Nigel Seymour Gosling (1909–1982) was a British art and dance critic and author.
[1] Gosling attended Eton College and Cambridge University.
[citation needed] A strong interest in the arts caused him to learn about painting and subsequently ballet.
Nigel Gosling spent over 30 years as part of the culture staff of The Observer, he was its art critic from 1961 to 1975.
Under the pen name Alexander Bland, he wrote The Dancer's World, The Nureyev Image, A History of Ballet and Dance, Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Story of a Partnership and The Royal Ballet: The First 50 Years.