly close to home. This was partly because that made sense for those videos—the Uber video needed to be filmed in Plymouth, after all.

It was also a practical consideration though. I wasn't going to disappear too soon after my ...

Can We Save the Internet? | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

So, I missed last week's Friday Update, but I think I had a good excuse. Because, as many of you will now have seen, I was making an extra video!

When I released my video discussing quite how challenging making ends meet on the channel had become (which brought many of you here!) one of the things I spoke about was ...

Surprise Video: Elon Musk is Rotting Conservative Brains

Hey all!

How about a surprise bonus video for a Wednesday morning (or, I guess, Tuesday night, depending on where you are in the world?).

This is an experiment with a slightly different format than usually. A little bit quicker and more "monologue"-y than anything we've made for a while.

Nevertheless, this is an extra rather than a replacement for a "normal" video—we're actually off to film the next of those very soon!

Let me know what you think of this format. If pe...

A New Era! | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

So! After a couple of week’s silence whilst I was on paternity leave, I’m now back at work! And everything’s a little bit different...

I’ve not quite managed to shift back into a normal schedule yet; but that was always likely to be the case.

A lot of my writing is currently being done in the midnight hours acc...

Video: The Men Who Broke British Politics

Hey all!

Here's my latest video, currently titled The Men Who Broke British Politics (although, as ever, we might tweak that should it not prove the most clickable title!).

It's a dive into the intertwining careers of Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer, the two competing strands of politics they represent, and how both have brought UK politics to the very edge.

It's a very British story on the surface, but I'm sure those of you in other countries will be able to find som...

Short King | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

No baby!

I was fairly sure when I wrote last week’s instalment of The Friday Update that it would be my last for a fortnight or so.

After many, many months of waiting, it seemed pretty likely that my wife and I’s baby would have arrived and I would be on paternity leave.

Apparently he’s not great a...

An Uncertain Time | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

No baby!

My weeks are a bit strange at the moment.

As many of you know, my wife and I are currently expecting a baby and, when that happens, I’m planning on taking a couple of weeks off.

Two weeks is the legal standard in the UK so Tom (the employer) is going to try and force Tom (the employee) to do so, in ord...

Clip: The Americanization of the British Right

On today's clip, we're look at why the British Right is obsessed with American politics.

Enjoy!

Or you can watch on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-the-americanization-of-the-british-right?ref=tomnicholas

Clip: Is it FINALLY Going to Happen?

In today's stream clip, we're talking about a wealth tax. Is it going to happen? Should it happen? Would it be successful at tackling extreme wealth inequality?

Enjoy! And thanks as ever for your generous support!

Or watch on ad free on Nebula here: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-is-it-finally-going-to-happen

Video: How Silicon Valley Monopolized the World

Hey all!

Here's my latest little video, which I've tentatively titled How Silicon Valley Monopolized the World.

Hopefully, it's a fun, energetic look at how Uber (and other platform companies) enter new markets—in real time!

Let me know what you think, and thanks as ever for your generous support!

Tom

Hot Hot Hot! | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.This week

The past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic as we’ve been putting the final touches to the next video.

Given the piece is about Uber, we spent Thursday and Friday of last week doing a tour of taxi ranks around Plymouth to film pieces-to-camera which was fun; but also extremely hot!

We somehow managed to...

Clip: He's Coming Back.

Donald Trump is coming back to the UK for an unprecedented second state visit.

How do we think it's going to go down?

Clip: The Rise (and Fall) of Keir Starmer

The first clip from this week's live show is a dive into the rise (and fall?) of Keir Starmer.

It's something we might dedicate a whole main channel video to at some point in the near future. But let me know if that's something you'd like to see!

The Case of the Impossibly Cheap Uber | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.This week

This past week has been a week of impossibilities.

Last Thursday, my editor, Georgia, approached me with what she called an “ethical dilemma”.

See, she’d popped over to my house to help film a couple of segments for an upcoming video about testosterone ads.

And, finding herself running late, she’...

What a week... | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

Wow. What a week.

When I wrote and posted the last edition of the Friday Update, I was feeling pretty sheepish.

Our last video, Wetherspoon: Inside Britain’s Most Controversial Pubs, had eventually found a respectable audience, and had recently tipped 250,000 views.

Nevertheless, it had taken ...

Welcome and Thank You

Hi Everyone,

I've been trying to keep up with replying to everyone's comments on the video post below, and on the YouTube video, but it's been nearly impossible to do so, and I thought I'd do a quick note so you know I've not just ignored you all!

Whether you've just signed up, or opted to stick around, I wanted to say a massive thank you for choosing to support the work my team and I do.

I won't repeat too much of what I said in the video itself, but the landscape for indep...

Video: This isn't working.

Hey Everyone!

As I mentioned in the last edition of The Friday Update, we're putting out a Patreon/support drive video today.

With the cost of everything going up over the past year or so, and ad revenue very much not doing so(!), things have been looking a little bit precarious.

My hope is that we might be able to entice a few more people to join up and support my team and I to continue making high-quality, in-depth videos; and, if we're lucky, maybe even ...

This isn't working... | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

This week’s Friday Update is a bit of a heads up…

Over the past seven days or so, we’ve been putting together a video which we’re hoping might serve as the basis for a bit of a support drive here on Patreon.

The past year has seen us produce a couple of our most-watched videos ever.

We’ve also ...

Clip: This British MP Wants to Ban the Burqa

British politics is going a bit retro as 2000s-style Islamophobia makes a bit of a come back.

Nebula link: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-britain-is-getting-more-right-wing

Clip: The Green Party's Identity Crisis, Explained

One mostly for my fellow UK-ians here, but perhaps of interest to those of you watching elsewhere too!

In this week's stream, we had a little look at the identity crisis in the Green Party of England and Wales...

Nebula subscribers can watch here: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas2-the-green-partys-identity-crisis-explained?ref=tomnicholas<...

Courting Controversy (Accidentally...) | The Friday Updarte

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

Hopefully now most of you will have found the time to sit down and watch my latest video: Wetherspoon: Inside Britain’s Most Controversial Pubs. Which has been oddly controversial itself…

Okay, it’s not been that controversial, I’ve simply been watching the comments come in since the video has gone ...

Video: British Pubs are in Crisis. Can Wetherspoon Save Them?

Hello all!

I'm very proud to share my latest video with you all. And, this time around, we're going to the pub.

Or... lots of pubs.

Continuing my informal series in which I investigate various different British institutions (which last time involved a trip to the House of Lords), I decided to make a little film about the Great British Pub. And, in particular, the UK's most iconic pub chain: J.D. Wetherspoon.

I say "little film", I mean a 90 minute documentary for which...

It’s Been a While, I’m Sorry | The Friday Update

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Update, in which I give a little insight into what I’ve been up to for the past seven days.

It’s been a while since I wrote here. For which I can only apologies. We’ve been very, very busy.

Over the past month, we’ve been making a big push to get ahead on a bunch of future projects.

Until now, we’ve mostly been working on a project-by-project basis; crunching to finish one video, before dusti...

Clip: Trash Reality TV is Making an Online Comeback.

200s-style trash reality TV is making a comeback on YouTube. And I'm not a fan.