Robin Ince
@robinince.bsky.social
Two books published this year - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal and poetry collection Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth
now we find out if the rest of the world does anything to stop a rogue state, run by narcissists, rich kids, attorneys & podcasters, treating anything or anyone they want like a piñata - i imagine Starmer is in a meeting now checking with his advisors on best way to avoid upsetting the Daily Mail
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
now we find out if the rest of the world does anything to stop a rogue state, run by narcissists, rich kids, attorneys & podcasters, treating anything or anyone they want like a piñata - i imagine Starmer is in a meeting now checking with his advisors on best way to avoid upsetting the Daily Mail
My pal @ellenjones.bsky.social is having a launch of the paperback of her brilliant book - Outrage. I advise you to go
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
My pal @ellenjones.bsky.social is having a launch of the paperback of her brilliant book - Outrage. I advise you to go
@jeays.bsky.social I love that photo of you
January 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
@jeays.bsky.social I love that photo of you
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Time to build that industrial cooling tower - first Oxfam purchase of 2026
January 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Time to build that industrial cooling tower - first Oxfam purchase of 2026
First blog post of the year - expect more regular posts in 2026
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A Difficult Few Months
Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage
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January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
First blog post of the year - expect more regular posts in 2026
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Venezuela now, because he wants the oil.
He wants the oil under Greenland too. And under Canada. He's openly called for them to be part of the USA.
How long before he decides to bomb a couple of NATO members to get his own way?
The USA is a rogue nation.
He wants the oil under Greenland too. And under Canada. He's openly called for them to be part of the USA.
How long before he decides to bomb a couple of NATO members to get his own way?
The USA is a rogue nation.
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Venezuela now, because he wants the oil.
He wants the oil under Greenland too. And under Canada. He's openly called for them to be part of the USA.
How long before he decides to bomb a couple of NATO members to get his own way?
The USA is a rogue nation.
He wants the oil under Greenland too. And under Canada. He's openly called for them to be part of the USA.
How long before he decides to bomb a couple of NATO members to get his own way?
The USA is a rogue nation.
For those following this ugly little Grok story , I recommend reading Laura Bates’s latest book
January 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
For those following this ugly little Grok story , I recommend reading Laura Bates’s latest book
I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
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Read about it here
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A Difficult Few Months
Robin Ince reflects on the final night of Monkey Cage
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I wrote a resignation speech that Stewart Lee thought was too long — STEWART LEE! TOO LONG! The cheek of it
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Read about it here
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com/p/a-difficul...
Went station spotting today and was lucky that Stratford International turned up
January 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Went station spotting today and was lucky that Stratford International turned up
I hope 2026 is the year more people realise that putting into power known sexual predators with a predilection for fascism is something to be, errrrr, questioned at the very least and that it should not be considered an extremist position on the scales of media balance to bring the subject up
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I hope 2026 is the year more people realise that putting into power known sexual predators with a predilection for fascism is something to be, errrrr, questioned at the very least and that it should not be considered an extremist position on the scales of media balance to bring the subject up
Only a few tickets left for Cambridge gig at the end of this month.
Coming to Falmouth in early February
Coming to Falmouth in early February
CAMBRIDGE gig is almost sold out
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Cambridge Junction
Book tickets for Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse at J2 at Cambridge Junction. The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts. Robin...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Only a few tickets left for Cambridge gig at the end of this month.
Coming to Falmouth in early February
Coming to Falmouth in early February
Here is a piece from the Telegraph - written by a Conservative MP (when they were still in power) on Shamima Begum
www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/case-br...
www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/case-br...
The case for bringing Shamima Begum back is now irrefutable | Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP
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January 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Here is a piece from the Telegraph - written by a Conservative MP (when they were still in power) on Shamima Begum
www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/case-br...
www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk/news/case-br...
I would like another Rose Glass film and a new Camilla Grudova book in 2026
January 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I would like another Rose Glass film and a new Camilla Grudova book in 2026
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An extraordinary, brilliant line.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
An extraordinary, brilliant line.
Having read about her teenage girls are groomed by fundamentalists I think if we don’t take that into account we are perpetuating a dire system
As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Having read about her teenage girls are groomed by fundamentalists I think if we don’t take that into account we are perpetuating a dire system
As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise
YES - Empathy should never be this hard
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
YES - Empathy should never be this hard
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It continues - to describe those who continue to defend actions like this as “apologists” doesn’t seem to be enough.
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
It continues - to describe those who continue to defend actions like this as “apologists” doesn’t seem to be enough.
CAMBRIDGE gig is almost sold out
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Cambridge Junction
Book tickets for Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse at J2 at Cambridge Junction. The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts. Robin...
www.junction.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
CAMBRIDGE gig is almost sold out
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Tickets here
www.junction.co.uk/events/robin...
Also returning to CORNWALL soon
FALMOUTH tickets here
thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
No great fan of fireworks but here they are reflected off the sea - here is to 2026 #photography #sea #fireworks
January 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM
No great fan of fireworks but here they are reflected off the sea - here is to 2026 #photography #sea #fireworks
I love a brutal pier
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love a brutal pier
What a great activist , comic , and human
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What a great activist , comic , and human