Robin Ince Loves Books
February 15, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
Join comedian, book lover and Radio 4 regular Robin Ince for a unique interactive evening celebrating the written word. Robin will talk about books he loves, read you some poetry, and share the weirdest and most interesting treasures he’s found in Ludlow’s charity shops earlier in the day. Please feel free to bring along your strangest books and the books you love the most for this one-off Ludlow-only interactive evening of laughs and literature.
Robin Ince is a comedian, author, broadcaster and a populariser of scientific ideas. The Guardian once declared him a ‘becardiganed polymath,’ which seems about right. He is probably best known as the co-host of the Sony Gold Award-winning BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. He also co-hosts the podcast Book Shambles with Josie Long, An Uncanny Hour and Science Shambles with Dr Helen Czerski, all three of which are a part of The Cosmic Shambles Network, which he also co-created.
His books include I’m a Joke and So Are You, Bibliomaniac, The Importance of Being Interested and The Bad Book Club. He’s also edited and written short stories for two volumes of Dead Funny: Horror Stories by Comedians, as well as writing and presenting documentaries about the history of self-help, comedians and melancholy, Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, Richard Feynman, General Relativity and Dr Seuss. As a stand-up comedian he has toured the world and won three Chortle Awards and the Time Out Outstanding Achievement Award. He has received an Honorary Fellowship of UCL, an honorary doctorate from Royal Holloway College (University of London), and is a fellow of the British Science Association.
Website: Welcome to Robin Ince’s Homepage
Instagram: @robinince1969
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