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Robin Ince
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Two books published this year - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal and poetry collection Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth
I will always be sad that I departed from Monkey Cage but the relief I feel about being able to speak out about abusers and bigots without expecting a phone call upbraiding or questioning me is a relief - so much anxiety expelled
Starmer gets worse every day - this apology is no good at all - Mandelson took up Epstein’s hospitality while he was serving time for child trafficking - this was well known - see also Zak Polanski’s letter to Wes Streeting #epstein #starmer #mandelson #greenparty
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Starmer gets worse every day - this apology is no good at all - Mandelson took up Epstein’s hospitality while he was serving time for child trafficking - this was well known - see also Zak Polanski’s letter to Wes Streeting #epstein #starmer #mandelson #greenparty
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Love this photograph last night of Paul McGann and me at @slapstickfest.bsky.social - we’re ready for our Joe Orton play
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Only a few tickets left for Norwich Playhouse on 19th February - it is birthday eve

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Book | Norwich Theatre
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February 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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What a way to kick off Slapstick Festival 2026!

We love our dedicated audience filling up @wshed.bsky.social and Bristol Megascreen on a Wednesday, and already a triple dose of @robinince.bsky.social, with more to come across Bristol until Sun 8 Feb.
February 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I’m off to NORWICH this month
We are headed to Norwich Science Festival soon! Solo events from @robinince.bsky.social, @particleclara.bsky.social & @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social plus a special Nine Lessons for Norwich show on Fri night with extra special guests inc. @helenczerski.bsky.social! All tix norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Nottingham friends! I’m reading at the iconic @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social one week today! Would love to see you

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Poetry with Clare Pollard and Ian Parks, supported by students from Nottingham Trent University – Five Leaves Bookshop
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February 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Come see me in Leicester in a couple of weeks - only a few tickets left

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Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival
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February 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Watching the Epstein atrocities continuing to expand, one of the horrors is knowing that many of these men feel absolutely nothing for their victims beyond annoyance - they are gross narcissists who see the world as FOR THEM and to hell with the rest whatever the destruction and pain wrought
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 AM
An early start for Redruth to Bristol for @slapstickfest.bsky.social - midday Laurel and Hardy awaits

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Slapstick Festival | Silent Film & Visual Comedy Festival
Slapstick 2026 brings more than 30 events across five joy-filled days in Bristol, celebrating screen comedy in all its forms: from silent-era masterpieces to
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February 4, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Lovely to meet Jaye today - an activist with a heart as big as Jupiter who is waiting for her trial for peaceful protest #falmouth #gaza #peace #defendourjuries @rubicundbooks.bsky.social @defendourjuries.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Not quite sold out #falmouth so turn up and there will be tickets on the door
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Off to #falmouth via #redruth popped into Needful Things - uh oh
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
First Scottish gig of 2026
We'll be starting off the Further From Festival with a bang! The brilliant @robinince.bsky.social is very kindly returning to Linlithgow to regale us with all sorts of wonderful tales and thoughts! Join us for an evening like no other: tinyurl.com/FFFRobinInce
February 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Last few tickets for Falmouth tonight

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The Poly
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February 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
last dressing down I got from Monkey Cage execs on day I resigned was for a Bluesky comment on some of the sexual abusers who had been close to Prince Charles - Mountbatten, Van Der Post, Peter Ball - I didn’t do it to be sensational, I did it because it shows how abuse is just ignored by power
Looking at #epstein reports , thinking of the deference to power that allows all this and the people who have fought so hard for justice - here is a not nice #poem that erupted today
February 2, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Also whenever you see that Epstein spent 13 months in jail for child sex trafficking , don’t merely be shocked by the brevity of the sentence , he was also allowed back home for approximately 12 hours every day
It is not shocking that a sexual abuser, relentless criminal and transparent liar should reach the highest office in the land - what is shocking is that this was entirely evident and still people voted for him
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
It is not shocking that a sexual abuser, relentless criminal and transparent liar should reach the highest office in the land - what is shocking is that this was entirely evident and still people voted for him
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
lovely night w/ Mark Gatiss, Alice Lowe & David McAlmont plus Paul and Mine were in the audience. episode will be up soon, remember you can listen to Uncanny Hour episodes incl Stewart Lee on Italian westerns, Reece Shearsmith on John Carpenter

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Italian Westerns (Pt 2) with Stewart Lee and Robin Ince | An Uncanny Hour Special in Three Parts
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February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Two of my favourite yearly events coming up next week - @slapstickfest.bsky.social in Bristol and Wolverhampton lit fest - hope to see some of you at one or other

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Ticketbooth
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February 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Among many other things there will be some Doctor Who content at my show with Joanna Neary at Bodmin Old Library on Monday and my solo show at the Poly in Falmouth on Tuesday

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February 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Today would have been Elizabeth Sladen’s 80th birthday - for all the generations she made happier - a memory of her first departure from #doctorwho
February 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Only a few tickets left for my Leicester comedy festival show in 17th February

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Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival
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February 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Looking at #epstein reports , thinking of the deference to power that allows all this and the people who have fought so hard for justice - here is a not nice #poem that erupted today
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It is Derek Jarman’s birthday - he died at 52 from AIDS related illness - he left behind a vast cache of art and beauty - I wrote this on the way to Prospect Cottage #lgbtq #derekjarman #poetry
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM