WELCOME TO 2021 and NICK ARNOLD is so busy doing shows and writing books that he didn’t notice it was a NEW YEAR so he only started writing this in MARCH! ANYWAY – 2021 IS THE YEAR THAT NICK ARNOLD’s HORRIBLE SCIENCE SHOWS went online and started AMAZING PEOPLE all over the world whilst Nick stayed locked in his lab with his pet dinosaur, his pet tiger and Mr Fluffy the white rabbit! (You’ll understand all this stuff when you see the Show!)
JANUARY
Nick is busy writing DO NO HARM! a horrible history of Medicine.
DANGEROUS DISEASES – the new updated version of DEADLY DISEASES with COVID-19 is published.
FEBRUARY
Weds 3 February – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Sara Village School, Dharhran, Saudi Arabia. NICK SAYS: A very friendly school with great students. I’m looking forward to seeing them again very soon!
Mon 8 February – Tues 9 February – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ British International School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. NICK SAYS: My virtual online tour of Saudi Arabia moves on to this excellent school in Riyadh.
Fri 12 February – Weds 17 February – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ International School of Helsinki, Finland. NICK SAYS: From the deserts of Arabia to the frozen north there is no escape from HORRIBLE SCIENCE! Seriously – I really enjoyed talking to this friendly school online!
Tues 23 – Weds 24 February – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Wellington College International School, Bangkok, Thailand. NICK SAYS: It was great to meet you all (online that is)!
MARCH
Weds 3 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Sara Village School, Dharhran, Saudi Arabia. NICK SAYS: Here I am talking to another class – this time we’re doing a show about CHEMICAL CHAOS (last time it was DISGUSTING DIGESTION)!
Weds 4 March – WORLD BOOK DAY – NICK ARNOLD has been booked for years to go a school in Hampshire, UK on this day but ‘cos of CRUEL COVID it got cancelled and now they’ve booked Nick for 2022. HOW’S THAT FOR PLANNING AHEAD?
Mon 8 March – Weds 10 March and Mon 15 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW and MY HORRIBLE LIFE ONLINE SHOW @ British School of Jakarta, Indonesia. NICK SAYS: I presented the Horrible Science Show AND My Horrible Life to all the students. BIG THANKS to Mr Webb and all the other wonderful teachers at this school – and of course to the students for their GREAT QUESTIONS!
Weds 17 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW and MY HORRIBLE LIFE ONLINE SHOW @ Shen Wai International School, Shenzhen, China. NICK SAYS: I presented two BIG LOUD HAPPY SHOWS for this school. THANKS to all the teachers and students – I really enjoyed answering your questions!
Mon 22 March – Fri 26 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Bangkok Patana School, Thailand. NICK SAYS: I really enjoyed presenting EIGHT GREAT HORRIBLE SCIENCE online shows. It took me all week BUT IT WAS WORTH IT! Thanks to Ms Peart for her hard work and to you for your GREAT QUESTIONS!
Friday 26 March and Weds 31 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Pechersk International School, Kiev, Ukraine. NICK SAYS: It was Fantastic to talk to you all – HUGE THANKS to your teachers for helping me!
Weds 31 March – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Sara Village School, Dharhran, Saudi Arabia. NICK SAYS: Hi EVERYONE – I had a shocking good time telling you all about the Horrible Science of Electricity – thanks for being a GREAT online audience!
MAY
Saturday 8 May – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Roaming House School, Paris, France. NICK SAYS: What a lovely school! I really enjoyed meeting you all online!
JUNE
Thursday 3 June – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE DANGEROUS DISEASES ONLINE SHOW @ Sara Village School, Dharhran, Saudi Arabia. NICK SAYS: A big THANK YOU to Ms Pudney and everyone at the School for inviting me back – online – to talk about DANGEROUS DISEASES!
Wednesday 9 June – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW and THE LITTLE HORRORS ONLINE SHOW @ Nord Anglia School, Jakarta, Indonesia. NICK SAYS: I presented not one but TWO amazing online shows in one day. Big Thank You’s to BOTH my AWESOME AUDIENCES!
Thursday 10 June – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Wallington County Grammar School, UK. NICK SAYS: This show had to be postponed in April but it was worth the wait wasn’t it? HUGE THANK YOU’s to Ms Bryan for organising the event!
Monday 21 June – MY HORRIBLE LIFE ONLINE SHOW @ King Edward School, UK. NICK SAYS: It was a magnificent to speak to you all – Lots of GOOD LUCK for Science Week and your Write Like Nick Arnold Science Writing Challenge!
Thursday 24 June – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Beijing International Bi-Lingual Academy, Beijing, China. NICK SAYS: I had a GREAT time serving up another OUTSIZED Horribly Funny Helping of HORRIBLE SCIENCE!
Friday 25 June – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Berlin International School, Berlin, Germany. NICK SAYS: I really enjoyed my visit to Berlin a few years back and I enjoyed my online presentations JUST AS MUCH – and so did ALL OF YOU!
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 25 September – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT SHOW @ Appledore Book Festival, Appledore, Devon, UK, @ 11.30 am and 12.30 pm tickets from appledorebookfestival.co.uk. NICK SAYS: At last REAL-LIVE EVENTS with real-live audiences and a real-live me! I presented TWO GREAT SELL-OUT SHOWS to TWO GREAT AUDIENCES – Happy Horrible Science Everyone! Also I can exclusively reveal that the AMAZING APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL has been a SUPER-SIZED SUCCESS THIS YEAR!
OCTOBER
Wednesday 6th October – MY HORRIBLE LIFE ONLINE SHOW @ The International School of the Hague, Netherlands. NICK SAYS: I was thrilled to meet you all online for a SUPER-SPEEDY SPIN through My Horrible Life!
Monday 11th October – Nick Arnold speaks on THE BATTLE OF NORTHAM 1069 @ Torrington Local History Group, Torrington, Devon, UK @ 7.30 pm. NICK SAYS: I really enjoyed my first live History talk for ages – and with such lovely people and a lovely place!
Tuesday 19th October – THE AWESOME HISTORY SHOW & THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE SHOW @ Cleeve School, Cheltenham, UK. NICK SAYS: Yes – this was a genuine REAL VISIT by the REAL-LIFE NICK ARNOLD and I was lucky to have two fantastic audiences and a Super School to entertain!
NOVEMBER
Monday 1st November – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ GEMS Wellington School, Qatar. NICK SAYS: I absolutely can’t wait to present A GREAT SHOW to this very exciting school – Hi Everyone!
Thursday 11th November – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Jumeira Baccalaureate School, U.A.E. NICK SAYS: I had a GREAT time presenting two online shows for two AMAZING AUDIENCES! Thanks – and thanks for all your questions too!
Thursday 11th November – DO NO HARM! by Nick Arnold published by Welbeck Publishing. NICK SAYS: I can’t wait to see my very own Horrible History of Medicine!
Monday 15th November – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE ONLINE SHOW @ Scholastic Dangerous Books Week, UK. NICK SAYS: More than 138 Schools and THOUSANDS of children watched this HORRIBLY HUGE SHOW online. The Show featured me and Tony De Saulles – it was AMAZING! HUGE THANKS to Penelope Daukes at Scholastic for organising everything!
COMING UP IN 2022 …
Wednesday 2nd March – WORLD BOOK DAY EVE – Nick Arnold @ St Edmund’s Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor, UK. NICK SAYS: It’s an exciting date and so it’s bound to be an EXCITING EVENT!
Thursday 3rd March – WORLD BOOK DAY – THE HORRIBLE SCIENCE SHOW @ Clafield School, Essex, UK. NICK SAYS: Like I said, they’ve been waiting years to book me so it’s bound to be a BIG SPECIAL DAY!
Friday 2nd September – NICK ARNOLD speaks on the VIKINGS to the AGM of the DEVONSHIRE ASSOCIATION , Bideford, UK. NICK SAYS: YES – I’m also a HISTORY writer and YES I do online and real AWESOME HISTORY SHOWS for children too. This presentation is to adults so I don’t suppose ANYONE will be dressing up and trying HORRIBLE VIKING CHALLENGES! (This event has been postponed for TWO YEARS because of CRUEL COVID but it’s going to be WELL WORTH WAITING FOR!)
