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ANNOUNCING the
#StayatHomeFestival
from The Cosmic Shambles Network. DAILY live morning shows with comedy, science, music, chat & more hosted by
@robinince
&
@JosieLong
with an AMAZING lineup of special guests. All the details are at 1/5
HUGE congrats to Jocelyn Bell Burnell for winning the 2021 Copley Medal from the
@royalsociety
. It's the world's oldest scientific prize & she's only the second woman to ever win. We're delighted she'll be joining us live on stage for
#NineLessons
this Dec
AND THAT'S A WRAP! Thanks so much everyone for getting involved, staying onboard, being supportive, making donations, and keeping us going. We miss doing live shows and we can't wait to see you again very soon! Off for a rest now.
#NineLessons24
OUT
It's exactly ONE MONTH to go until
@ProfBrianCox
&
@robinince
's Compendium of Reason at
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Science, music, comedy and a whole lot more (like far too many lasers, obviously...). Loads of secret guests and all for charity. Tix at
By this time tomorrow night
#SeaShambles
will have been live for half an hour and there’ll still be about two and a half hours to go. Come join us for the biggest science event of lockdown, live on
#RoyalAlbertHome
at 7pm Sunday night.
"From my mid 20s onwards, whenever I walked into my my mum and dad’s house late at night, I would think about how one day I would walk in and they would no longer be there".
Latest post from
@robinince
is a lovely tribute to his mother and father.
A little bit of news. What with lockdowns and COVID and everything else we know a lot of people might be alone on Xmas this year. So we’re planning on doing a little livestream show on Xmas morning hopefully with Robin, Josie and some chums. Hope you’ll join us.
#NineLessons24
starts at Noon GMT on Dec 12th. 24 straight hours of live science, music, comedy and performance with 120+ AMAZING guests. FREE to watch worldwide but, if you can, please donate at . All profits to charity. Watch at
Today is
#WomenInSTEM
Day so here's just some of the many brilliant
#womeninscience
who've appeared on the countless Shambles livestream shows over the past year.
The great composer Vangelis has passed away. Chariots of Fire gets the press, but to us he'll always be the sound of Cosmos. Delighted to have his music performed by
@stevepretty
& band for a Sagan reading by
@ReeceShearsmith
as part of Space Shambles at
@RoyalAlbertHall
in 2018
Birmingham tonight is the last chance to see
@ProfBrianCox
and
@robinince
do their epic Universal show in the UK. Still a few tickets left. Don’t miss it!
#Compendium
is TOMORROW NIGHT!
@ProfBrianCox
&
@robinince
host a bug night of science, music, comedy & secret guests. All for charity at
@RoyalAlbertHall
. Can't tell you who our surprise guests are but CAN promise a silly amount of LASERS. Few tix left at
We did our first show as part of
#ShamblesStayatHomeFest
on March 19th. 100+ livestreams & web series videos later + approx £30K raised for artists & venues, and now we’re changing things up a bit. Thanks to all who’ve been on the shows & enjoyed them. Watch this space for news.
A huge congrats to our pal
@SiouxsieW
who was this week named New Zealander of the Year in recognition of the INCREDIBLE work she has done as one the leaders in NZ’s phenomenal work tackling COVID-19.
On Oct 4th at 7:30pm we're doing a special online event on our YouTube channel with
@timminchin
for the launch of
@robinince
's The Importance of Being Interested book + live Q&A with Robin. Here's a preview & pre-order signed & dedicated copies at
4 hours till we start the clock on 24 hours of science, music, comedy and what not.
#Compendium
and
#NineLessons
merge to create the madness that is
#NineLessons24
at the end of this bloody year. It all starts at midday.
We are excited to officially ANNOUNCE our first feature documentary film, 'Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed', presented in association with
@Ri_Science
. Check out the poster and site now for more pics & info. Coming January 2023.
To celebrate
@robinince
’s 50th today, we’re going to tweet out some of our favourite Robin things from the Cosmic Shambles Network. Let's start with the poem everyone requests from the
@ProfBrianCox
tour show
Competition time: If we can get to 15K followers by the coming weekend, we’ll give away two signed copies of the new paperback of
@robinince
’s Importance of Being Interested. 1 copy for a random new follower, 1 copy for a random person who RTs this.
They've Made Us, our new panel show, will be available as both a video web series and audio podcast weekly from September 7th. It's hosted by
@robinince
and
@helenczerski
and we really hope you enjoy it.
Been filming a special video today of
@robinince
’s 1000 book book purge. These all have to go. To win a box of them tweet with
#BookShambles
and tell us which book’s been on your ‘must read’ pile forever, but you’ve still not got round to it.
.
@ladygaga
on
@colbertlateshow
last night talking eloquently and from first hand experience about memory and trauma. The science behind it is evident and outlined brilliantly by
@garwboy
here
"When Lenny Bruce offended, it was for a purpose. Offence for nothing that also dehumanises seems like a waste of offence to me". New blogpost from
@robinince
on a short break from the Horizons tour and offence in comedy
Brand new episode of Shambles Show and Tell tomorrow night at 8:30pm and this week
@robinince
and
@JosieLong
are joined by
@theAliceRoberts
. And she’s brought her own skull… Subscribe at to watch the full hour long episode
Always an absolute pleasure to have
@jimalkhalili
along to
#NineLessons
. Last night he spoke of how we’ve redefined what a kilo is thanks to quantum physics.
As some have asked if tonight’s event with
@robinince
&
@timminchin
will be available after on catch up. Yes, but not immediately. Audio version will be on
#BookShambles
this week + a shorter video version later in the week. Tonight’s programme is 90 mins
Given today's announcement that
@helenczerski
is one of this year's
@Ri_Science
Xmas Lecturers (alongside the excellent
@seis_matters
&
@shine_tara
), we think it's only fitting to do a 'Best of Helen' on Shambles thread right?
A little bit of news. What with lockdowns and COVID and everything else we know a lot of people might be alone on Xmas this year. So we’re planning on doing a little livestream show on Xmas morning hopefully with Robin, Josie and some chums. Hope you’ll join us.
In 1967 Dame Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first radio pulsars, a discovery which helped shape our future understanding of the cosmos. We are beyond delighted that she will be giving a talk as part of
#NineLessons
this year, on Dec 10th. Tix at
#NineLessons
starts tonight. There is a very small number of tickets just released for tonight's show, and still some balcony seats of Sat matinee & Sunday night. Come join in the mayhem! Some very exciting surprises in store tonight...
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are BACK & LIVE ON STAGE for
#NineLessons
and Carols for Curious People 2021. Dec 10, 11, 17 & 18 (plus a family matinee) at
@KingsPlace
with
@robinince
hosting. First slew of guests revealed & tickets are on sale NOW! All details & tix at
There seems to be a dual trend – a dismissal of “experts” and nuance, in parallel with a headlong rush towards “messiahs”. But nuance isn’t the problem. The PROBLEM is the problem. And nuance is needed to solve the problem. NEW article from
@helenczerski
A NEW
#BookShambles
out today.
@MrMichaelSpicer
pops out of the room next door to chat with
@robinince
&
@JosieLong
about his new book, The Secret Political Advisor, the state of satire, Matt Hancock and a lot more. Wherever you get podcasts
.
@ProfBrianCox
&
@robinince
's Christmas
#Compendium
of Reasons is BACK for 2021! Join us, and a load of very secret, very special guests on Dec 14 at our new venue of the
@RoyalAlbertHall
. All profits to charity as ever. Tickets are on sale NOW NOW NOW!