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David Nicholls

11 months

My new novel! 'You Are Here' is a love story on a long walk, about company and solitude, the city and the country, a chamber-piece but with mountains. I'm so proud of this one, which I hope is funny and warm and touching. Out April '24 @SceptreBooks

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

3 years

London having all the weather at the same time.

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David Nicholls

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3 years

It’s #StSwithinsDay , which means that it’s 33 years since Dexter and Emma went back to her Edinburgh flat after graduation. Happily, it’s a bright, fine new morning with absolutely no chance of rain. Thanks to all the readers over the last twelve years. #OneDay @HodderBooks

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David Nicholls

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6 years

Just a note to say I'm signing off social media for Christmas, signing back in, signing off, signing in just to delete the app, reinstalling the app, signing in then signing off. See you again in about forty minutes.

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David Nicholls

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5 years

London, I love you but I did just slip on a dead rat.

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2 years

My first time in the west of Ireland and it's really quite something.

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David Nicholls

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3 years

If I could have my time over again, I don't think I'd bother trying to get wifi on a train.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Finally, I have found my sport.

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4 years

Japan has been holding precision walking competitions since 1966. Mesmerizing.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I couldn't sleep again so surrendered and went for a very early ride. The city looked lovely.

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David Nicholls

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1 year

It's #StSwithinsDay , somehow 35 years since Em and Dex climbed Arthur's Seat and just over a year since we started filming our epic @NetflixUK adaptation. We're nearly but I do want to say a big thank you to the great #OneDay team, and to Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall who are SO...

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David Nicholls

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5 years

For his birthday, my son had nine boys over for a sleepover and the smell of Lynx and old pizza boxes this morning is making my eyes burn.

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Shortly after taking this photo I walked into this lamppost.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I've lived in London for nearly 30 years and never been to @HighgateCemeter so today I put that right, went for a soulful walk and it was quite beautiful (and yes, I did wear a big coat with the collar up like a U2 album cover from 1981 what of it #goodtimes

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David Nicholls

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2 years

I am at the airport which means my personality has changed. Ruthless, dead-eyed, full of quiet rage, poised like a panther at the door of the airport bus, relentless in my pursuit of overhead baggage space.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Every now and then I remember this footage of the great Maria João Pires realising that she's learned the wrong piano concerto, literally face-palming then deciding to play it anyway.

Maria Joao Pires expecting another Mozart concerto during a lunch-c...

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Well, not what I expected. Quite overwhelmed. Thank you for the kind messages.

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David Nicholls

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6 months

Deep breath. Here it is, the trailer for #OneDay , our epic story about love and friendship. @ambikamod , Leo, the whole cast are great and I'm hugely grateful to the team. All 14 eps (!) drop on @NetflixUK 8th Feb. We love it and hope you will too. @HodderBooks @DramaRepublic

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Look! It’s the first trailer for #Us . Coming soon to @BBCOne

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@BBCOne

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Sometimes you need to spend time together, to see why you’re falling apart. Us, adapted from the best-selling David Nicholls novel, is coming soon to @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer .

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David Nicholls

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5 months

Thank you for all the lovely messages over the weekend. I'm going to change the subject soon, but one last #OneDay thing; here's my own imaginary mixtape, the kind of thing Emma would have sent Dex (though it's too long ). A sort of musical mood-board -

Emma Morley's Mix Tape

Emma Morley's Mix Tape · Playlist · 115 songs · 4.9K likes

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5 years

I realise that I'm at an age where I'm meant to buy a sports car or an expensive bike, but I’ve just got myself an 8-sheet cross-cut paper shredder and I don’t think I’ve ever felt so new, so powerful and alive.

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David Nicholls

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4 months

In a cafe, asked to watch someone’s stuff while they go to the loo and immediately I am taut, eyes darting, a panther. Their stuff WILL be safe.

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David Nicholls

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3 years

Just spent several hours cooking stuffed, poached then pan-fried ballotine of chicken and it tasted EXACTLY like what you eat on a plane when they've run out of the beef and the ravioli.

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David Nicholls

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3 years

Always feel a bit sad when I tick the 'Remember Me' box on login and the website doesn't remember me. Was there something I could have said, something I could have done differently?

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David Nicholls

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2 years

It's 15th July which means it's now 34 years since Emma and Dexter stumbled up Arthur's Seat and once again I'm hugely grateful to all #OneDay 's readers over the years, all the publishers and of course the team at @HodderBooks , editor Nick Sayers and Al OIiver's design team for -

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David Nicholls

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3 years

If I go to bed any earlier I'll be getting up before I go to bed.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Even in the streaming age, broadcast days are fretful but I do hope you enjoy #Us tonight and that it says something to you about family, love and loss, science and art and beautiful Europe. I'm hugely grateful to @DramaRepublic @bandstandprods @BBCOne and the wonderful cast and

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David Nicholls

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4 years

It's my birthday so I'm going to wear my new jumper and socks and go for a long bike ride then shout at The Undoing (rhymes with 'boing').

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Vivid Dream Report: I've been living at Kate Bush's semi-detached house, listening to her new album, which is very sad and piano-based but tuneful (I can't remember the tunes) Kate's well but a little frail and I had to give her a piggy-back round the big Sainsburys.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I made a run for it. My first time out of the city since February and it's exhilarating. I've given myself three days to get from Grange-over-Sands to Penrith via Helvellyn, fuelled by scampi and chips and granola bars. This is Morecambe Bay from Hampsfell.

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David Nicholls

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9 months

It feels like a novel gets finished three or four times, and I know my family are bored of me demanding to celebrate, but page proofs are in now. No more meddling, it's (almost, almost) done. Out in April, unless I insist on one more pass.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Fellow authors, if you've lost out on live events and your publication day is looming, let me know and I will gladly RT when the time comes. My DMs are now open and I love getting DMs.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I admit, I was sceptical about the claims of election-rigging but this IS persuasive.

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a drunk woman is trump team’s star witness in michigan

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David Nicholls

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2 years

@chelseabwrites Ooh, boy, too many to share. The one where the bookshop staff kindly pretended to be customers so I wouldn't feel too bad, that stays with me.

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David Nicholls

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2 years

My birthday today. Mid-to-late-fifties now but I spent the day working with brilliant people on our new One-Day series. Now cooking pasta with family and then I'm going to oblige them to watch French black-and-white films. So all good, all fine.

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David Nicholls

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3 years

And yet my printer

Nasa’s Mars helicopter in first powered, controlled flight on another planet

Ingenuity successfully takes flight, hovering at height of about 3 metres before touching back down

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I'm going to be hosting a series of virtual book launches for writers who've lost out. They'll be on Thursday but here's an extra party for books from the last couple of weeks. The white wine is warm, there's a bowl of dry-roasted peanuts. No red wine on the carpet, please. So

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Am about to open a new document, the first new project for two years and every single word in it is going to be absolutely right and in the perfect place.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

On a long bike ride and suddenly came across a great field of pumpkins, all artificial Tic-Tac orange and suddenly it was autumn in a Charles Schultz cartoon.

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David Nicholls

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2 years

Oh hello. I missed people so have come back to see what you've done with the place. Let's see if I can be here AND work and read books.

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

2 years

Hello again. Got covid, too wiped out to work or read, thought I'd log back on here, you know, to relax. Didn't quite think it through.

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David Nicholls

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8 months

We're all phenomenally proud of our @NetflixUK adaptation of #OneDay - first look below! @ambikamod and Leo are glorious as Em and Dex. All 14 - 14! - episodes available on 8th Feb. We love this show and hope you will too. More photos below, trailer to come soon!

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David Nicholls

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2 years

So I put a sunflower seed in soil and it grew into a sunflower and I'm so amazed and surprised that I feel like I've actually invented farming

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I miss warm wine on an empty stomach so, with bookshops still closed, I'm bringing back our #TwitterBookLaunch parties for January. Authors, publicists, If you've a book out this month, or last year's hbk going into pbk, DM me for a shout-out on Thursdays. Defrost the prawns!

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David Nicholls

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5 years

For those who wanted to watch #PatrickMelrose but felt thwarted by subscriptions, all five episodes are now available to watch entirely FREE, courtesy of #RadioTimes . Years in the making but I'm very proud of it. Please do dive in.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

I miss days of the week.

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David Nicholls

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5 years

At Tokyo airport. An amazing trip but the flight is at 2am. Thankfully, there’s this shop.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Just used this retractable claw device to unblock the kitchen sink and I think, on reflection, that this is probably the most productive, enjoyable and satisfying thing I've done this year.

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Look! This is exciting - Douglas and Connie in the flesh.

BBC One

@BBCOne

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Here's your first look at Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves as Douglas and Connie Petersen in upcoming @BBCOne drama #Us , a four-part adaptation of David Nicholls' ( @davidnwriter ) best-selling novel. More info 👉

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David Nicholls

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5 months

The proofs are here and they’re lovely. Very grateful to the team at @SceptreBooks for making my them look so special.

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@MrFeditor

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Yup. Proofs are here. Yup. They have a die cut. Yup. This is @DavidNWriter ’s best work yet. Coming in April from @SceptreBooks .

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David Nicholls

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6 years

I'm not sure if it warrants a klaxon, but I have a new novel coming out. It's called 'Sweet Sorrow' and it's about first love and friendship, family and growing-up, the usual stuff. #SweetSorrow

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

5 years

Publication day for #SweetSorrow . This one is about first love, lost summers, flawed parents, Shakespeare, small town frustrations, teenage angst, long summers, 1997, school discos, the tug of nostalgia, the dangers of garage glasses and the value of friendship...

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David Nicholls

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4 years

Because it was the last chance for a while I went for a walk around the peaceful, beautiful @NationalGallery . Like all the museums, the theatres, the cinemas and restaurants, it's a place that I've taken entirely for granted. When we can come back, we'll be back all the time.

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4 years

It’s such a beautiful autumn day that I’ve gone on a spontaneous bike trip to eerie, beautiful Dungeness and Jarman’s Prospect Cottage.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

First DM here this morning was someone offering their services as a ghost writer and I must admit, for the first time in my life, I was sorely tempted.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

A sleepless night but thank you for the lovely messages about #Us . The novel means a great deal to me and I hope we made something that complements rather than replaces it. The show gets more emotional (and better) as it goes along - by ep4 it's Bergman-with-jokes - but ep2 has a

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4 years

4 hours in, I'm on 'C' and have gone from 'books are our best friends, magical ships, gateways to another world' to 'what's the point, it all just gets thrown away when you die.'

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Through some freak trick of time, #ONEDAY is ten years-old and so here it is in its reissued gold birthday suit. As an added bonus, like those cereal boxes that used to come with a free gift, the new edition also has an excerpt from #SweetSorrow , out in July.

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5 years

@salihughes Colin Firth went to my sixth-form, though he is, of course, much, much older than me. They were still talking about him though, like some departed god.

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David Nicholls

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4 years

This is characteristically witty and self-deprecating and also just a little Douglas-esque #Us

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

3 years

Bookshops! You're back! We've missed you! I'm going on a wild spree later this week but good luck today and thank you for your hard work and perseverance in these hair-raising times #ChooseBookshops #Bookshopsareback .

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David Nicholls

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5 months

These things are temporary and arbitrary, and we'll see what happens TOMORROW but I'm so proud of this show and all the talented people involved. Whatever happens, it has been a blast and we hope you love it as much as we do.

Netflix's new number one show lands huge 91% Rotten Tomatoes score

The current Netflix number one has a huge Rotten Tomatoes score. This is what you need to know...

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David Nicholls

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4 years

That's it, that's all, thank you all so much for watching. Here, before bed, are some of the highlights from the soundtrack, including @olijulian 's compositions and that beautiful final song. Thanks to all the cast and crew. Goodnight! #UsBBC #Us

Us - Favourite Tracks (plus some extras)

Us - Favourite Tracks (plus some extras) · Playlist · 17 songs · 123 likes

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David Nicholls

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3 years

Hope you'll forgive the self-indulgence but if you've run out of TV, 'Patrick Melrose' is still lurking on NowTV/Sky, Apple etc. It's sometimes quite a tough watch, as you'd expect, but we're very proud of this one and the acting from all is wonderful.

Patrick Melrose review – a brilliant portrayal of addiction

Benedict Cumberbatch had long wanted to play Edward St Aubyn’s character – and David Nicholls’s adaptation shows the actor’s deep understanding of the role

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David Nicholls

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5 years

Very pleased to announce that we're bringing the Petersen Grand Tour to the TV screen #Us .

BBC Press Office

@bbcpress

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Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves, Sofie Gråbøl to star in #Us , David Nicholls’ adaptation of his bestselling novel for @BBCOne >> @DavidNWriter

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4 years

As a TV-obsessed kid, the new Radio Times was the highlight of my week (I was strange) so it's a particular thrill to see the Petersens on the front cover and inside. Thanks, @RadioTimes ! @BBCOne #Us

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4 years

Sorry not to see it there in person, but #SweetSorrow made it all the way to Times Square @HMHbooks @amazonbooks

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4 years

I've just noticed our 'Madding Crowd' is on @BBCFour tonight. It seems like an age since I wrote this script, but I loved working with brilliant Thomas Vinterberg and Carey Mulligan, @michaelsheen and the cast are great. It's on @BBCiPlayer if you're in the UK -

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4 years

For the last four Sundays I've paced nervously while #Us #BBCUs goes out. There's no fifth episode tonight but it's all there on @BBCiPlayer in the UK and will be for a while. In the meantime, I'm very grateful to @CandiceC_W for this lovely mention.

Is David Nicholls's TV adaptation of Us better than his novel? I was crying too hard to compare them

Watching all four episodes in one sitting reminded me of how poignant this tale of marital crisis is

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

I've been on Twitter for a while now and still haven't quite shaken off the desire to end each tweet with 'Best Wishes'.

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4 years

Putting the hell into Helvellyn

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4 years

I'm at my desk, nose peeling slightly, and feeling very Back-To-School. I have a new geometry set, a scientific calculator that I don't understand and one of those long plastic wallets of 30 felt-tip pens in all-known colours and I'm ready to work.

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4 years

It’s St Swithin’s Day and looking good.

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3 years

Once a year I go on a long solo walk and this one’s a beauty; the Cleveland Way, across the N York moors and down the coast, eating nothing but pub scampi and wine gums. Day 1, near Riveaux Abbey.

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4 years

Strong push from me to get ‘’Normal People’ with less shagging’ on the cover next time round @HodderBooks @HMHbooks

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9 months

Another landmark - some very cool proofs of You Are Here, still a temp cover, cut-outs and all, courtesy of the brilliant team at @SceptreBooks @HodderBooks . Signing hand is now a claw, but it's all very exciting.

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4 years

@LisaMMcGee Wrote this and deleted it once already but here goes. As a student actor I worried out loud that I might not be attractive enough to make it as a professional and my friend told me not to worry, there are LOADS of successful ugly actors.

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4 years

The wild meadow growing in the bodywork is wilting in the heat and now I wonder if I should water the car.

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4 years

I can’t resist, it’s happening, I’m reordering the bookshelves and trying to imagine the circumstances when I’m ever going to read an 800 page biography of Edmund Burke.

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5 years

It's publication week, so likely to get a little me-me-me. I'm just going to post one review, from yesterday's Observer, because it might be the best review I ever have.

Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls review – beautiful paean to young love

A moving and hilarious tale about adolescence and the power of art

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Cover reveal! The forthcoming #SweetSorrow pbk has a new look. Authors are sometimes wary of faces on the cover but Natasha Law has done a brilliant job of capturing Charlie and that woozy, nostalgic, lost-summer mood. The book's about first love, youth and age, Shakespeare and-

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4 years

Friends know how much I love very long, soulful solo walks, part-Wordsworth, part-Adrian Mole. I've not gone for years but today's walk from Cartmel to Ambleside was a beauty. I was about to post photos of my feet, which look like gnarled ham hocks, but here's Windermere instead.

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4 years

Here's the trailer for #Us . It's about beginnings and endings, parents and children, art and science, hope, disappointment, Europe and the decline of the breakfast buffet. It's funny, sad and made by a brilliant team. @BBCOne @DramaRepublic @bandstandprods

BBC One

@BBCOne

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Sometimes you need to spend time together, to see why you’re falling apart. Us, adapted from the best-selling David Nicholls novel, is coming soon to @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer .

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I really miss walking. This was the year I'd set aside for great long hikes, the Lakes and the Beacons and the Northumberland coast. Blisters! It's the least of many worries but as soon as we're out of this it's going to be friends first then an orgy of Ordnance Survey maps.

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5 years

Delighted to say that #SweetSorrow is going to be a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime in July, produced by the excellent @waterscompany and read by @jginorton , who does it beautifully and is charming. Here’s a photo of one of the most intriguing actors of his generation with James Norton.

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4 years

Misty, autumn-coloured memories.

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5 years

Shortly after taking this photo I walked into this lamppost.

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6 years

In truth I tried Twitter once before, many years ago and it ended badly. But this is exciting! It's like 2004 all over again! And I'm sure it's much more relaxed here now.

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4 years

Nature notes, and here's an update on the wildflower meadow we're growing in the bodywork of our parked car. There are chiffchaffs nesting in the glove compartment. Life finds a way.

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I'm mainly on Insta now (davidnichollswriter) but wanted to say a huge thank you for all the #OneDay responses. I'm so grateful to this team. And if you're wondering about the songs, here's an updated official list. Music supervisor brilliant @mrmattbiffa

'One Day' Soundtrack, Complete.

'One Day' Soundtrack, Complete. · Playlist · 78 songs · 1.4K likes

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4 years

I just found my first synopsis for this book, dated Sept 2006. It was called 'Twenty Years' and told the story of Tom and Kelly, so it seems like writing really IS rewriting. Ebooks aren't for everyone but #OneDay is on special offer today.

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3 years

I've always disliked donuts but I've just eaten two of these from St John bakery and now I'm having to re-evaluate my beliefs @SJRestaurant

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5 years

Delighted by the six #BAFTATV nominations for #PatrickMelrose , and to find ourselves nestling amongst so many fine programmes. Particularly pleased to see #BenedictCumberbatch nominated for that incredible performance. Thank you, @BAFTA

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5 years

If I could have my life again, I think I'd spend less time trying to get the internet to work on trains.

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3 years

Here's something about writing 'One Day' which, if you were very quick, might make a perfectly Valentine's Day gift (though 'Sweet Sorrow' would work too).

David Nicholls on One Day: 'I wanted to write an epic love story'

The bestselling novel was initially inspired by Nicholls studying Tess of the D’Urbervilles as a teenager – but he didn’t begin writing about Emma and Dexter for another 20 years

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

Just did my morning yoga and accidentally inhaled too much love.

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2 years

With the summer holidays starting, it's my seasonal pitch for #SweetSorrow , which is about first love, long days, Shakespeare, growing-up and the perils of garage glasses @HodderBooks

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4 years

If you're interested in screenwriting, here's a great resource, a free library of scripts from @bbcwritersroom , film, comedy, drama. Delighted 'Us' is there, as well as work by @jackthorne , @PhelpsieSarah , @russelldavies63 , @mrneilforsyth ...Read and watch

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2 years

I'm not sure if writers are meant to name their favourite book but I'm very fond of #SweetSorrow , which is about first love, Shakespeare, the pain and misery of youth and the pull of nostalgia. If you're a digital reader, it's just 99p on ebook until 6th Jan.

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

4 years

The wonder doesn't come across but there was an extraordinary, practically-CGI rainbow over Highbury Fields today.

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David Nicholls

@DavidNWriter

3 years

So sad to hear about Helen. I was a bit-part player in the same company at the National Theatre and she was wonderful; irreverent, witty, vivacious, kind, one of the most charismatic and talented actors of her generation, she'll be hugely missed. Love to Damian and family. RIP x

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David Nicholls

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1 year

Once a year I go on a long solo walk and this year's was a beauty, from Skipton in Yorkshire to Appleby in Westmoreland along the Dales High Way. Here's Sedbergh from Howgill Fells, the morning after all that rain...

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