Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth

RobinInce has presented BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage withco-creator Professor Brian Cox since 2009, winning the Sony Radio Best SpeechProgramme Gold Award in 2011 and the Rose d’Or Best Radio Talk Show Award in2015. As a stand-up comedian he has toured the world and is a winner of Time Out’s Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award and a two-times winner of Chortle’s Innovation Award. As an author he has written several acclaimedbooks, including Bibliomaniac, whichwas a Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick and earned him a BooksellersAssociation Author of the Year Award. Robin is a fellow of the British ScienceAssociation, has received an honorary doctorate from Royal Holloway, Universityof London, and is an Honorary Fellow of University College London. He alsoco-created The Cosmic Shambles Network.

“Robin’s passion for words and ideas and his curiosity for life take perfect shape here in these songs of quiet defiance. Choice words chosen wisely. Highly recommended for all humans who retain their humanity.” Henry Normal“I love these poems’ invitation to read them aloud, the rhythm and sound-play that’s unwrapped by taking the words from the page and releasing them into the air. This is poetry to play and replay as each poem’s colours change and layers of meaning glow.” Dr Kathryn Mannix“Robin’s poems are insights into Robin. They are raw, funny, sometimes painfully immediate and heartfelt, but always thoughtful and very much him. Sometimes he’ll muse on the cosily familiar, other times he’ll be righteous and raw. He writes with an honesty that’s either admirable or foolish. But probably, beautifully both. Each of these poems is a treat. A brief moment of connection, slipped between the pages of a hectic world.” Reece Shearsmith“Robin’s poems are full of love and wonder. Deeply humane and tender, they embody the bravery that comes with vulnerability and a reverence for being here and loving every moment of it.” Josie Long“Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth is a bold, intimate collection, in part memoir and in part rallying cry, here is an exploration of our world past and present. Robin Ince has a beautiful and observant eye for tiny details, for pockets of recollection, for fleeting moments, for tears and dark comedy, these poems contain bright snapshots of where we are, our nature and humanity, our sensitivities, our rage and our happiness.” Salena Godden