Nicolas Fairford - Designer and Advisor on Fine Living

His nipples are really distracting. He should wear an undershirt with that sweater.

Is he transitioning?

Hair laid hunny!

Clearly a bossy bottom. He is also an invention. His accent is completely fake; he is working class. Although he appears to live in a fancy townhouse, you have to remember this is Scotland. I bet his townhouse is worth less than a 1 bedroom in brixton.

I hope he has a sugar daddy buggering him every night though. I mean good on the queen for giving it a go, and atleast he doesnt lie about the fact he isnt really posh (in the above video). But the fake accent gets to me I have to say.

I wish I was from the UK so I could clock the difference in the various accents. As an American it all sounds the same to me!

I doubt he has sex of any kind. He'd consider it undignified and messy.

What is his diagnosis?

He's no John Maclean.

I don't think all the accents in England sound the same, much like not everyone throughout the U.S. has the same accent. My only issue is I wish I knew the difference! For such a small country, there really is a huge variety.

[quote]I doubt he has sex of any kind.

Sometimes his type are huge freaks behind the scenes

r10 Ha! Yeah, you can just imagine him being a PNP pass around bottom who loves chav cock

That decor is atrocious. Dollhouse chic?

The Q&A is refreshingly honest. He’s as common as dirt, but appreciates the finer things in life. I can relate.

Girls, it's OK to cry!

He'd better stay away from the scones and tea pastries. His tits, waistline, and ass aren't getting any smaller.

Someone I feel his body fits the aesthetic perfectly. I see a young Walter Mercado manque. I picture him 50 years from now, still living in some piss elegant little semi-detached house.

[quote] I picture him 50 years from now, still living in some piss elegant little semi-detached house.

And single or with someone like Owen Jones whom he's trying to refine a bit.

Jesus Christ, he idolizes Princess Michael of Kent.

His accent is what linguistics call "forced".......

I have a set of those cabbage leaf dishes. I found them in a quaint shop and also saw them in Gump's. They're made in Portugal, I was surprised Gump's was selling them..

He reminds my of Hyacinth Bouquet. Are we sure his real name isn't Sheridan?

There are a couple of wonderfully authentic tea shops where I live. Both have more charm than his set up but I give him props for trying. He's young, he will be even more eccentric with age.

American here. I can tell the difference between different British accents, but I can't tell when someone is affecting a posh accent. I *can* tell when someone posh is adopting a lower class accent, though. Or I think I can. IMO, his voice is very soothing.

I thought the SAME thing about Hyacinth!!! Sadly, he's really young & he will have "judgement challenges" that will have been recorded, that he'll have to apologise for.....

COLIN COWIE, YOU ARE THE FATHER!!!! -Maury

The British Sandra Lee, complete with tablescapes

He's pretty open about living in Edinburgh (Scotland) because he can get more bang for buck, as far as cost of living (vs. London, etc.). It made me interested to visit Edinburgh.

[quote] He's pretty open about living in Edinburgh

The Scots don't suffer affections gladly. I'm sure he gets made fun of quite often.

He's why gays in the UK can't have nice things.

[quote] The Scots don't suffer affections gladly. I'm sure he gets made fun of quite often.

Affections or affectations?

Edinburgh is lovely!!! Go- you'll love it!!!!

r17 oh god, I dont wish that twat on anyone. Truly an awful (and ugly) man child is OJ. He has recently been talking about his love on pussy - and I dont mean moggies......

r19 extremely.

R28 Affectations.

F-ing autocorrect strikes again.

Thanks for posting this op, he is JUST my type!

Havent had him, I go crazy for guys like this, he's so hot, I want him badly, top bottom or side or whatever, likely cut not that I care

Also if ever I am doing an afternoon tea this'll be useful

His accent is from the North of England, and he’s trying to sound more refined than he really is. He’s a lady and a half.

The object of afflictions is autocorrictions R31

You know he's a moany bottom. The reason he's getting hate here is that bottoms don't like competition.

Cute little btm

I'm watching his other vids, they're a nice relaxing escape. They're not thrilling, but fulfilling.

I think he's adorable. I loved the episode with his neighbor who lived in Texas. He seems so relaxed and nice. It's great he's doing what interests him and hopefully making money by doing so. He's doing what he can with the tabletop inventory he has, but hopefully he will be upgrading, would be my only (faint) criticism.

His accent is part of the would-be perfectionism, which is all rather Stepfordian, but good luck to him. Just maybe he'll land a sugar daddy who meets his standards, and do all he can to be the perfect partner.

[quote] "Top or bottom?"

You already know the answer to that. And so do the natives on Venus!

He's probably very high maintenance.

Anyone know if he's got an OnlyFans?

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's snobbery and one-upmanship. People who try to pretend they're superior. Makes it so much harder for those of us who really are.

I appreciate his love of white jeans

New video out!

This etiquette guy is fab. William Hanson

He's a hoot...wonderfully bitchy and he knows is stuff. His YouTube channel is full of great info.

Here he takes apart a scene from "The Crown" between the Queen and Jackie Kennedy.

Not posh.

No one who meets the definition recognizes the concept.

He is as bourgeois, a window dresser. Certainly no one for a weekend in the country.

God bless.

I find him kind of adorable. Help me, DL.

[quote] This etiquette guy is fab. William Hanson

Hanson's podcast with the very cute Jordan North is worth listening to.

Hanson is the real thing.

Note BTW that Hanson says that cake stands, as Nicolas Fairford is using, are wrong for the home.

He wants to be Raine, Countess Spencer but he lives in a flat rather than a stately home. Hence the endless posts about afternoon tea, place settings and scatter cushions, all with the same room as his backdrop. He’s trying to make a little go a very long way.

Those teeth go a long way, I'll say that...

Over 3 minutes of jade stone rolling, chin contouring and de-puffing

He is a rare example of unknowing camp

Don't watch any of his skin care videos or your dick will be limp for days.

One cautions dearest R20 that there can be only one Hyacinth B. of note on DL.

[quote] He wants to be Raine, Countess Spencer but he lives in a flat rather than a stately home. Hence the endless posts about afternoon tea, place settings and scatter cushions, all with the same room as his backdrop. He’s trying to make a little go a very long way.

That's what a lot of us are trying to do in our small spaces, just have a little treat despite not living in Downton Abbey.

I don't really care about anyone's skin care routine if they're under 40. Unless they're a dermatologist. Those skin rollers are obviously a waste of time.

R46, thanks for posting that video featuring Wm. Hanson, etiquette expert. I am enjoying it and will probably watch a few of his videos. Fun!

[quote] Clearly a bossy bottom. He is also an invention. His accent is completely fake; he is working class.

That was quite evident even before I started watching the clip. No self-respecting actual well-born toff would ever make such a video.

btw, I have to say: she's gayer than a bagful of rainbows! (And the bag would be a cream-colored Birkin bag fashioned from alligator hide.)

He reminds me of the famous letter to Emily Post (who would break him and Mr. Hanson in half): "When is a vase a vahs?"

Her response: "When it is filled with dahsies."

I suppose he's harmless, but that music box score is penis-invertingly twee. And it's amusing to see him get everything wrong according to Mr. Hanson.

Who knew those tiered trays were not supposed to be used at home? Only for hotels, alas.

He's a northerner: eg he says affter rather than arfter for after. If that room is his then I would say it's nicely appointed for an person aged 40+.

Nicolas spelt without the 'h' is very fem.

Chacun son gout etc. but I get more hotel manager that is deadly serious about being genteel vibes from these videos than I do “gracious living in a private home.”

We're ladies you know.

He is a hot bottom and rumor has it that he enjoys gangbangs

He grew-up next door to us in the Council Estates, and now puttin' on the airs.

Oh dear, R66

Zilv, are you watching?

R69 that should be 'on the council estate'; fixed it 4 ya.

Stuck-up little priss!

He’s like the real Tom Cruise at home

I read some of these posts, then watched the video ready to come back to post some cunty snark. But I can’t. Yes, it’s all ridiculous and twee as fuck - but what a sweetheart.

I’m also in the UK, grew up in a working class family, and yearned to live a life that existed beyond the community in which I was raised. Good for him, and I hope that he’s happy.

But also, Edinburgh *is* ‘crazy expensive’. He could live in almost any other city in UK apart from London for less than it costs to live anywhere half-decent in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh is expensive because all the MSPs have homes there on expenses pushing up the prices for ordinary people.

Has he presented hole yet? In a tasteful manner of course.

He likes to sit on the teapot. That is obvious.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who likes Nicolas. I mentioned him in a thread about YouTubers.

I prefer him over the other “influencers” on social media.

[quote] Top or bottom?

[italic]Rose....[/bold]

His next-door neighbor, Tracy, is an American (Texas?). This house tour (Tracy's) is probably my favorite video on his channel.

She's in burg by the looks of things. But she's deffo a northern English lass: says [b]ath not barth for bath. She's way too girly with highlights ugh.

What a pig! He touches all the food with his fingers! Are there not any tongs in Britain?

No tongs

He’s surprisingly endearing and sweet! Was expecting the opposite, such a pleasant surprise. Also totally open about his humble origins. I’m a fan!

Uncut, in reply to OP's question.

Is it accurate to say that just by watching one of his videos you know he completely removes his pubic hair and ass crack hair?

I like him.

It's important to have lovely things around you.

R17 Owen is also a bottom (a big bottom).

Public records say that his real name is Nicholas Burden and he was born in January 1990

He doesn't own the Edinburgh one bed flat, it's rented from a couple of property investors who live in Hong Kong.

He does not seem to have a Wiki page. The Edinburgh property appears to be in a busy street with lots of cars going past the windows; if it's on a one-way street that's a double negative. Link please R91.

His accent slips when he says "booterfly" (of the china pattern).

His quiet genteel act reminds me of the moment in Remains of the Day when the dr. says to Anthony Hopkins, "I say, you aren't in domestic service are you?" (or words to that effect). Are there really that many people left in England who after two centuries need to be taught how to lay a proper tea and swoon at all the grand-hotel style accoutrements?

Points for the simulacrum of floppy public-school hair, though.

WAP!

[quote] Jesus Christ, he idolizes Princess Michael of Kent.

Well, who doesn’t? She’s a total cunt!

[quote] public-school hair

The local school children I see from time to time on the streets don't have floppy hair.

R92 He is listed on Companies House.

If you search the Scottish register of Landlords with the Noovo Edinburgh address the Hong Kong Landlords come up.

His adopted accent might be a little more endearing if his grammar improved.

He is a bit too precious; he obviously thinks he's the white Nigella Lawson (Nigella usually wears black). His white clothes are not terribly flattering either.

I'm glad that there are people like him in the world.

His other address is 20-22, Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU according to R97's link. That's quite a tony address right?

Jesus you guys are creepy pervs; why are you looking up where he lives?

It's a public record R102, calm down dear.

The London address is home to a joiners' firm so I assume that young Nic is the pass around bottom / mascot for the butch joiners there.

N1is not posh

That part of N1 is Hoxton: posh.

There’s a difference between posh/ trendy expensive.

I couldn't eat one damn thing if I were invited to one of his teas. I'd be stuck sipping tea and nibbling on a lemon wedge.

Love that dude Hanson, but he really needs to lay off the botox.

R108 you'd be nibbling on his foreskin like Spencer Tracy on Scotty Bowers.

R1 is right. His big puffy nipples make it look like he's lactating. Couldn't he have taped them down?

Is he in transition? It looks like he is.

If he keeps getting the lip injections he's going to look grotesque.

She’s FABULOUS! Thought provoking. Who would have known there was controversy about cream before jam on a scone.

We knew.

I'm pretty much the ghetto version of him. The ghetto, 50 pounds heavier, doesn't have English tea version of him. I also have better taste in home decor. I enjoy my Earl Grey and English breakfast of course, yet I am a top-oriented switch because I am an all-American cut twink.

This boy, is without a doubt, an insatiable bottom. You cannot change my feelings about this.

One firmly suggests this Mr. Fairford spend several hours each day listening to Noel Coward recordings. Despite coming from a rather low background Mr. Coward by working very hard managed to master received pronunciation quite well.

Would advise further Mr. Fairford should pay particular attention to his "R" sounds, which are all quite wrong.

[quote]Are there really that many people left in England who after two centuries need to be taught how to lay a proper tea and swoon at all the grand-hotel style accoutrements?

That's 'The Daily Mail' readership right there.

[quote]he obviously thinks he's the white Nigella Lawson

Nigella is middling posh, private school and Oxford, daddy once Chancellor. Secure enough in her upper-middle accent to let it slide a bit sometimes.

[quote]Mr. Coward by working very hard managed to master received pronunciation quite well.

Plus that high talent thing which took him to friendship with Royals and a late Knighthood. Upward mobility for Mr Fairford to dream about.

I can't bring myself to say anything cuntish about him. Despite his affectations, he's very endearing.

Don't care about his affectations. I think he's a lovely young man trying to bring beauty, joy and elegance into people's lives.

I agree r121. Some graceful civility in a shitty world.

Yeah, I was prepared to go all in on him, but he's actually pretty endearing. Also, the comments on his videos make it clear he's bringing a little joy to people's lives.

R86 how you know dat?

R12 actually.... I like his decor, although I'd have gone for more chintz myself.

R15 actually he's in really good shape. And if you watch the vid R3 posted, he says he does at least an hour of exercise every day. He's also vegan (bar the ocassional free range egg). I'd say he's in much better shape than most DL'ers. He can afford to put away a few scones and cakes

R37 yeah I have watched most of his vids now. They are extremely beautiful, and he is just exquisite.

R63 I got me one of them tiered trays anyways. Dont give a shit if its meant for hotels not a home. Some cunt tells me it aint for home, fuck 'em

R54 /R55 I watched that, got me hard. I wa hoping to see .... more of him

R101 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU is a Company called MadeSimple who help to set up small companies, they also provide a mail forwarding service/registration address for a hefty fee.

If you want to maintain privacy in the UK you need to remain as a sole-trader or partnership, if you establish a company everything becomes Public Domain.

A poor man’s Martha Stewart

My mother was in a 3 person sex sandwich with Kirk Douglas, this gentleman, and Ina Garten.

They met in a hot tub, told stories of the old days, and made sweet love until the morning sun.

He's 10 inches, a fierce and total domination top, and shows a lady what's coming to her.

His wife is one lucky woman.

This guy, to judge from his videos here, has absolutely nothing to contribute to interior design, cookery, conversation, or anything, beyond what you could get from a perusal of the websites that he's obviously taken all his ideas from. His apartment looks like an Anglophilic chain store catalogue; his knowledge of taste and design is probably about one rung up from Posh Spice's.

And yet his anodyne affect and oblivious pretensions soothe me on this chilly morning after a rough night. I'm going to make another cup of English Breakfast tea and watch more of his videos. What I want to know, though, is how he makes scones without butter?

Also, I'm CONVINCED that the floor lamp in his apartment is the exact same one that I got at an Ames in upstate NY 20 or 25 years ago. I'm so much happier with it now that I know it fools some people.

He scrubs up well, but if going with blonde hair those eyebrows want bleaching as well.

Not just another pretty face, but Nicholas Fairford is a brand! He's aiming to be the next major influencer on the interior decorating/design scene.

Glam pad!

Not so, R131. Brows are always a little darker than hair.

R134

A little darker yes, but not dark brown or black contrasted with very golden blonde hair. Besides fact we're speaking about a young man with some what thick eyebrows reinforces that point. Most women even with darker brows would have them plucked or shaped so they aren't fighting that lighter hair for attentions.

Justin Bieber did something to his brows when going with bleached blonde hair. With what cannot say since that die hard stable for lash and brow tinting (Roux) has long been pulled off the market.

I like the duck decoy in R133.

R131 you're right - but when he's that pretty it ceases to matter. And Nicolas is outstandingly pretty, he is perfection.

Beautiful man, beautiful home. Im in love

Notice that he idolizes DataLounge icon (and Vairst Letty nemesis) Bunny Mellon for her comfortable yet elegant decor.

He has kind eyes. The one thing you can't fake is the character of your eyes. His are kind and gentle.

His living room: I don't like those 28 little framed botanical pictures. Looks cheap-ish, for what he's trying to achieve.

The glam pad @ R133 seems anything but. Would-be grand but so safe and bland, as though terrified of going beyond known parameters. Not an ounce of flair, surprise, or individuality. The visual equivalent of maintaining an 'improved' accent at all cost.

He's afraid of color and personality. He's the antitype to the guy in Brighton who dresses exclusively in Regency styles, often in scarlet and other in-your-face colors.

r142 I know what you're saying. I think his taste will evolve over time and become a little more emphatic as he gets older.

It seems he wants to be an 'influencer' in the interior design space. If so, he's got to have a style and be confident about it. This will do for now.

I like his personality, his 'brand', his content is really well produced. I like that he's adding and not subtracting. I wish him well and hope he's successful.

He's cute, but insufferably pretentious.

The style is very Laura Ashley meets Wayfair.

R131 does this mean he's for sale?

R133 That room is actually very cleverly decorated. It's cutesy and femme but he has a great eye. All of the furniture is inexpensive faux this and that but he's put it all together very nicely.

In the face pics at R131 he looks like ... Ivanka.

Ugh, I realize it's the style, but there are so many things I'd like to subtract from this living room, starting with the sofa cushions.

I bet he beaches his hole.

Like a whale, R150?

He was Valedictorian of the Class of 2019 Ivanka Trump School of Poise, Elocution & Affectation.

Vanka, is that you?

She thinks she's a model and skin care expert, also.

I like to think myself as a hard hearted, clear eyed, lonely, misanthrope of the damned, but somehow I think this kid is kind of sweetly devoted to the quaint world he has created for himself.

Is the old woman bankrolling him? It's nicely done and nicely done costs money.

She gets to show off her house, but why? Business? He gets content. How does she benefit?

He is betrothed to her gay son in Texas.

She has more than one gay sons in TX and they are fighting over Nic.

He needs new clothes

If he needs new clothes he needs to visit Zack Pinsent, then they can be a pair of Regency dandies. But he has to take his clothes off so Zack can measure him. The Regency look would go very well in that bourgeois sitting room he uses, with the Edinburgh granite visible outside the front window.

R160, see R142. Nicolas is too bland to pull off that look. Zack's not getting at those puffy nips.

Opposites attract R161. DL needs to put these two together to make a great combo, a constellation of style. I agree with you that Nic does look a bit puffy at times around the neck; what drugs is Nic on?

The woman is a friend and a neighbor, I think. She has nice style, appears wealthy, and I think Nicolas was influenced by her.

The old lady has to many nicknacks.

Zack Pinsent pines only for an American dancer.

If you're enough of a loser to pay to be "posh" you might as well fake an accent.

[quote] The old lady has to many nicknacks.

Yes, and so does Nicolas.

But his fake accent is very clearly a fake which is a bit of a drag. He should have kept his Nottingham accent along with his very agreeable quiet voice with all his current material finery and everyone would have said, Ooohh Ahhh listen to her the classy queen from grotty Notty. That could have been a sensation. As he is, meh.

He lives in the New Town part of Edinburgh, near my boyfriend.

You can hear his true accent under the RP crap. There's a bit of Northumberland thrown into the Nottingham.

Tell us about the New Town R169. Is that where the Texas lady lives? What is Northumbrian about his accent?

He needs to ditch the white clothes. Amazingly they make him look chunky when he's not really fat at all, except under the chin.

The New Town was built between 1767 and around 1850. It is the chic area. How can he afford it?

"Together with the Old Town, the New Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995."

Do NOT buy into this prick! He violently entered my mother in Myrtle Beach.

He went INSIDE HER. With his BIG AND THICK MASCULINE dick. (This was done American Style y'all- ask questions later)

When he porked my mother -AMERICAN STYLE- let me assure you, there were NO butterfly prints on the wall, and he DID NOT WEAR A LIBERTY OF LONDON CASHMERE ONESIE!

The room was covered in leather, it was DANK, it was DARK. It was MANLY.

He is all MASC MAN. This front on Youtube is bullshit.

He throws his masculine penis into women and is ALL MAN!

This scone shit is bullshit. He fucked my momma like a beast!

R170 It's probably one of the streets off of Broughton Street. R172 article has the details. The houses are a mix of those that have been left entire and those that have been subdivided into apartments.

There's a lilt to his RP accent that reminds me of people from around the north and eastern part of Northumberland. Not the Geordie speaking part of Newcastle, but the Hexham, Alnwick, Berwick upon Tweed kind of area.

[quote] Not the Geordie speaking part of Newcastle, but the Hexham, Alnwick, Berwick upon Tweed kind of area.

Someone upthread was asking about English accents. Is this specific enough for you?

He needs to soften his voice a bit. He sounds like a coal miner.

R176 is kidding you all, gurls.

R176 Well Nottinghamshire and Northumberland had a number of coal mines.

His hands are probably very calloused and rough.

Who is this woman? Her apartment looks like my grandmas's from 1986. I love watching her prance through London! Who is she!?

I hate calloused and rough hands on my parts.

He seems pretentious in a sickeningly sweet way... a bad combo.

saccharine

r133, That room looks like an Ethan Allen or Ballard Designs catalog. To pull off that look, you need a combination of high-low, old, and a bit new thrown in.

He's Hungarian, and of royal blood. I am Hungarian, my blood is royal, he cannot deceive me.

As people have said upthread, his Northern accent comes out most clearly in his short A's ("after" instead of "ahfter") and when he says "booterfly," "joost," etc.

He looks and sounds like a fake, pretentious twat.

Let’s see what you look like, cunt R187

Isn't he really pretty basic as lifestyle gurus go? The videos show him making cauliflower soup (with a "cube of vegetable stock"—Martha Stewart would die first), découpaging a box to keep tea in, making the tea in a teapot, advising us to buy used furniture and paint it, etc. Does he proffer anything you couldn't have read in any issue of a ladies' magazine since the 1890s?

Looks like Nicolas is posting here at R188.

Making tea in a teapot is correct, R189. What's your objection to that? (Teabags have a taste.)

I totally agree about the decoupage and the stock cube, though.

R191, I didn't object to his making tea in a teapot (or anything—I don't even mind the découpage), I was just listing things he does that are already totally commonly known. If there are people out there who are learning basic domestic skills from his videos, great; but there are already thousands of places you can learn the things he teaches. He's not adding anything original besides his epicene soporificity.

Did the aristocracy have scones at tea time or was that a tea shop thing? I can’t picture Lady Marjorie eating a scone in the Bellamy house at tea. Cucumber sandwiches seem appropriately bland for tea in an upper class household. Scones seem too homey.

I don't think we ever saw the divine Lady Marjorie eating. Food was a below stairs preoccupation. Mrs Bridges was constantly making food but unless the King came to dine the food was mainly consumed below stairs with the left overs making it upstairs from time to time.

Nicolas sounds like Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd when he’s not filming videos

I believe I’ve seen Lady M holding the saucer underneath her teacup while lightly touching the cup handle with her thumb & index finger, but I don’t believe she ever did anything so rude as crooking her middle finger inside of the teacup handle. One touches, one does not hook a teacup. We are not barbarians

Sorry she did not crook her *index* finger in the cup

Lady Marjorie whilst not wearing her wig.

Looks like he might have black triangles, so maybe needs some cosmetic dental work.

[quote] but somehow I think this kid is kind of sweetly devoted to the quaint world he has created for himself.

Let's hope, for his sake, that the cold, cruel world doesn't come crashing in on him.

DL is crashing in on him. That's bad enough.

The only thing that turned me off was his prancing when walking outdoors, but he is a lovely young man.

[quote]A poor man’s Martha Stewart

Nicolas will do all he can to avoid prison, not least because he so clearly isn't into the utilitarian minimalist approach to decor.

Wouldn't he be the poor man's Delia Smith or the poor man's Fanny Cradock rather than Martha Stewart? The pretentious, social climber Brits would look down upon Martha because she is of Polish stock.

[quote] Did the aristocracy have scones at tea time or was that a tea shop thing?

Upthread, there's a link to a YouTube video, guy named Hanson critiquing a tea scene from "The Crown." They're eating scones (QE & Jac. Kennedy). His critique is that the scones look dry, but he doesn't say that they should not be eating scones.

IMO, British pastries & desserts are rustic ("puddings"), not really refined like French stuff.

Hence, a scone seems not out of place.

omg. I can't imagine. Nottingham accent on little Nic? ee dun sand loik tis does ee?

Scones taste like bleached saw dust. Are they to be dipped in coffee or tea?

R193

Scones have been around for ages, they are basically rather like "drop" biscuits or other sorts of spoon breads/cakes. Only difference is until baking powder was available commercially (for home use) most scones were flat sort of griddle cakes, and or you had to get them from a bakery. The wealthy of course had armies of cooks and even stand alone bakers in their homes who could provide.

As with many other things scones sold in USA are either overly sweet (from addition of masses of sugar), or rather dry and bland. What is offered in UK or other parts of world is usually vastly different.

Scones usually were served as part of a cream tea taking place of bread and jam. As such traditionally scones aren't that sweet because it is presumed one is going to have them with jam.

At this point, after making a little fun of him, I feel kinda guilty. I've gotten to where I love his personality, his peaceful and calming demeanor. I could watch him all day-- because if the world was this peaceful I would be much happier. His taste isn't my taste, in terms of interior design, but his desire for cosiness is first-class. DL should embrace him!

Here here R116, totally agree!!!

Afternoon tea is normally a far more substantial meal consisting of sandwiches (of all sorts), scones, bread and jam, etc... In days when dinner was eaten quite late in evening (by modern standards), afternoon tea served between say 3 pm and 5 pm took the hunger edge off.

Keeping with theme of this thread there is also evening or high tea, this was a more substantial meal served between 5 pm and 7 pm. What you called this meal largely determined your social class.

Working and even middle class ate their main meal at noon and called it dinner. OTOH upper classes who ate "dinner" at 7 pm or later called their noon meal luncheon or just "lunch". Thus evening/high tea either was a bit of something to keep one going until dinner later that evening, or was a light last meal of the day.

All over UK school children are served "dinner" by "dinner ladies" in cafeterias at noon. Similarly in an office "Sir" would go to luncheon at noon, while workers ate their dinner. There is a hilarious episode of "Are You Being Served" where the pompous Capt. Peacock keeps correcting Miss Brahms about the correct use of "dinner" instead of "lunch". This is until later when the good Captain gets so angry about something he moans about missing his "dinner", to which Miss Brahms points out "got so upset he forget he was middle class...."

In any event all this tea business became necessary because even today (as anyone who travels in Europe can attest) many cultures have their dinner or whatever final meal of day rather late by American standards. In France for instance it isn't unheard of to make dinner reservations or be invited to a dinner party for after 7 pm or even 8:3O pm

I still can't take his work seriously, however calm and benevolent a presence his videos shed into my life. He doesn't seem to know very much about the things he talks about, beyond what you could pick up from googling or reading magazine articles. He comes across as an earnest boy, smoothing over the gaps in his knowledge with effusive words but betraying his basic amateurishness with frequent nervous swallowing, lip-smacking, fidgeting, and that stance where he keeps his hands in his pockets with his leg bent. Maybe he'll improve with time, but his taste is already sclerotic. He thinks adding a tablespoon of brown sugar to a cocktail is "a bit naughty." It drives me crazy that he keeps purring over how he painted over all his cherry and walnut furniture, resulting in the pale, matte surroundings that he craves.

The transatlantic dame next door also needs more personality. Her taste is good and her Baby Jane makeup job holds promise, but she never cuts loose. Soaking the onions to reduce their flavor is symptomatic of her contribution. You want her to find her inner Ann Richards and drop the genteel New Town locutions she's layered on like her mascara, but young Nicolas has found his true soulmate in her.

"In France for instance it isn't unheard of to make dinner reservations or be invited to a dinner party for after 7 pm or even 8:3O pm"

Uh, in Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona and Rome, it's more like 10 pm. Restaurants open around 7 or 7:30, but locals don't show up until 9 or later.

On weekends, people show up late, so it's usually 11 when you sit down to eat.

Some recent posts are far too long.

Someone felt the need, apropos of nothing, to describe the difference between afternoon tea and high tea, adding to the length of this thread.

High tea is about a couple of hours later than afternoon tea. As a rule one doesn't take both, unless one happens to be a fat DL queen.

The Edwardians started all of this, if not the Victorians:

Breakfast (Champagne) + a cigarette Elevenses (Sherry) + a cigarette Lunch (Sherry or gin and tonic then wine) + a cigarette Tea + a cigarette High Tea + a cigarette Dinner (various cocktails eg gin and Dubonnet then wine then port) + + a cigarette for the women; + a cigar from a man Supper (cognac)

Those episodes I described at R219 were generally rather frugal affairs except for breakfast. All other meals, booze, cigarettes were taken sparingly. In between time there would be riding, golf, walking, stalking, lots of sex with everyone. Then there was more sex after Supper with whoever you fancied with no complaints provided you didn't want to elope/marry/become serious about the person(s) you were fucking or who was (were) fucking you (that went for the gay prototypes too). Does Nicolas dear address all of this sordidness in his Dear Lady teatime broadcasts?

R220, Nicolas only addresses things he can call "nice" and "heavenly." I hardly think that the boozy, slutty, tobacco-addled depravity you describe would qualify.

I want to be in him quite deeply at teatime: heavenly.

R222 Hell yeah I'd love to get a piece of that action, teatime or any other time

R218 or you are doing heavy manual labour in between. Mind you I guess the crossover of people that do heavy manual labour and those that take high tea is kinda small

[quote]He’s as common as dirt, but appreciates the finer things in life. I can relate

I have no problem with someone "common as dirt" in his background, no problem with someone who aspires for knowledge and access to things that he wasn't born to, no problem with appreciating finer things, but goddamn do I hate these Hyacinth Bucket motherfuckers with their fake plummy vowels and squat-to-piss pretentiousness. Americans are even worse with their worship of the British Royal Family, all snippy because someone overlooked a point of succession 17 living royal bodies away from the sovereign, or the shirt size of that scumbucket grifter the Duke of Windsor. Prissy little lessons about ladies teas? Who is his audience? Daft boys who fell off the turnip truck after him?

What a useless person.

I want to feel the inside of his intestine with my bare cock.

Not unlike the wife of the 6th in line to the throne (for now, anyway), R224, an American whose name on her son’s birth certificate was changed from Meghan Markle to the Duchess of Sussex without, she says, her knowledge.

She had nothing to do with “Finding Freedom” either. Until, of course, it was revealed that in fact she did.

Meghan and Nicolas have more than a little in common; trying to convince people of their expertise without having much.

R224 a lot of it isnt about his knowledge, its his presentation. Its extremely soothing and its beautiful, and he is extremely pretty to look at. I've watched most of his videos, even though I cant see myself doing a high tea or making a sponge cake or any of the other stuff, I look at them because of the aesthetic pleasure they give me. Also what R225 said

It's mostly common knowledge rehashed with very little new information. He is soothing and presents well, but bland and stripped of any humor. And you just know any queen like this who has a circle of friends and entertains would be a campfest and a hoot. He's playing to the grannies and anglophiles. As a gay man, I'm attracted to masculinity, of which this poor fellow has not one shred. But the DL shows (once again) how anyone can be attracted to virtually anything.

I imagine Nic would be consulting his lawyers if he read some of the comments on this thread, or at least blushing a deep shade of crimson!

[quote] I imagine Nic would be consulting his lawyers if he read some of the comments on this thread, or at least blushing a deep shade of crimson!

Why?? That he has even been mentioned on DL means he has truly "arrived". He ought to rejoice.

Some people object to the DL comments, and rightly so.

I have to say, that I was feeling my oats above and casually mentioned how this young man FOR SURE went inside my mother in Myrtle Beach.

However, after watching his videos he actually seems NICE.

They have a great ASMR quality and I just can't hate on the guy for cultivating some kind of idealistic life.

He's not nearly as shallow as I expected him to be. And I dig his rich friend from America-

There have to be dozens of "How To Do English Tea" experts about.

What's odd is, many toffs don't even live like that any longer. Tea, that is, afternoon tea (as opposed to "high" tea) is mostly continued by much older people. Everyone else is too busy to stop for tea in the afternoon, unless they are very well-heeled and have the time.

The pace of real life just doesn't allow for it - like the after-lunch siesta in Spain, it's being crushed under the wheels of fast paced life.

If you have the money, another really beautiful tea is The Goring Hotel in London.

But at home on a regular basis? Not.

He really reminds me of puffin-faced actress and comedienne, Tamsin Grieg (who once nearly ran me down on a traffic crossing in Kensal Rise)

The Goring is nice, but the best afternoon tea I ever had - and with an amazing view - was from the verandah of Reid's Palace in Madeira.

Maybe little Nicky has a point: gracious living is a dying art. Reid's never had to post the dress code before.

People used to know what to do without having to be told.

[quote] People used to know what to do without having to be told.

No, people were always told. The publishing of etiquette books in the 19th C was a big and lucrative business. People used the surnames of popular etiquette books as readily understood shorthand for the titles; there were different levels of etiquette books, each positioned to address the position one or two rungs up from the intended audience. Social place was reinforced by books such as Burke's Peerage which was published from 1826 at a time when industrialization was firmly in place but the place of industrialists was challenged: money alone was no longer enough to establish someone's place in society. Etiquette books and rules and allied popular interests have always been based on the idea that manners are gracious living are "dying." If they were not endangered, there would be no book sales, no lectures, no useless little twits like this one trying to establish his sad little brand. Etiquette always focuses most on the things that are already water over the dam: the irretrievable. Like old fussy queens complaining that young bucks (not young Regency bucks) have lost the art of cursive writing! Of communicating in paragraphs! Of long telephone conversations!

Etiquette is more than anything a trade, holding out knowledge of the arcane ways of our "social betters," and this silly fellow with bespoke marbles in his mouth is overreaching on his slim knowledge to try to make a few coins of one sort or another, a feather in has cap.

Too bad he's humorless, sexless, and pathetic.

I went into the Ritz in London for tea with a friend, on a whim, on a stifflingly hot summer's day in ... 1979 without a jacket or tie - I know you could practically write a book, right?!? The staff insisted I wear a jacket and tie which they lent me. I should have left. Unfortunately I agreed - that was then.

[quote] I went into the Ritz in London for tea with a friend, on a whim, on a stifflingly hot summer's day in ... 1979 without a jacket or tie - I know you could practically write a book, right?!? The staff insisted I wear a jacket and tie which they lent me. I should have left. Unfortunately I agreed - that was then.

Why should you have left? You complied with the jacket and tie. I'm assuming there was no further incident. You got to experience tea at the Ritz in London.

I don't think I've ever had afternoon tea in a hotel and I'm English. I think that's usually a very American thing to do.

If I'm at home, I sometimes make a cuppa tea around 4pm. I usually have a slice of cake or a ham sandwich say, rarely both.

I'm not sure what this lad is offering new. I'll show my boyfriend his pic and see if he knows him personally as he lives in Edinburgh near where this lad does.

My favourite high tea experience was in Edinburgh, in the beautiful Colonnades Library

Black tea just never tastes concentrated enough. The only time I've ever had a really good black tea was in Japan (milk tea of "miruku tea"). I prefer coffee.

I used to work in a hotel that served afternoon tea. If you ever get the chance, order the scones and Devonshire (clotted) cream. If you want to have tea, scones, & clotted cream at home (and can't find / make clotted), I would suggest mascarpone as a substitute.

[quote]Isn't he really pretty basic as lifestyle gurus go? The videos show him making cauliflower soup (with a "cube of vegetable stock"—Martha Stewart would die first)

I think that's a Euro thing. Years of living in Italy and I never saw canned broth. You either make it or use a bouillon cube, as most home cooks do. Even chefs use them.

Marcella Hazan in her books recommends them over canned broth.

R235

[quote]Reid's never had to post the dress code before.. People used to know what to do without having to be told.

Shit so steel capped workboots a wifebeater and high vis vest arent gonna cut it then?

[quote] Shit so steel capped workboots a wifebeater and high vis vest arent gonna cut it then?

Only if you are the king of Jordan or Thailand (the latter with his boob tube).

My boyfriend and I discovered him two nights ago; we watched the tea sandwiches video.

I was ready to throw up from his womanliness at first, but then I really got into it. Not in a sexual way, but in a “this kid has no idea how hilarious he is” kind of way. Unknowing camp, as someone put it up thread. I actually have never thought to make my own lemon-dill butter, but now I’m seriously contemplating it.

I was aghast when he started sawing through the sandwiches with his sharp knife, though. Dear lord. Use a serrated bread knife, sweetheart!

His underlying accent may be more Derby than anything else. Bearing in mind that there are some posh people up North, just not Nic despite all his many good qualities.

Wait, where’s the video of Hanson critiquing him? Link, anyone?

Is he from The Dukeries?

R248 is not R246.

Sorry R246 / R249 I put R246 in the wrong box.

I love R224. This Fairford creature is a waste of space.

Can't get real clotted cream in USA, and or it is very difficult to find because the true stuff is made from unpasteurized milk.

In UK they have figured out ways to make milk safe without pasteurization that is to say methods used are deemed to produce a safe product.

I don't think you need unpasteurized milk for clotted cream. You can make it yourself, actually. It's just heavy cream cooked low and slow. Chef John's recipe says "not ultra-pasteurized" (cream).

There is serious debate on matter of making clotted cream from pasteurized or even ultra pasteurized milk. For some nothing tastes better than clotted cream from raw milk, anything else is simply a poor reproduction.

That being said if you cannot get raw milk, then that's it, you have to deal with what is at hand.

No new posts in two days? We need to revive this thread as an antidote to the influx of news about QAnon addicts in high places. Save us, ridiculous tea-sandwich whisperer!

Sizemeat?

Hmm, got to watch those prim and proper queens. They may be linen and lace on the outside, but inside it is leather, rubber and chains.

I'm still laughing from that Hanson guy. He's hilariously dead serious about how to eat a scone. And the plates! But good to know that Jackie knew her stuff---hat's were fine before 6pm!

Mary Berry makes a much better looking Victoria Sponge and you know she knocks back a few gin and tonics while she does it.

R257 yeah I'm curious about that too.

Plus

[quote]Your search - "Nicolas Fairford" site:onlyfans.com - did not match any documents.

Well we know his porn name isn't Charlie Snake, because that one is taken.

Good to know that I'm not the only one in this thread who would gladly take him to pound town and spread some clotted cream on his cherry scone.

He done another skincare video. He is glowing, radiant and beautiful. And he said he's just turned 31, he dont look it

Maybe I oughtta start doing some of this shit myself, difficult when I'm out on the road a lot

It was established upthread that his real name is Nicolas Burden. Maybe that's what he uses for his OnlyFans. Wonder if his Texas-born neighbor joins him there, too.

Good point R265, tried that, also tried Nic Burden, no go unfortunately

Found this vid of him painting a chair, you get to see a bit more of him, his skin is so soft and dewey and delicate, he really is breathtakingly lovely

New video up today. Kind of boring. I don't like mixing all those disparate flowers together: roses, tulips, and carnations.

Well he's been to Waitrose for his flowers. Either Comely Bank or Morningside in Edinburgh.

What's with his I'll fitting jumper?

What's with the sinister opening music in the video at R267? He's giving me John Moulder-Brown vibes from The House That Screamed.

And oh dear, the VAHZ pronunciation.

R270 You mean the standard British English pronunciation?

And, v8fairy: you've got it bad for this guy.

I just came across this guy on YouTube last night and I didn’t know whether to laugh or be fascinated. It was a bit of both actually. I saw the tea sandwiches video and those sandwiches looked boring as hell (he’s a vegan so there was no meat). I also saw the skincare one, and thought what the hell is rubbing that stone against his face supposed to do? The Q&A video was somewhat interesting though. He said he was single but had been in a LTR in the past and I was surprised because I can’t imagine him having sex.

R271

[quote]And, v8fairy: you've got it bad for this guy

I do! And I fully admit it, I'm utterly in his thrall, he's enchanting

R272, the proper way for slipping it in?

Well, Hello! And welcome to my Tea.

What does this thing do for a living? Does it stay home eating cakes and scones all day?

R276 Did you see how skinny he is? I don’t think he eats much at all. I would like to know how he earns money though to afford all that stuff.

[quote]Well, Hello! And welcome to my Tea.

OMG you’re right! He’s like the male version of her!

Nicolas Fairford, meet your new best friend!

Can you imagine the two of them together?

Am I sad for having just watched several of his videos before getting ready to go to sleep? There is something fascinating yet relaxing watching his videos with the elegant music in the background and seeing him live in his own little world.

If we’re finding female companions for Nicolas, I’d like to nominate Anna Bey, the elegance letty teachink upper-crusted refinements at very famous School of Affluence.

Does it dress up as Miss Havisham and bake it's own wedding cake?

His faux voice sends me to sleep.

Have any of our Edinburgh queens had him or spotted him on Grindr yet?

[quote]His faux voice sends me to sleep.

That’s why he’s perfect to watch before bed!

I bet he's a demanding bottom in bed.

I would guess that he had a rich, older boyfriend in the past. (He described a breakup from a LTR in one of his videos.) I think that's how he got exposed to this kind of interior decor, etc.

You mean a Sugar Daddy?

He's so pale.

His cooking videos and recipes are terrible! It’s all vegan shit. He should focus on the decorating and craft videos.

Vegans are the most boring people in the world.

Well isn't he just the most precious thing you've ever seen. Bless his heart.

Picture 5 years hence, Miss Nicolas debuts on Treasure Island Media. Title A Delightful Afternoon Tea 🍵 and Well Mannered Gangbang

Don't drop the tea, Nicolas.

R276/ R277 he isnt wealthy, and a lot of that stuff he's bought second hand and fixed up himself. He says as much in his introductory vid, and he also mentions cost saving short cuts in several of his videos.

R280 I watch a couple of vids every night, you are far from the only one

R286 I think you're right. Lucky bastard

R288 yeah, pale, delicate and beautiful, I like a whole lot

Here's one of him doing a book recommendation, you get to see him outside with flowers and such

In his Christmas Q&A YouTube video he gives more personal info, interesting...tattoo back story is funny

At the beginning of the video of him showing his beauty routine, he walks down a hill and keeps looking back at the camera in slow motion for dramatic effect and then he saunters out of his shower in that big white robe.😄 It kind of reminded me of Bobby Trendy from the Anna Nicole show.

But he seems like a nice guy (if a bit over the top).

OMFG! He's the real deal. His review of that fantastic book about Bunny Mellon's gardens is spot-on. I like this kid, despite that I'm neither into Twinks nor his particular Twee style. His calm, measured, confident voice is ASMR material. He certainly has lost any trace of a Scottish accent, so at least the rest of the English-speaking world can understand him. And his dog is white and fluffy, because of course. He reminds me so much of someone I knew years ago.

Having major flashbacks now to when in 1982 when I was 21, I managed to get a scholarship for a summer program at University of St Andrews in Scotland. My Scottish dorm mate was just like this guy -- delicate features, pleasant, calm, and creative, but trying to escape whatever the fuck hellhole culture of the wee coal mining town in the North he was from. I just couldn't understand him, not at first. And he was trying to lose his accent while recreating himself with the goal of moving to London. I was totally out (I'm from the Bay Area), but he was absolutely not. No idea what happened to him.

R295 this video? I always wondered about that. Its a pretty small tattoo, wouldnt be that expensive for him to get it lasered off

He was with his last partner for nine years, thats a long time at that age, wonder why they split, doesnt sound like he initiated the split

R297, he isn’t Scottish. He just lives here. His accent is North of England.

He appears to be someone who has completely invented himself. People like that fascinate me. I would put someone like Tim Gunn in that same category. (Maybe someone like Joan Crawford as well). People who invent themselves discard their upbringing, discard their natural accents, get rid of everything that reminds them of their childhoods and then stride out into the world, daring others to challenge the persona they have created for themselves. I think it has to take a great deal of courage, or a great deal of bravado to do that. I imagine that in most cases, it also represents a person whose childhood was very unhappy or whose circumstances embarrassed him or her. It may be more common among gay people than among straight people. There is a guardedness to such people though. I can't imagine that they easily let other people into their confidence. Too much of their self-image is bound up in the projection of the transformation they have made, and an unwitting slip might bring the whole thing crashing down.

When this thread began I was put in mind of a youngish man who years ago wrote an etiquette column in the London 'Times', no less. Confidently he put correspondents right about all manner of social anxieties. Evidently a 'confirmed bachelor' who in pictures looked somewhat over-dressed.

Eventually he committed suicide by throwing himself from the high window of his 'good' London address. It turned out he'd attended a comprehensive school, and had no wish to keep in contact with his (I suppose 'humble') background. Disjunct painfully unsustainable, perhaps.

[quote] Too much of their self-image is bound up in the projection of the transformation they have made, and an unwitting slip might bring the whole thing crashing down

Quite often all it takes is a casual remark from a truly upper-class person that exposes the pretender for the fake creation he or she is. This Nicolas dinnerlady sounds unbearable.

R300 I think you are right in that he has reinvented himself, but he is also quite open and frank about his origins - he doesnt have quite that guardedness that you mention though. And his childhood was very happy according to several of his Q+A's . Yes, he is faking it to a fair extent, but he doesnt pretend otherwise

Just watched this here, he got a dinner set the same as one the Queen Mother has got, its real nice

And Nicolas is as dainty and gorgeous as always

He's cute, but does he even have a penis?

Why are there so many replies, Nick?

R305 If you look at the videos where he is wearing white pants he does have a reasonable package, for instance at the start of this one, you can see it when he goes out the door of his place right at the start then again when he goes up the stairs at around 30 seconds. He aint donkey hung but he's definitely got a nice mouthful there

R306 OP just might be him but very unlikely. He's got almost 47K subs and rising, its not like he needs to rark up more from here. He appeals to a lot of people me included. But if he actually is on here... I adore you Nicolas!

Just finished watching his Christmas Q&A video. I love his humbleness, yet he is realistically posh in his explanations. The tattoo bit is rather unfortunate, along with him losing his boyfriend of nine years. As I sit lonely in my lightly messy room not doing much of anything, I wish I was anywhere as motivated as lovely Nicolas. Off I go tidying!

I think he has a nice ass. Nothing extreme. But nice.

R309 He’s single. Why don’t you ask him out?

Bit of a distance between us, R310

R301

If late John Morgan was to whom you were referring, it was never suicide, well at least not proven. Verdict was the man "fell" out of window.

More:

Wiki entry...

Finally from the Guardian....

Top etiquette expert in UK nowadays is William Hanson. Mayhaps this Nicolas Fairford can do an internship or something with Mr. Hanson to polish up is C.V.

Top five tips for flawless dining....

How to talk posh, courtesy of the Guardian...

[quote]If late John Morgan was to whom you were referring, it was never suicide, well at least not proven.

Yes, the name came back to me later. 'Not proven' - but a known history of depression, a previous suicide attempt, and avowed money worries point to the sad possibility that he took his own life in a bleak dark moment.

A similar ambiguity obtained around the death of Kenneth Williams. I can understand why there's often an unwillingness to record a death as suicide, and respect that it wasn't actually applied in this case.

R312 thru 315, damn that is just so sad. He'd attempted suicide before in 1999, and was on medication for depression. We lose too many great people to depression

30 going on 16. God, I am old, that's how he looks to me.

R320

Sometimes think it's the tablets that bring on what is a momentary thought of suicide, but before passes person acts upon it.

IIRC ironically many medications for depression warn of increased risk of suicide.

I just realised I forgot to post the vid I mentioned up at R307

Damn

Sizemeat anyone?

R325 somebody already asked at R257. I have not been able to get a definitive answer so far after extensive research

However the vid at R323 shows something there, so he's not tiny

What many do not realize is getting RP down is only part of battle in sounding posh. One requires necessary "gentility" that goes with good breeding in order to truly pull things off.

Actors, news readers, politicians and others who recite from scripts written by others don't have to worry. But someone going about in society wanting to impress or whatever needs to get things down pat.

At basic level gentility in terms of speaking substitutes a common word for something less so. "Remain" instead of "stay". "Step" instead of "walk". Knowing when to use "one" instead of "I"....

To those brought up or learned at a very early age both RP and in a certain background these things flow easily and unforced. Conversation flows naturally, if not a bit high and mighty sounding to some ears. The opposite not only sounds silly but reinforces the person is NQOCD

Pygmalion and later My Fair Lady is an excellent example. Though Eliza Doolittle was heavily coached in RP, her grammar and choice of words give game away.

I love how any little simple thing is a “treat” according to him.

This overly precious mince is not far removed from Brendad Ickson's "Welcome to My Home" as far as some of those videos go...

This pretentious, twee twat must be an unbearable bore in social settings, trying to impress everyone with his knowledge of the proper way to eat a sandwich. Kill it with grease fire.

Little Faux Fauntleroy

I done watched all of the vids so now I been trawling through his website and blog, found some very pretty pictures of him.

R171 is right, he really does look better in black, there's a pic I cant seem to link to directly where he's wearing black with a striped top, and he is so dainty and delicate, just perfect, its about half way down this here page I linked unless I done fucked it up again

He is so utterly exquisite, I would love to hold him

R332 v8fairy, luv, you are a tad obsessed

Yeah, I hate to yuck someone's yum, but enough already.

I wonder who his American friend is. She seems extremely wealthy, or sugar daddied herself into total wealth. Oil money who got out of the US before the recession?

Update: It seems she worked as bookseller, then went into owning a gift shop in the Scottish Border. But not much more. Her house is beyond high-end, so I dont think being a gift shop owner made her that wealthy to retire.

[quote]You mean a Sugar Daddy?

No, a Caster Sugar Daddy.

[quote] However the vid at [R323] shows something there, so he's not tiny

Upper Pubic Fat !

The mouth noises and saliva crackles in the voiceover at R264 are just too much.

yassss hunty

Am sorry, but Nicholas Fairford looks as if he had one hour of heavy rogering, then drank a glass of cold water he would die. Frail twinks are all very well I suppose, de gustibus and all, but still...

R333 R334 Bite Me :)

Just watched a short extract of R323’s video. The guy has a flat chest, womanly hips and a fat ass perched on skinny thighs. His backside undulates like a lady’s when he walks. And you all fawn over him??

Just fascinating.

He reminds me of what I imagine Margo Leadbetter (Penelope Keith) would be like as a male but not as shrill and prone to overreaction as she was. If you close your eyes he does sound like an older female though.

That said - I was looking at the 10 books he would like for Christmas and he has very good taste. There's a couple in this list I wouldn't mind myself!

Do we know how old he is v8fairy?

His friend next door has a husband who is in international business of some kind, if I picked up on what she said. David somebody. He may be American, too; they probably came to Edinburgh for his job.

R344 He just recently turned 31, he talked about it in one of his vids

OK I watched some of this video and he's 31 in January 2021 and an Aquarius he says.

He looks a lot younger.

He said he doesn't come from money or upbringing so all of it is affected - the voice and demeanor.

He seems like quite a nice person and although I am a typical Datalounger, I have nothing bad to say.

Snap R346

Happy Valentines Day!

Whom is Nicolas celebrating Valentine's Day with in that video? Is Baby Jane next door going to ditch her husband for the evening?

That Valentine's video is going into Baby Jane territory. He talks more about his ex-BF, who exposed him to this lifestyle. Sounds like ex-BF took him (paid for trip) to Paris for the first time.

Hahaaaa I cannot believe this! I fucked this guy on a business trip to Edinburgh last Summer! We met on tinder and I had no idea who he was until I randomly came across his YouTube channel just now. Let me tell you this..He is nothing like this in real life. Tiny..skinny twink body, about 5 5 total bottom with amazing tight arse. Pounded him all night long and then jizzed all over those hot lips!

v8fairy is turning green as he reads R352.

Did he tell you about the proper etiquette to follow when pounding arse or squirting cum on his lips, R352? Did he lick his lips and call it a "treat"?

He's cute, I would definitely hit that ass.

I'm American so I couldn't care less whether or not he pronounces his "r" or if he puts jam on his toast the way the Queen would. This is of no interest to anyone outside the UK. He seems like a fun person to be around. And good for him for trying to improve himself. He's refreshing compared to so much of the ghetto trash that are influencers/Youtubers.

His color palette is all soft pastels, and mostly the color I call "flesh pink". I have a friend who has a side business as a floral designer and this is also her palette. It's not my favorite, at least for flowers. I like more vivid colors. A deep red rose, a stunning deep blue delphinium, a bright yellow black eyed susan, a bright white magnolia. But it's true that this narrow pastel palette is "safer". Nothing would stick out and "offend" an overly sensitive eye.

His real name is Nicolas Burden. Unburdened of that name, he took as his nom de guerre Fairford, which is code for "fair for D."

r352 did you raw dog it with him?

It's actually Nicholas with an 'h', R357. And as for 'Burden' - could there be a more unglamorous name?

Hyacinth Bucket.

I found his lonely Valentines video sweet if a bit sad -- musing about the days when he was a (really quite stunning) twink being pampered by his then boyfriend. But I'm actually also glad to hear that he is not quite so, um, ladylike in person.

[quote] Let me tell you this..He is nothing like this in real life. Tiny..skinny twink body, about 5 5 total bottom with amazing tight arse.

What do you mean, R352? That's exactly as he appears on his videos: tiny twink, 5'5", etc.

R352 lucky bastard! I'm down under so its not like I'd get to bed him anyways

R352 oh no!!! You’re ruining my perfect facade of him being posh and relentlessly abstinent. My gay Martha Stewart queen is a slut!

[quote] He's also vegan (bar the occasional free range egg).

How do you make a decent scone without eggs, butter, and cream?

Vegan? Is cum part of its vegan diet?

He seems to observe veganism in the breach, given that most of his recipes have an egg, sour cream, or similar—usually he'll make some excuse about how it's a special treat, and combine and actual chicken egg with almond milk or something.

People like that shouldn't say they're "vegan."

After watching the Valentine video I am convinced this person does not have a penis.

What does this guy do for fun? He seems so dull.

[quote]usually he'll make some excuse about how it's a special treat

I’ve noticed he seems to use the word “treat” way too much. And most of his “treats” look bland as hell.

His subtle insistence on wearing white while making "very messy" truffles is just an update of Fanny Cradock's ball gowns.

I’m getting a distinct [italic]The Others[/italic] vibe from his latest video. The living family comes home and discovers a table set for Valentine's Day and one of their decoupage boxes missing.

Meanwhile, the ghost trembles under a rose-strewn bed because the spectral voices coming from the other room just won’t stop.

An aspirational Brit living in Scotland? One of the soft boys they made fun of in the council houses, His grandmother turned him into a girl …. not that there's anything wrong with that … and his dreams were formed on television and in the houses of men he lived on. Now he is ready to become a "brand," his own invention, a male Nigella Lawson. Beauty, joy and elegance can be yours, just watch his videos!

He is sweet with what seem to be his affectations, his pushing of "Proper"and all that just seems he yearned to live a life that existed beyond this birth community . I find his breathless how-to relaxing and he does simple things well. I liked his how-to on tea sandwiches, which I already knew and do, but his ways are even more simple and they work …. use your hands, one bowl.

He's not to the manor born, is not going for "posh" but that you, too, can elevate your life-style up a bit and it all is very nice. Follow him! Twee for free!

Americans aren't into tea and little finger sandwiches.

R375 When I saw those bland ass cucumber sandwiches, I just shook my head.

I just got done eating a foot long three meat sandwich. And it was great!

[362] I meant he was way more fun and naughty. I would never have guessed that this was his career.

R377, did he drop the pseudo-posh accent and give you the full Geordie?

R361 yeah I've just got round to watching the Valentines vid, was kinda sweet but sad. He's maybe not strictly a twink anymore but he's still stunning

Wonder who the lucky bastard is thats getting those chocolate truffles? I'd happily suck on his truffle

Enjoy it while you can Nicky, before you go the way of Austin Armacost

Get real, v8fairy, the truffles are for the lady next door.

They look delish, but I don’t like the amount of hand use those trays take. Hopefully he washed his hands with a little bleach before doing that.

*treats not tray.

[quote] the amount of hand use

He's bidding for the Two Fat Ladies franchise.

You just know he is a squeaky-clean bottom.

He's not gay! He acts just like most straight men born in the UK.

[quote]oh no!!! You’re ruining my perfect facade of him being posh and relentlessly abstinent. My gay Martha Stewart queen is a slut!

He's not Martha Stewart's queen, this guy is:

[quote] I wish I was from the UK

Oh dear.

Is he a top or bottom?

I wish r388 could fall off a cliff.

r361 Agreed. I have found him kind of cute in a fussy-bottom-who-you-KNOW-will-take-care-of-your-cock sort of way way, but not that into him. But that photo he showed of him in front of the Eiffel Tower, he looked drop dead gorgeous. I wonder if that was the only rich daddy he has been on little jaunts with.......

[quote]I wish [R388] could fall off a cliff.

Oh dear.

r392 could fall off a cliff for "oh dearing" something that wasn't incorrect.

[quote] something that wasn't incorrect.

Oh dear.

Something that wasn't incorrect cunt oh dear troll r394.

that's his most viewed video on youtube, but still less than 1 million views, all other videos barely made any meaningful impact, sorry to say this, but he is not going to make it as a life style influencer on youtube

I don't know if he has found this thread, but he seems to have noted the advice from R332 and in recent photos has been wearing black. Which does indeed look better on him.

The advice was from R171, seconded by R332, if you please.

I've been watching him from the beginning. He reminds me so much of a former friend that I find myself drawn back, watching his videos. If he is at all like my former friend (which I suspect he is), he gives absolutely lousy head but thinks he wrote the book on it.

There. I've said it, and I feel better for it.

"that's his most viewed video on youtube, but still less than 1 million views, all other videos barely made any meaningful impact, sorry to say this, but he is not going to make it as a life style influencer on YouTube"

I wouldn't be so sure, I can't stand him but he's had over 50k Subs in less than a year

I think he'll be going places — his content is exactly the kind of stuffy, cosy distraction many are looking for in these dire times.

R400 yup, closing in on 54K subs now. R401 is right - it may not be groundbreaking content, but it is very soothing and beautiful

R397 I wonder if enough people asked if he'd take his shirt off for one vid. I'd like that a whole lot

R400 50k Subs in less than a year? Lol, you think that's a good number? Try 500k subs in 6 months, if you can't attract the viewers fast, you can kiss youtube goodbye, there is no real money to be made if the videos can't break the million view mark.

Straights love it when gay men go on and on about something ridiculous and frivolous and meaningless. Gays are so strange! LOL

He didn’t post a video today and he usually does on Fridays.

His Thursday was particularly busy with sex-work so he didn't have the time you greedy, needy bitch at R405.

R405 Latest vid has just come out about 4 hours ago. Its 32 minutes long, longer than usual for him, could be why the delay

Also under the community tab on his Youtube there's this what he wrote;

"Hello everyone, Just to let you know that I am having an issue with my editing software - it will not allow me to send this weeks video to YouTube. I have tried everything and am out of solutions! I will try again tomorrow (Saturday) So sorry x x Nicolas"

Obviously he got it sorted now

Does he have any friends his own age?

What qualifications does he have to give a "masterclass" in interior design?

[quote] What qualifications does he have to give a "masterclass" in interior design?

He learned from the best.

What qualifies anyone to give a masterclass in design? Self-assurance and people who agree with your aesthetic. Nicolas is just designing on a smaller budget, which probably is part of his appeal. "Real" people can follow his advice because he's not pricing them out of the ballpark.

I like his advice to use your dining room (if you have one) as an office or whatever suits your lifestyle. Assuming you have another place to eat.

I don't like how every fucking space needs to be filled with decorations though: candles, pillows, etc. Ugh!

More slimming black clothes -- he is reading this thread!

Sage advice

Skinny bitch

I want to seem him do a video on crumpets!

R410/ R12 he's as qualified as any.

And given some of the atrocities I see out there I reckon he's good to go. Interior design is a matter of personal taste to a large extent anyway.

His interiors are very beautiful, but not completely to my taste, just a bit on the bland and safe side for my liking, but still very appealing and pleasant and extremely comfortable. Personally I'd add more colour, more patterns, and go for a more ornate, fussy look, with lots of chintz, patterned crushed velvet, frills, tassels and gilt. But I am an outlier in that regard and I know it

R413 we've done that at home, as a matter of necessity with two of us WFH. Works fine

His most recent video was boring.

R281 Anna Bey is actually Aija Raty, born in Estonia, moved to Sweden. Some pretty racist posts of hers have been unearthed and exposed on LSA. She seems to have a past as a yacht girl. Not sure I would want to learn how to be refined and elegant from the likes of her.

Turn him loose on that Alice in Wonderland-looking house from Anaheim that was on here a few days ago.

I wanted to like him based on all the comments here so I watched several of his videos. But his slow, deliberate movements, poses and affected speech leave me cold.

To there's ONE reason why there's a thread about this guy on DL.

If he was a middle-aged woman we wouldn't be discussing him at all.

But he's not, Blanche.

R422 -- Maybe this'll make you like him.

r424, I have no words, nearly crapped myself.

R424 Oh God no. I vomited slightly in my mouth

424, how DARE you violate this beautiful thread. We can't have anything nice around here.

I wonder what he considers a tasteful dildo?

Beige, I assume, not black R428

She lives in Edinburgh's New Town near to the Broughton Street shops. My boyfriend's seen her out and about town. My boyfriend lives 2 minute walk away. His flat is very similar layout to hers.

He just dropped another video, and its fucking beautiful.

Its a tour of the joint he used to live in with his ex, an apartment in a stunning old Victorian country house on the East coast of Scotland, and the interior is one of the best I've seen, fuck he's got good taste

East Lothian has some nice old buildings. Musselburgh is pretty. I've raced at the horse racing course many a time.

R432 yes East Lothian does look beautiful too. Would love to see it one day, nothing much like it down under

He's also made a blog post on ten beauty products he cant live without. No wonder he looks so damn fine

Looks like he fell into a bucket of bleach.

Too girlie. He has middle aged tastes.

The wet mouth noises and saliva clicks are getting worse.

Loose dentures?

The video at R431 is a really interesting backstory: the beautiful, huge, lavishly furnished condo that he and his ex lived in, entertaining vast companies of friends and relatives. I wonder to what extent his Edinburgh place is an attempt to cling to that, and to what extent it's his clean break and chance to develop his own taste.

What year did he move to Edinburgh R438?

R439 early 2020 I think

I assume the ex was old. No young person would want all that wood paneling. The parents look anxious. And yes the saliva clicks are getting worse..

An English Jay Gatsby. Working class background but presenting himself as upper class and sophisticated.

[quote] The parents look anxious.

They were horrified. Who was the daddy?

He has no friends his own age or at all. Regrettably our Nic only wants Daddy; but only the one who was in that place in Lothian; Daddy must have died alas.

Yeah, I really can't see anyone his age tolerating him and his pretenses. So it makes sense he would seek out an older companion for similar interests and also money. He does give off an air of loneliness in the videos I watched.

Hate to be so callous, but he needs to get to the gym and start doing his squats religiously.

R445 I got the interests or at least some of them. Pity I aint got the money

Gonna buy me a Lotto ticket

Wide hips. Transing.

Too much hair. Daddy did not leave him the place then, as he wasn't allowed in, could only display the old pics. Rather sad, esp if Daddy is in there now with his new twink.

Nah, I don't think he's trans. He's just femmy and likes makeup and filters. It's harder to tell nowadays because social media made everyone, both straight and gay, much more vain and obsessed with looking like a walking Disney character. His fake accent and over-enunciation is kind of off-putting but still endearing because he's trying his very best and just wants to be liked. I would rather hear him moan while getting fucked or fucking someone than hear him give a lecture in that phony stylized accent.

I did love that apartment he used to live in. I can see why he misses it so much. I do think he tried to recreate that atmosphere in his current apartment.

Yes, I do think his ex-BF was older than him (Nicolas). I wonder why they broke up.

I expect his 3 years with Mr. Burns were his zenith; its all downhill now.

The ex-BF was a famous twink hound and poor Nic aged out.

I did think about Nic getting "too old" for his ex-BF and, maybe, too "you're my whole world." However, Nic has such a baby face and child-like body, it's hard to look at him and imagine him being "too old," except for Bryan Singer.

His blogspot

Nic is a girl. Probably impotent.

That body is less child like and more lady like. Middle age lady like.

R451 yeah I wondered that too. And that apartment is stunning I see why he misses it too.

R455 I winder if De Pompadour is his ex's surname? That blog has some content he hasnt moved onto his new site yet, good find. There's a real interesting article about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's place, in it there's this;

[quote]She was known to despise empty spaces and would fill a room as much as possible not only with furnishings but also with ornaments, objects and antiques on every available surface.

Fuck I can relate to that!

R453 -- Are you our dear Niccy giving us the truth?

I am a friend of a friend of a friend(!) who knows Nicholas and his ex very well. They moved out of that flat to go and live in dubai. You can see pictures of there villa on palm island on his instagram if you scroll back far enough. His ex still owns the flat but rents it out. I'm told that Nicholas gets the money from the rent as he was the one who furnished it and made it a home. He and the ex are still very close, I always see them walking around Edinburgh together with the dog. He's not as old as you'd expect...about 45.

R460 glad the split seems to have been amicable at least. Breakup with my last ex was about as amicable as a drone strike and I wouldnt wish that on anyone

R460 My boyfriend lives in the New Town and sees him up Broughton Street occasionally.

R458, It's more likely that he was just using the name de Pompadour because he was a young queen with an interest in the ancien régime.

I thought it was because of his hair!

The bio of the blog linked above lists two blogs to the name 'Nico F'; the other is for a Nicolas Ferter, which is presumably another fake name he used before Fairford.

Ferter is too close to farter.

That's what I was thinking, R466. Bad enough to be burdened with a name like Ferter, but to actually choose it (albeit temporarily)?

It could be worse: his first name could be Frank

I’d be hilarious if his real name was something *unthinkably* common like Dave Smith. I’ve watched a few minutes of some of his videos and I like him. It’s like he’s in role play but he’s sweet and harmless and very good looking. I find him quite endearing.

If he and his ex are still very close why did they split?

I'm blaming the beige, R470.

A normal human being can only take so much.

R471 what I find fascinating about his interior is how much color he actually uses (including lots of green) and still maintains an overall beige appearance. I'm trying to decide if this is a clever effect or just bland.

Here are the truly hideous but undoubtedly expensive sofas in the little-used parlor of his former space. I am inclined to blame Nicolas's ex for these, but I can see how regular exposure to them might drive a young man to beige.

He said in a previous video that he and the ex were together for 9 years and that they're still close.

Nic must be older than we thought.

R473 Those are fucking cool man

R475 he's 31

What does the ex do to make money?

Guess I shouldn't be surprised that the comment section of his blog is full of ladies. They take makeup advice from men (who wore it before they did) now?

When Mr. Fairford went inside of my mother in Myrtle Beach she said that he was ALL MAN, BABY. He throws a dick like a lethal weapon.

Those sofas at R473 are not cool at all. An assault on the eyes.

Zilv want Nic

Nic too old for Zilv

He gets me all tingly down there, you get what I'm sayin'?

You can Goddam bet I git what you is saying R483!

Who is Zilv?

Zilv is a porn daddy who specialized in twinks.

[quote]That body is less child like and more lady like. Middle age lady like.

r457 Well gurl Im sure he can comisserate with middle aged women being dumped for a younger model. The gay world is so brutal, being put out to pasture at age 30.

[R452] Those garish sofas look like they must have come from Dubai, they don't seem like Nic's style. As for the blog--I wWonder if his ex was married since Mme. de Pompadour was a mistress of Louis XV, never the Queen. I really like him, regardless. As an Anerican, all I hear is a British accent that isn't Cockney.

No, that's deffo not Cockney, guvna me ole cock.

I like Nicolas, but only in small doses. I'm a retired dialogue coach for movie actors, and Nicolas' affected speaking voice puts my teeth on edge. It's so obviously phony. I'm American and have spent a lot of time on film sets in the UK. Since verbalization was my business, I could detect - but not identify - a fair number of English accents. The first time I heard Nicolas speak, it was obvious his accent wasn't regional, it was just phony. I've noticed that when he's talking directly to the camera, his careful and mannered enunciation isn't too bad. But in his voiceovers, he speaks at an even slower rate and in an even softer voice. Some people actually comment on how "calming" his voice is. Just the opposite for me.

I only discovered him a few weeks ago. The first time I watched him, it seemed obvious he wore makeup. I don't think anyone had commented on this previously, but he recently said on his blog that he's been wearing makeup since he was 16. He's a cute boy, but I don't think his pudgy body and face are going to age well. I hope he doesn't become a painted old queen.

As I said, though, I like him. He seems fairly innocent and the earnestness with which he applies himself to creating his fantasy world is both harmless and endearing.

R490, what kind of accent do you think he's covering up? What kind of accent is he affecting now?

[R490] I don't know what kind of accent he's covering up. As I said in my comment, I could detect, but not identify, a number of English accents. I'm sure there were an even greater number that I didn't realize I was hearing. Several previous commenters on this thread mentioned his true accent was probably working class from some northern region. As to the one he's affecting now, I think he's just going for a "genteel" sound. I can't get any closer than that.

R352 is why I love DL.

Nicolas Fairford does his own version of RP (Received Pronunciation). In this, he is no different than thousands of would-be actors and broadcasters, because very few people in England are currently being raised in households where received pronunciation is used. Many people have their wide dipthongs and glottal mid-word t's knocked out of them in public schools like Eton or in drama schools, but you can bet that they don't use RP at home when visiting mum and dad. More power to Nicolas for changing his accent on his own. If you are trying to convince people that a "posh" way of life is superior to a working-class way of life, it's important to have the accent to match. Michael Caine was the first British actor to retain his London Cockney accent throughout his acting career, and it was a deliberate choice. I'm linking an interview about it below.

I would say that his original accent comes from the north. RP is essential a southern England accent so I dont see him coming from there with his slow delivery.

I detect a Northumberland/County Durham/Cumbria type of lilt to his voice. Might be a Geordie but it's a bit softer than that.

Y'all need to catch up. He already said in his Q&A that he is from the West Midlands.

I don't really give him a lot of credit, R494. His accent is a pastiche, with a LOT of mistaken RP bits where you can hear his real accent come through.

R490, I totally agree. All I can hear is the clash of his real accent and the one he thinks he's affecting, and the clash is as loud as thunder to my ears. Far from relaxing.

He makes too much mouth noise when he talks - smacking and slurping. He's either too close to the mic or busy slurping on a cock while he's trying to talk. Gives me misophonia.

R498 Too close to the mic I think. The sound on his vids isnt always particularly good, and quality and levels are quite uneven.

He needs a good sound guy to assist him

I wonder who he has with him doing the camera. I know sometimes he just uses a tripod but other times there is obviously someone with him because the camera moves and follows him as he walks (his most recent video of him for example).

And after seeing what his old apartment looked like, I’m definitely convinced his ex is an older guy. It looked like the rent would have been super expensive.

BTW what does he do for a living?

[R498] In my work as a dialogue coach, I frequently encountered side-effects in actors' voices when they tried to speak in a non-natural accent. There have been a couple of comments on Nicolas' saliva sounds when he speaks. This is often due to self-consciousness and/or nervousness. People experience dryness in their mouths when under tension. What makes him difficult for me to listen to is the amount of stress and strain that I can detect when he speaks, not just the saliva sounds. He's trying so hard, and it shows. In a sense, though, this is endearing. Both my father and grandfather worked in the film business in LA, so we had a lot of actors as friends. Most of whom had been trained by the studios to speak in a particular way. It was interesting that some of them spoke in their trained voices all the time, while others spoke in their natural accents in private settings. Barbara Stanwyck (even though she was a right-wing Republican) was a good friend of our family. With us, she spoke in her natural, rather harsh, Brooklyn accent. It suited her. Joan Crawford (a pity friend of my mother and grandmother) never let her guard down and always spoke in her affected manner. Despite a lifetime of doing this, she could never hide the stress in her voice. I wonder if Nicolas will be the same in ten year's time?

R500 his ex owns the apartment and currently rents it out

R501 what is a pity friend?

A pity friend is someone you befriend out of pity, not because you particularly like the person. In the case of Crawford, her attempts to overcome her lower-class origins and the snobbery she encountered elicited pity in my family. At the same time, I know my mother genuinely liked her since Crawford always acknowledged her background and always treated most people with friendliness and respect, no matter what their social standing was. I know she was extra-kind and considerate to lower-level workers at the studios. She must have felt a kinship with them. My mother once said, "Her manner may be false, but she isn't." I have a feeling that Nicolas is also someone who treats all people with consideration. I can't detect any meanness in his character.

I think the recent video of him touring the large estate where he used to live with his sugar daddy was a bit pathetic.

[quote] his true accent was probably working class from some northern region. As to the one he's affecting now, I think he's just going for a "genteel" sound.

That is correct.

Dickie, was Eleanor's public voice fake or her real one?

Is he male or female?

I think that's Roosevelt's natural voice. It's supposedly typical of upper-class families in the northeastern US in the early- to middle-twentieth century. However, it's not really "natural" since it's a taught pronunciation, but it was used by a whole class of people, so is "natural" in that sense. I know something about this since my mother came from such a family (they had lineage, but not much money). Her manner of speaking was known as "Locust Valley Lockjaw" (I love that name!) and was similar to Roosevelt's sound, but much lower-pitched. Decades of living in LA, however, fortunately softened her accent.

R507 he needs an onlyfans so he can show us

If Nicolas had an onlyfans where he shows himself being fisted, I'd subscribe. He could also provide a commentary with his handy tips on fingernail brushes for pre- and post-fisting use. For example, does Morphe make inexpensive brushes that could be used for this purpose? What about the pros and cons of water-, oil-, or silicone-based lubricants? For example, which is easier to remove from fine linens? Are there any flowered Wedgwood containers that could be useful for lubricant storage? What about post-fisting etiquette? Should a shower, followed by a cup of tea be offered? The possibilities here are endless.

Christ, you're a bore. Another oar to the head, Dickie.

Why is this thread still active? I am just surprised to see it still here (I do take the blame here for my reply 512...

Alls I know is that he better not start doing some down home cooking vids, I do the Spam cakes and Frito Pies around here. Thank ye.

Nic is *vegan*, except on special occasions. Special occasions occur maybe 4 times per week, but Nic would not be caught dead frying up Spam.

R510 He'd use Kent Brushes. They have an extensive range of brushes.

Brush manufacturers, by appointment to HM The Queen.

Are you really surprised r512. A pretty, aged out twink, affecting an accent, giving tips on how to live your best life at tea time? He should be an official Datalounge ambassador.

Does anyone know anything about his friend, the American woman? Does she live in the same building as Nicolas, or is her house elsewhere? In an earlier comment, someone described her as being from Texas. Her accent, however, sounds more Midwestern. She seems nice, and is probably less judgmental than most people would be with him. In a way, she's probably an ideal friend for him to have. It's easy to imagine them shopping together and laughing over lunch.

She's a Texan who moved to Scotland. Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Alot of Texans don't have stereotypical Southern accents. That's really only East Texas

[quote] Locust Valley Lockjaw

Dickie should open a new thread on accents. They are fascinating. From Eliza Doolittle to Eleanor Roosevelt and Nic Fairford (I doubt Nic thought he would be mentioned in the same breath as Eleanor R). Katharine Hepburn had a lockjaw accent but I am not sure it was locust. Wikipedia says Lockjaw is Mid-Atlantic but I'm not so sure about that: Alistair Cooke was Mid-Atlantic but not Lockjaw.

R510 he doesnt have an Onlyfans. I know, cos I've looked.

No desire to see him being fisted though, although the tips commentary you suggest would be amusing!

Nic are you blushing? We know you monitor this thread.

Does he have a job? Curious how he makes money.

[quote] Does anyone know anything about his friend, the American woman? Does she live in the same building as Nicolas, or is her house elsewhere?

Tracey lives on the opposite side of Nic's street. Her window boxes and fenestration are the talk of Edinburgh's Broughton and New Town social scene.

"Katharine Hepburn had a lockjaw accent but I am not sure it was locust."

For a truer Locust Valley Lockjaw accent, you should listen to the two Beales in "Grey Gardens." BTW, the Grey Gardens house is in East Hampton, NY, which is where my mother grew up. Her formerly rich family lived full-time in their beach house, which was just about all the real estate they had left.

Katharine Hepburn's accent was simply phony. My grandfather was an executive producer at Paramount Pictures, which was next door to RKO Pictures in Hollywood. Hepburn's first contract was with RKO. My grandfather remembered her as being very affected and he was put off by her accent and manner. He reportedly described her speaking voice as "Haute Hollywood." My mother once met Hepburn's sister, Marion. She said Marion didn't speak at all like Katharine. Incidentally, Marion worked as a librarian in Hartford, CT.

[quote] Does he have a job? Curious how he makes money.

I am sure his hole could tell you stories.

Watching him make sandwiches was like watching a child do show and tell. It was sloppy and amateur.

R523 good question, he does some modelling, his Youtube would bring in something I guess, and he has done some interior design work including for someone in Dubai. Cant see how all that even together covers his rent and so on, but who knows

I'm sure his vagina is always minty fresh.

He's being funded by his sugar daddy and his shady Dubai Sheikh.

What a preposterous existence. He's such a silly creation.

Meh... he's no more silly than the countless celebrities and pop stars who are either self-made or media creations that are worshipped by millions.

What does his sugar daddy look like?

I posted this upthread, but I'll post again. Here's the video with Tracey, the lady from Texas. I think you'll like her house. Tracey seems like a cool lady as well, would love to have her as a neighbor.

Nic has said that he works as a designer, IIRC. How much $ he makes at that, I don't know. But he does seem to have an eye for detail.

Thank you for the link to the video of Tracey's house. I'd somehow overlooked that on Nicolas' YouTube. Her interiors are fun and a lot more adventuresome than Nic's place, which is a bit too prissy for me. However, that recent video of his where he featured his former home shows that he's capable of something a bit more robust. Nic's a good guy and even though it can be fun to mock him, I think he'd make a good friend.

R535 I find this thread to be my favourite here on DL. Nic is everything all of us want to be -- presentable, perfect, posh, pretty and particular. It's kind of fun to make silly of him because we don't have that life. And he portrays it so well. I love his channel and content, but this thread has to be one of the best ones. Glad I got in on the craze early.

I only discovered DL about a week ago, and have only contributed to two threads. I'm not a paying member and have only been intermittently permitted to leave comments. I'm wondering if it's worth it to join. Twenty bucks for a full year doesn't seem too bad, but very few of the threads interest me. Sampling a few of them, I'm a bit surprised at some of the vitriol and hostility. That's not my kind of thing. I like a good laugh and think sharing some gossip is fun, but I don't like to go to extremes. Beyond Nicolas Fairford, there's not much that interests me here. I'll probably just stick around as long as this thread is active.

[quote]I'm a bit surprised at some of the vitriol and hostility.

Did the "pointless bitchery" part not give it away?

Nothing natural about it at all, R506. You think it was easy getting the residual New Yawk out of that squeaky voice?

This is a video that Oscar Wilde would jo to.

R504, so your mother somehow resisted calling Miss Crawford a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing?

I can definitely see him being paid as an old, wealthy, lady companion.

I bet Tracey is paying him to appear in his channel.

He strikes me someone with a very, very clean hole.

R544. Yes, in one I want to penetrate,. Repeatedly.

It wouldn't be clean once I'd dumped a big load in him

R545/ 546 seems there's a queue here

The only way he could get better is if he took BBC on Onlyfans, I think he could pull off the princess/whore duality with ease!

Love it. He’s found his vocation. At such an early age. Good on him!

He likes the BBC. His ex is mixed race and about 6'4 - #itsgonnahurt

R535 536 537 yes this is one of my favourite threads on here, I'm happy to start another one on him when this runs out which it will pretty soon as they finish up at 600 posts, unless you want to. I have a massive crush on him as he is so exactly my type, so I'm happy to do the honours

I think you're right, he would be a good friend. And a divine lover too

^^^ Yes, please do start another thread on him. I don't think I can because I'm not a subscriber, or whatever it's called. I'm also not sure if I have anything more to say about him, but reading others' comments is interesting.

r550 are there pics of his ex??

R550 yeah I wanna know too. I wanna know if I got a shits show in hell

I wonder if he reads this? If I put myself out there as a public figure I’d probably get neurotic about what others were saying about me. Or not saying. Anyway, he’s not my type at all (I need a big, buff, slightly rough top), but it’s love to be friends with Nicolas. He’s so calming and wholesome, I like watching him even if I’m not that interested in the topics. We could have afternoon tea together and discuss where his “h” went :)

*I’d* love to be friends.

R535 and others he's got a website and blog as well, if ya wanna see more, forgot to add it in me last post

Some exquisitely beautiful pictures of him there

Dream on. He wouldn't fuck any one of you and nor would he let any of you fuck him. None of you is posh enough or rich enough.

What would the new thread be about? He really has made it if the DL is this interested. You're all losers

If he ever met the Queen, would he bow or curtsy?

He'd kowtow, R560.

Tasteful friends. The flat that he lives in is worth around $350,000 to $450,000.

That's it? Edinburgh must be cheap.

Whole houses are like $1m

Edinburgh New Town is not cheap. Edinburgh isn't cheap either, with it having the Parliament, law courts, financial services etc, that come with it being a capital city.

So the sugar daddy pays for the pad too? That youtube channel cant be pulling in that kind of coin, yet

Whole houses are not $1m! Maybe if they need completely renovating or converting back to residential. New Town is the poshest part of Edinburgh and you need at least 1 million POUNDS not dollars to buy a full townhouse - then its unlikely to include the basement and garden.

R558 yeah yeah I know I aint rich enough and most definitely not posh enough! But a man can dream. And there's always the lottery....

Now new youtube vid yet but he's got a new blog entry on a book, about a house, with some really beautiful interior pics. He got good taste

A flat like his (from what I've seen of it—I'm assuming a living room, one bedroom and bathroom, and separate kitchen), if it were on the market as a condo in a historic house in my mid-size northeastern US city, would be $350,000 to $450,000. In that condition, with new kitchen and cool features like the curved walls and high ceilings.

v8fairy you have eclectic tastes if you'd go to bed with both this guy and Rocco Ritchie (how about simultaneously?).

R568 Rocco isnt really my ideal type, its not that I have eclectic tastes, I'm just a whore

But Nicolas IS exactly my type. Of the two I'd absolutely pick him over just about anyone else

R566 Yes I take your point.

I was just looking at the ScotLIS entries for Nic's street.

Another doughy vegan who makes me glad I'm not one. I've yet to see a vegan who looked healthy. They're either stringy or doughy or downright fat.

Is he gay or trans?

R567 / v8fairy — Sorry luv, not in a million years.

Too downmarket for me.

Xx

The American neighbor moved to Scotland from Texas but she’s a Texan. I think she mentioned living in Arizona prior to Texas.

^shes NOT Texan^

New Video

Oh that's a shame.

I thought we were going to hear his mum speak. That would help us determine where he comes from.

I too have been won over in a way. He's still a bland presentor with nothing new to offer, but I like that he's striving for something above his initial station.

Q: How do you describe your style, and how has it evolved over the years?

A: I would describe my style as English Country House with a dash of prettiness. I absolutely love the ‘collected over time’ look of English interiors that have been passed through the generations and although I didn’t inherit my own furniture or home, I like to think that my rooms look like they have evolved over many years.

He didn't inherit grand old things but he went out and got what he could to make him happy. I too would like to style my home close to the setup that the Cambridges have a KP. But I chickened out and went for a more modern and masculine design setup. Maybe I'll be more bold next time and do things my way.

That smoothie was pathetic and why chill the cups of smoothie after you make them? They lose nutrition by making it, then put it in the fridge before serving. Freeze the damned fruit, then make them right before you're about to serve it to your friggin mom.

Imagine being working class and having a son who has adopted an upper class (although, not quite) accent. He's basically told his parents, "Ugh, I don't want to sound like you two. Dead common you are."

I'm sure like most people he just code-switches when the camera is off.

Do all the Brits pronounce the L in "almond," or is that just his thing?

This Mother's Day episode was pretty bland. Usually, he has a little more sparkle going on, but all he did was try to tell us about how poor his childhood was. Not a very respectful narrative! His parents are both really attractive, he really somehow got kicked in the genetic lottery. If he looked either more of his father or mother he'd have been drop-dead hot.

He needs to start coming up with some more interesting videos. His last few have been boring.

I was an early fan, but as time goes on he wears thin (for me). He did have one piece of advice that I actually support: drink your coffee/tea from a real cup and saucer, rather than a mug. After a lifetime of mugs, at home and at work, the china cup and saucer feel special and add a festive touch. Simple, and not expensive.

Fuck that shit, R585. I need a Yeti-sized tumbler for my coffee.

[quote] Do all the Brits pronounce the L in "almond," or is that just his thing?

American here and I pronounced the L, briefly. Like how I pronounce the “th” sound in “clothes,” briefly.

[quote]I was an early fan, but as time goes on he wears thin (for me).

Yeah he needs to focus more on interior design than recipes and skincare.

R573 well i guess being downmarket comes with me being a rough colonial and such xxx. I love vegan food though!

R576 thank for that, knew he had another one on the way

R583 I actually thought he was pretty respectful and obviously full of admiration for both his parents, especially his Mum. Described how she went into neo natal nursing at 50 after working 4 jobs, spoke very fondly of his childhood too

Personally I think he is also extremely attractive in his own right, to my mind he's a solid 10, but I'm sure others will differ. Have only seen a glimpse of his parents in his previous vid

R586 yeah I need a big ass mug for me coffee or tea too. I've got a Holden Racing Team one and one that came free with a purchase I made at a car wrecker yard

R588 I reckon his interiors are his strong suitetoo. But I wouldnt mind seeing more skincare vids, they are very sensual

I fell in love with today's video but was thinking what an old bitch my mother would be reacting to such a beautiful display.

[quote] Do all the Brits pronounce the L in "almond," or is that just his thing?

Yes. I pronounce it Al-mond, I'm not in favour of Are-mond as there's no r in it.

What do you call them in California as you grow most of the world's supply there. (I knew that hanging out in my local Swiss chocolate factory would come in handy at some point!)

R10 In Los Angeles, most people also pronounce it Al-mond.

[quote]What do you call them in California as you grow most of the world's supply there

OK, I've googled this a bit and apparently pronunciations differ in California. From other sources it appears that pronouncing the L is a recent phenomenon (perhaps related to the embarrassing pronunciation of the T in "often"?). I'm from the northeast and saying it with the L sounds as weird to me as pronouncing "height" as "heighth."

History of the sounding of the L in "almond."

Who cares about the L? What gets me are the people who say OWL-mond instead of ALL-mond.

Does anyone pronounce it "aww-mund"?

Thank you to the guys above for clearing that all up.

Back on topic: How does Nicolas pronounce it?

Nicolas, a semi-dedicated vegan, sounded the L in a cooking video where he used almond butter. That's why I asked the question. I think I'll chalk it up to his non-U pronunciation habits, though.

Oh nauighty boy! Such dainty and delicate prim womanliness! I'd Iove to see all his material done over by Paul Hollywood! Woof!