Nick Ericsson

My brilliant former-BBC colleague @KathyHarcombe and I have launched TopCast, our digital video, podcast and production training company. Between us, we have over four decades of editorial and production experience and we want to share that! topcastmedia.co.uk

For me, Graceland is a masterpiece - certainly the greatest album of the 1980s. So this is a difficult and challenging listen. Necessarily so.

The latest, brilliant Africa Eye bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

[LISTEN] So, what now? Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi reflects on future of GNU primediaplus.com/2025/04/03/so-…

📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement:

Democracy dies in darkness. Grim days.

BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests bbc.com/news/articles/…

Athol Fugard caught the impact of apartheid’s full-on attack on humanity theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar…

@andrewsduncan1 Yes I was lucky enough to meet him backstage at the Civic Theatre in Joburg in the mid-90s. We had just watched The Captain’s Tiger (which he wrote and starred in). He was so generous with his time and so kind and had the most impressive ostrich-feather pen which he showed us

@nickericsson Indeed, a civilising force in the dark days of apartheid. His plays hit home whether at Johannesburg’s Market Theatre, Cape Town’s Space or Kilburn’s Tricycle.

RIP the great Athol Fugard

@DadaMorero gosh, so many meetings

Today, as the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, together with MMC for Economic Development, Cllr Nomoya Daphney Mnisi, we joined Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ms Maropene Ramokgopa. 📌Sandton

Ah this is glorious

Mishal Husain to join Bloomberg after leaving BBC Radio 4 Today - BBC News. She really is the best of the best bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

S.Africa's Breyten Breytenbach, writer and anti-apartheid activist france24.com/en/live-news/2…

ALERT: Two South African journalists, Bongani Siziba and Sbonelo Mkhasibe, working @NewsCentralTV are missing in Mozambique. They were apparently detained while covering the protests in Maputo, and have since been incommunicado.

Another masterclass 👇👇 #thisculturallife bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

👇 one of the best podcasts of the year

#incredibleradio podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wit…

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #loadshedding #southafrica