Books & Spoken Word

Robin Ince – I’m a Joke and So are You

Date: Wednesday, Oct 3 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: We The Curious
Price: £8/£6
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Robin Ince

Robin Ince discusses his book, I’m a Joke and So Are You.

As a connoisseur of comedy, Ince has spent decades mining our eccentricities to create gags – and watching other strange individuals do the same. And for years on The Infinite Monkey Cage he has sought – sometimes in vain – to understand the world around us.

He now unites these pursuits to examine the human condition through the prism of humour, exploring the key psychological questions we all ask ourselves: why do we make the choices we do in life? Where do anxiety and imagination come from? How does our childhood shape our life choices? Do we all have a need to perform? Is failing good for us? And are we more than our brains? Informed by personal insights from his own life as well as interviews with a bevy of A-list comedians, neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors, he offers a hilarious and moving primer to the mind.

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For more info, visit www.ideasfestival.co.uk/events/robin-ince

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By joe melia, Monday, Jul 23 2018

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