Rob Newman - Intelligence

Rob Newman - Intelligence

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About the show

From this award-winning author, comedian and broadcaster: an unputdownable novel about love, secrets, wartime espionage – and moral philosophy.

Oxford, 1938. Ida and Medora are two brilliant young philosophers at the heart of a group who gather to dance, drink and debate theories of right and wrong. But as the world spins towards war, theoretical questions of life and death become all too real. Seductive, witty and page-turning, 'Intelligence' is the unputdownable new novel from one of the UK’s best-loved writers and comedians.

Robert Newman, made his name in the 1990s as a writer and performer of The Mary Whitehouse Experience and Newman & Baddiel. ‘Intelligence’ is his seventh book. He has written and starred in many TV and radio shows, including ‘Robert Newman’s Total Eclipse of Descartes’, ‘History of Oil’ and ‘No Planet B’ and has performed sold-out stand-up shows all over the world.

Do stay on to see John Crace at 8pm (separate ticket needed)

High quality food/bar/accommodation available at The Falcon Hotel.
Bring cash for a raffle to support Bude Literary Festival and 'Read For Good' (A charity that provides storytellers for children in UK hospitals.

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Rob Newman appearing at this event

Rob Newman

**** ‘Hugely entertaining, gleefully jaunty and refreshingly intelligent… I loved it.’ - The Guardian 2018 ‘He is one amazing comedian’ - Time Out ‘Intellectually charged and adorably ambitious… a delightfully digestible dose of brain food’ - The Times 2018 Winner: Best Scripted Comedy – BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019 Winner: Best Comedy with a live audience – BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019

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on Saturday 16 May 2026