Press clippings Page 11
Eddie Izzard, airing cupboards & the nature of writing
Eddie Izzard once advised me that I should not have an airing cupboard. He had come round to my flat to play Escape from Colditz. He won. He told me an airing cupboard was a level of luxury too great and no creativity could come from warm or even dry towels.
Robin Ince, Robin Ince's Blog, 22nd July 2017Edinburgh 10x10: 5. Get in the sea!
10 comedians who have been photographed in a body of water
Chortle, 21st July 2017Things you maybe shouldn't joke about
Are there some topics you shouldn't joke about or that you shouldn't want to joke about? Is suicide one of them?
Robin Ince, Robin Ince's Blog, 20th July 2017Opinion: comedies that were pulled earlier than planned
If Host The Week has been axed by Channel 4 after one episode, as has been reported, it joins a very select band of television comedies that were pulled earlier than planned.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th June 2017Robin Ince interview
I have been researching imposter syndrome recently and it is interesting to find out that it is not universal.
Sarah Daniell, The New Zealand Herald, 24th March 2017Robin Ince on his return to stand-up
It is almost two years since I offered my resignation from the world of stand-up from a hotel room in Brisbane. The crack showed after the first year, when Professor Cox asked if I fancied joining him on tour in Australia and The UK.
Robin Ince, 6th March 2017Robin Ince reviews Frank Skinner's radio show
Forget Farage: Robin Ince turns to Skinner for a full and Frank discussion...
Robin Ince, The Big Issue, 24th January 2017Review: Slapstick Festival, Colston Hall
Sometimes the best thing to do in the face of adversity is to laugh at it. With the inauguration of a dangerous right-wing clown just the previous day, Saturday evening's programming for this year's Slapstick Festival was the perfect antidote. Or, as Ian Lavender (Dad's Army's Pike) described it before the screening of Charlie Chaplin's classic 1940 satire on tyranny, The Great Dictator: "Next up, our tribute to Donald Trump..."
Elfyn Griffith, Bristol 24/7, 23rd January 2017Robin Ince on procrastination
Typed words so far - 0. Coffees - 2. Social media and email checks - 4. Tweeting links to Stevie Smith poems - 3.
Robin Ince, 6th January 2017Review: The Entire Universe
Both the sense of wonder and sense of humour are undimmed here.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th December 2016