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Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

My Adventures in Neurodiversity

by Robin Ince ...

**‘Authentic, heartbreakingly wonderful and refreshingly grounded – this book captures the internal neurodivergent experience with rare grace and warmth’ – Camilla Pang, award-winning author of Explaining Humans‘Tingles with the joy of being different. This book made me so happy’ – Chris Packham, naturalist and award-winning author of Fingers in the Sparkle JarA powerful, personal exploration of ... Read more

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**‘Authentic, heartbreakingly wonderful and refreshingly grounded – this book captures the internal neurodivergent experience with rare grace and warmth’ – Camilla Pang, award-winning author of Explaining Humans‘Tingles with the joy of being different. This book made me so happy’ – Chris Packham, naturalist and award-winning author of Fingers in the Sparkle JarA powerful, personal exploration of
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Let the Quiet Ones Rise

Poems About Standing Up and Standing Out

by Robin Ince ...

A collection of instinctual poetry from the deepest part of a neurodivergent heart, considering the sadness of being alone, but also the happiness of finding people who empower you.“From the bucolic to the splenetic, this is a hugely enjoyable crystallisation of Robin’s passions and polemics. Profundity, fecundity, brevity and levity, it’s all here.” Shaun Keaveny“Robin can make for uncomfortable ... Read more

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A collection of instinctual poetry from the deepest part of a neurodivergent heart, considering the sadness of being alone, but also the happiness of finding people who empower you.“From the bucolic to the splenetic, this is a hugely enjoyable crystallisation of Robin’s passions and polemics. Profundity, fecundity, brevity and levity, it’s all here.” Shaun Keaveny“Robin can make for uncomfortable
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Dead Funny

Horror Stories by Comedians

by Robin Ince, Mitch Benn, Katy Brand, Neil Edmond, Richard Herring, Charlie Higson, Matthew Holness, Rufus Hound, Phill Jupitus0, Tim Key1, Stewart Lee2, Michael Legge3, Al Murray4, Sara Pascoe5, Reece Shearsmith6, Danielle Ward7 ...

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny is an audacious anthology, featuring tales of terror from some of the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this unique exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror to see if they do, as believed, make the most comfortable of ... Read more

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What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny is an audacious anthology, featuring tales of terror from some of the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this unique exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror to see if they do, as believed, make the most comfortable of
... Read more
The Importance of Being Interested

Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

by Robin Ince ...

"A delightful and scintillating hymn to science." —Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty ... Read more

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"A delightful and scintillating hymn to science." —Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty
... Read more
Bibliomaniac

An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain

by Robin Ince ...

A humorous journey through Britain's independent bookshops, celebrating the love of reading and the quirky charm of local bookstores.Join Robin Ince as he embarks on a tour of over a hundred bookshops across Britain, from Wigtown to Penzance, after his stadium tour is postponed. This isn't just a travelogue; it's a personal quest to understand his own bibliomania and the vital role independent ... Read more

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A humorous journey through Britain's independent bookshops, celebrating the love of reading and the quirky charm of local bookstores.Join Robin Ince as he embarks on a tour of over a hundred bookshops across Britain, from Wigtown to Penzance, after his stadium tour is postponed. This isn't just a travelogue; it's a personal quest to understand his own bibliomania and the vital role independent
... Read more

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The Future of Jokes

by Robin Ince ...

Series series The FUTURES Series
Multi-award-winning comedian and author Robin Ince imagines the potential for changes in humour over the next century – and beyond.When did laughter become part of our universe? Were we the first planet to have a sense of humor? What was the first joke? Was it made by a chimpanzee or a crow? These are just a few of the questions erstwhile comedian Robin Ince considers in The Future of Jokes, ... Read more

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Multi-award-winning comedian and author Robin Ince imagines the potential for changes in humour over the next century – and beyond.When did laughter become part of our universe? Were we the first planet to have a sense of humor? What was the first joke? Was it made by a chimpanzee or a crow? These are just a few of the questions erstwhile comedian Robin Ince considers in The Future of Jokes,
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The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe

by Prof. Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Alexandra Feachem ...

The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of ... Read more

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The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms.Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince muse on multifaceted subjects involved in building a universe, with pearls of
... Read more

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Dead Funny: Encore

More Horror Stories by Comedians

by James Acaster, Clare Ferguson Walker, Toby Hadoke, Natalie Haynes, Rufus Hound, Elis James, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Alice Lowe, Jason Manford, Alan Moore, Andrew O'Neill, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Robertson, Isy Suttie ...

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror, the dark follow up to 2014's smash hit debut, Dead Funny.Featuring stories ... Read more

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What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy.Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror, the dark follow up to 2014's smash hit debut, Dead Funny.Featuring stories
... Read more
Thought X

Fictions and Hypotheticals

by Robin Ince, Adam Marek, Anneliese Mackintosh, Zoe Gilbert, Ian Watson, Sandra Alland, Claire Dean, Adam Roberts, Annie Kirby, Annie Clarkson, Andy Hedgecock, Marie Louise Cookson, Margaret Wilkinson ...

Series series Science-Into-Fiction
Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment).Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in ... Read more

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Featuring leading scientists acting as consultants on the stories, and writing scientific afterwords, bringing the theory featured in the stories to life, including Prof. Sarah Bridle (Jodrell Bank), Prof. Jonathan Wolff and Prof. Frank Jackson (the inventor of the 'Mary's Room' thought experiment).Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in
... Read more
I'm a Joke and So Are You

Reflections on Humour and Humanity

by Robin Ince ...

Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny's Book of the Year, 2018 'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer 'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily? ... Read more

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Evening Standard's the Best Comedy Books of the Year, 2018 Skinny's Book of the Year, 2018 'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer 'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt Haig What better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those who professionally examine our quirks on stage daily?
... Read more
The Goodies - Pods and Monsters

Featuring Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor

by Kenton Hall, Robin Ince ...

Series Book 2 - The Goodies
These are dark times for the BBC.Unceremoniously axed by the new Prime Minister, it has been forced from the airwaves at the very moment it is most needed. For there is a mystery afoot that threatened the very fabric of the nation… or, at least, of Tim’s waistcoat.A missing sherbet heiress! A mysterious chalk outline! A bilingual rodent with a secret past!Oh, and a brand new true crime podcast ... Read more

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These are dark times for the BBC.Unceremoniously axed by the new Prime Minister, it has been forced from the airwaves at the very moment it is most needed. For there is a mystery afoot that threatened the very fabric of the nation… or, at least, of Tim’s waistcoat.A missing sherbet heiress! A mysterious chalk outline! A bilingual rodent with a secret past!Oh, and a brand new true crime podcast
... Read more
Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth

Poems about life, death, and the odd bits in between

by Robin Ince ...

“I’m safe here behind the sofa…”A debut collection of instinctual poetry pursuing the psychological essence of personal and societal wellbeing, explored through experiential neurodivergence and humanism.“Choice words chosen wisely. Highly recommended for all humans who retain their humanity.” Henry Normal“Robin’s poems embody the bravery that comes with vulnerability and a reverence for being here ... Read more

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“I’m safe here behind the sofa…”A debut collection of instinctual poetry pursuing the psychological essence of personal and societal wellbeing, explored through experiential neurodivergence and humanism.“Choice words chosen wisely. Highly recommended for all humans who retain their humanity.” Henry Normal“Robin’s poems embody the bravery that comes with vulnerability and a reverence for being here
... Read more

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