Robin Ince

If Labour lose seats to Reform they can say “see, told you everyone is horribly right wing and racist so we were correct to get more right wing in our country of strangers “ whereas when they lose to Greens it’s “we thought betraying almost every promise Starmer said he stood by was a genius move , but turns out people aren’t the arseholes we want them to be but we are “

I am fascinated by how some in the anti trans movement cannot see how useful they are to the far right who will then remove all women’s rights. Each week, I seem to find out more about the mansion meetings of the anti trans activists who were determined to erase me from the BBC, and others complicity in this. It has been an important lesson in how power and hatred work together. Solidarity to all those whose lives are seen as collateral in this aggressive hatred .

Some people may well think I was never good enough (I was frequently one of them ) to be called a stand up comic - I think my inconsistency has finally got the better of me #comedy #standup

I am starting another bookshop and library tour in late April - tour dates here and more being added - including Devon and Cornwall at end of June

https://robinince.com/

#bookshops #libraries #poetry #books #comedy

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot depressing to read that one in six female comedians have been followed home after gigs

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot your experience seems to match so many of my friends - thank you for writing this , I am sure it will be helpful to women facing similar crap

Change for women in comedy still moves sluggishly

https://www.komedia.co.uk/women-just-arent-funny-the-fight-for-equality-in-the-comedy-industry/ #comedy #equality

Overjoyed to be returning to Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Bookshop - tickets here

https://lighthousebookshop.com/events/let-the-quiet-ones-rise-an-evening-of-weirdness-and-wonder-with-robin-ince

#adhd #lgbtq #poetrt #comedy #neurodivergence

Bookshop tour starts late April - all dates here www.robinince.com #books #poetry #reading #WorldBookDay

STARMER! Oh and also I’m at The Brunswick in Hove on Friday

https://www.brunswickpub.co.uk/event-details/filthy-fridays-standup-comedy-acts-tbc-2 #comedy #poetry

This Saturday - looking forward to International Women’s Day with @amnestyfeminist.bsky.social 1 - 6pm at 1 Easton Street, London

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/events/international-womens-day-activism-in-action/ #feminism #activism #womensrights

Come see me showing off in Hove this Friday

https://www.visitbrighton.com/whats-on/filthy-fridays-with-robin-ince-p2798121 #comedy #poetry #hove #brighton

Hove at the end of the week - tickets here

https://www.visitbrighton.com/whats-on/filthy-fridays-with-robin-ince-p2798121 #comedy #poetry

Dusk skies on my London walk to tonight’s gig in Southwark https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurospicy-comedy-a-neurodivergent-comedy-night-tickets-1981707541603 #poetry #comedy #neurodiversity #photography #dusk

I am in Southwark tonight at The White Hart, The Brunswick in Brighton on Friday and then with @amnestyfeminist.bsky.social in London on Saturday afternoon

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurospicy-comedy-a-neurodivergent-comedy-night-tickets-1981707541603

https://www.brunswickpub.co.uk/event-details/filthy-fridays-standup-comedy-acts-tbc-2

#comedy #poetry #diversity #neurodiversity

RE: @robinince@mastodon.social

Tuesday night - #southwark #london #comedy #poetry

More to come but this is roughly how my tour for paperback of Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal looks which coincides with publication of new poetry book Let the Quiet Ones Rise #adhd #autism #neurodivergent #poetry #bookshops #reading

London gig on Tuesday - fantastic bill - tickets here #comedy #poetry #neurodiversity

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurospicy-comedy-a-neurodivergent-comedy-night-tickets-1981707541603

I am in #brighton this Friday at the lovely Brunswick - tickets here

https://www.brunswickpub.co.uk/event-details/filthy-fridays-standup-comedy-acts-tbc-2 #comedy #poetry

I’m at Dublin Castle in Camden this afternoon with Blyth Power, Jakko Jakzsyk and Attila the Stockbroker - 2pm start #poetry #camden #music #comedy

I will be taking part in this event on 7th March with @amnestyfeminist.bsky.social - tickets here

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-activism-in-action-tickets-1983351600026?aff=Speakers #feminism #activism

Wandering around Manchester Piccadilly waiting for the train after a funeral #photography #trains #bricks #wall

I remember the magnificence of seeing Spencer’s shipyards for the first time at The Hepworth #art #painting #glasgow #ship

A little poem for Lucifer - who can be found at the Birmingham City Art Gallery #art #sculpture #poetry #poem #birmingham

A little #poem for Lucifer #birmingham #art #sculpture

RE: @robinince@mastodon.social

I put this up precisely because I thought it was fascinating and very different to when I thought - the answer is 1930

What year do you think this room design is from ? (Answer at 6pm) #architecture #design #art #photography

Tickets for Leicester gig on Tuesday are here

https://events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin-ince-let-the-quiet-ones-rise/ #comedy #poetry

Hate moves as fast as a fist #denton #gorton #greens @greenparty.org.uk #poetry
Hoping Hannah Spencer can win the upcoming by-election

The colours and the cats are returning to the graveyard #moss #church #graveyard #cats #photography

Thank you for support from Monkey Cage listeners - I am asked many questions - this by Skepchick is the beginning of some answers - to be supportive of trans people & trans allies made me an extremist and too political - this explains some of that process

https://skepchick.org/2026/01/the-bbc-chose-transphobia-over-science/

#trans #lgbtq #podcast #radio #science

Hello, here is part one of me talking to Mark Steel about many things as usual though I think we eventually got on to neurodivergence

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-175-with-robin-ince-part-1/id1573424189?i=1000747650357

#neurodivergent #autism #adhd #mentalhealth #podcasts #comedy #politics

Had a lovely time at Keele, then spent the morning at Stoke’s B Arts - next midlands gig is Leicester - just a few tickets left https://events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin-ince-let-the-quiet-ones-rise/ #arts #community #stoke #creativity

I am at Keele tomorrow #adhd #autism #neurodiversity #poetry

Wolverhampton is sold out . one seat left for solo show in Norwich. A few more seats left for Leicester comedy on 17th February https://events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin-ince-let-the-quiet-ones-rise/ #comedy #poetry

Still a few tickets left for Wolverhampton talk on Sunday

https://wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173672550?_gl=1*1fsq8kb*_ga*MTcxNDEyMDY2NC4xNzY5NzgwMDk5*_ga_YBG2LH1X3T*czE3Njk3ODAwOTkkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njk3ODAwOTkkajYwJGwwJGgw&TSLVq=7fe97799-727f-40ba-a060-9bcdb4bd2997&TSLVp=cb99fec9-9f9f-4cc0-a9c0-1a98e8958766&TSLVts=1770328092&TSLVc=ticketsolve&TSLVe=wolveslitfestival&TSLVrt=Safetynet&TSLVh=a6e886047c51d29f425c5d821c29d27e #comedy #adhd #autism #neurodivergent

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

Love this photograph last night of Paul McGann and me at Slapstick Fest - we’re ready for our Joe Orton play #comedy #slapstick #movies #cult #culture

Come see me in Leicester in a couple of weeks - only a few tickets left

https://events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin-ince-let-the-quiet-ones-rise/ #comedy #poetry #leicester #adhd #neurodiversity

Last night on stage , I announced my resignation from the Infinite Monkey Cage - here is my statement #science #radio #bbc

After a gig, went to the pub - there was a gig on - so took to the stage with Paul Hartnoll of #orbital to perform a poem about his work #poem #poetry #dance #music #livemusic