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		<title>Normally weird and weirdly normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<b>In <i>Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal</i>, author and host of Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage Robin Ince uses his own late-stage diagnosis of ADHD to explore neurodivergence and anxiety.</b>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>&#8216;Authentic, heartbreakingly wonderful and refreshingly grounded &#8211; this book captures the internal neurodivergent experience with rare grace and warmth&#8217; &#8211; Camilla Pang</p>
<p>&#8216;Tingles with the joy of being different. This book made me so happy&#8217; &#8211; Chris Packham, naturalist and author of <i>Fingers in the Sparkle Jar</i></p>
<p>A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, <i>Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal </i>reminds us all &#8211; no matter how weird we feel &#8211; that it&#8217;s okay to be a little different. We all are. </b></p>
<p>What if being a bit weird is actually entirely normal? What if sharing our internal struggles wasn&#8217;t a sign of weakness, but strength?</p>
<p>For over thirty years, award-winning broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince has entertained thousands in person and on air. But underneath the surface, a whirlwind was at play &#8211; a struggle with sadness, concentration, self-doubt and near-constant anxiety. But then he discovered he had all the hallmarks of ADHD and his stumbling blocks became stepping stones.</p>
<p>In <i>Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal</i>, Robin uses his own experiences to explore the neurodivergent experience and to ask what the point of &#8216;being normal&#8217; really is. Packed with personal insights, intimate anecdotes and interviews with psychologists, neuroscientists and many neurodivergent people he has met along the way, this is a quirky and witty dive into the world of human behaviour.</p>
<p><b>&#8216;This is a comforting hug of a book. Insightful, warm, funny and compassionate, it will make readers, whether neurotypical or neurodivergent, feel less alone&#8217; &#8211; Laura Bates, bestselling author of<i> Everyday Sexism</i></p>
<p>&#8216;Weirdness is inescapable, and no one does it better than Robin Ince. A superb book, celebrating the needed weirdness in us all&#8217; &#8211; Chris Hadfield, astronaut and five-time bestselling author</b></p>
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		<title>Bibliomaniac</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would instead go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***&#8217;A unique, funny picture of Britain&#8230; A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.&#8217; Richard Osman&#8217;Ince&#8217;s love of books is infectious.&#8217; &#8216;Books of the Year&#8217;, IndependentWhy play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince&#8217;s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the reader on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books &#8211; and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them.  It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a joke and so are you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robin Ince has a good life. As a successful comedian, presenter, and writer, he's got a job that you are probably jealous of. So, why did he find himself stuck on a train platform in rural Northumberland, swearing maniacally, punching his own leg, vowing never to do stand-up again? Was he having an existential crisis? He didn't know. But he wanted to find out. Insightful, witty, and often just plain weird, this book charts his journey to discover why he's made the choices he did in life, and what makes us who we are. Why did Robin become a comedian? Why did you become an accountant (sorry)? Why are we like we are? Informed by interviews with a bevy of comedians such as Jo Brand, Ricky Gervais and Tim Minchin, as well as with neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors, Robin looks back on his life and turns his comedic observational skills on himself - exploring the key psychological questions we all ask ourselves.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.&#8217; Observer&#8217;Funny, honest and heart-warming.&#8217; Matt HaigWhat better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians &#8211; those who professionally examine our quirks on stage? In this touching and witty book, award-winning presenter and comic Robin Ince uses the life of the stand-up as a way of exploring some of the biggest questions we all face. Where does anxiety come from? How do we overcome imposter syndrome? What is the key to creativity? How can we deal with grief? Informed by personal insights as well as interviews with some of the world&#8217;s top comedians, neuroscientists and psychologists, this is a hilarious and often moving primer to the mind.</p>
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		<title>Bibliomaniac</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided he would instead go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac follows Robin up and down the country in his quest to discover just why he can never have enough books. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***&#8217;A unique, funny picture of Britain&#8230; A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.&#8217; Richard Osman&#8217;Ince&#8217;s love of books is infectious.&#8217; &#8216;Books of the Year&#8217;, IndependentWhy play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince&#8217;s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the reader on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books &#8211; and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them.  It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.</p>
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		<title>The Importance of Being Interested</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - 'The Importance of Being Interested' explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***Perfect for fans of Radio 4&#8217;s The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.&#8217;A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.&#8217; Professor Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world&#8217;s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world&#8217;s greatest thinkers.In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn&#8217;t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more &#8211; as well as charting Robin&#8217;s own journey with science &#8211; The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - 'The Importance of Being Interested' explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.&#8217; Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world&#8217;s most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world&#8217;s greatest thinkers.In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn&#8217;t just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more &#8211; as well as charting Robin&#8217;s own journey with science &#8211; The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.</p>
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