Recorded live at the Latitude Festival, on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Robin Ince chats with the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, and Professor of planetary science, Suzie Imber.
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Renowned physicist and broadcaster Prof Jim Al-Khalili has just written his first work of fiction, the sci-fi novel Sunfall. So he joins Robin and Bec in studio to talk about it.
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This was originally written back in 2013, in the doorway of a delayed train at Platform 4 of Northampton Station. As today is World Suicide Prevention Day, it seemed a bundle of thoughts worth re-posting here at Shambles.
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This week one of the most recognisable voices in British radio, Mark Radcliffe, joins Robin and Bec to talk about his new book Crossroads: In Search of the Moments That Changed Music.
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On this episode of Book Shambles Robin Ince and Bec Hill are joined by former winner of the Royal Society Book Prize for science books, Gaia Vince.
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Today is GCSE results day in the UK. Fifteen- and sixteen-year olds all across the country will be finding out how well they’ve done in the exams they recently sat, the ones they spent two years studying for. Dean Burnett investigates.
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Robin had himself a jolly fine time at The Beautiful Days Festival full of mac and cheese, music and inflatable hammers.
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Robin is once again joined by guest co-host Bec Hill and their special guest this week is Wellcome Book Prize winner Will Eaves.
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A tweet from Hannah Fry got Ginny Smith thinking, why are kids so shit at hide and seek?
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After yet another mass shooting in America, yet again a certain group of people are keen to blame this horrific violence on video games. Why hasn’t the debate around this matured?
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Comedian, novelist and ‘Grumpy Old Woman’ Jenny Eclair is in studio this week to talk about her new book.
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In his latest blog, Prof Jon Butterworth has more news from the EPS with tales of exotic matter.
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