As a stand-up up he has toured the world and won three Chortle Awards, the Time Out Outstanding Achievement Award and was nominated for the British Comedy Awards Best Live show.
The Guardian once wrote that, ‘When someone writes a history of modern comedy, they should make room for Robin Ince’ and of his latest show, The Scotsman described it as an ‘alchemic mix of enthusiasm, knowledge and observation’.
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Robin Ince Books
Robin has written four acclaimed books, Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club (‘Beautiful and terrifying at the same time’ – The Independent), I’m a Joke and So Are You (‘Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human’ – Observer), The Importance of Being Interested (‘A delightful and scintillating hymn to science’ – Professor Carlo Rovelli) and Bibliomaniac (Mixing inquisitiveness and wit, his latest book is a tonic’ – The Times).
His fifth book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal: My Adventures in Neurodiversity, is released in May 2025. He also co-authored How to Build a Universe with Brian Cox and Alexandra Feachem. He has twice been featured as a Waterstones Pick of the Year, and in 2022, he was awarded the Booksellers Association Author of the Year award.
Robin Ince TV Appearances
He has presented numerous documentaries for The Cosmic Shambles Network, including The Stonehenge of Particle Physics and Bibliomaniac: The Series.
He has created, curated, pioneered and hosted numerous nights mixing science, music and comedy at some of the most celebrated venues around the world from the Hammersmith Apollo and the Royal Albert Hall in London to the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and The Opera House in Wellington.
His brainchild Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People, continues to sell out theatres every year, almost twenty years after its first appearance, and has done several world arena tours with Professor Brian Cox.
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Robin Ince Award Winning comedian
Robin Ince has won three Chortle Awards, including the Time Out Outstanding Achievement Award and was nominated for Best Live Show at the British Comedy Awards.
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.
In the words of Stewart Lee, ‘Robin is like a piece of a Jenga puzzle – pull him out and a lot of things would collapse. Without Robin, comedy would be a very different shape and a generation is grateful’.
