Well, I did it! It took over 4 months, but I finished Infinite Jest. *takes bow* This Radio 4 doc has too many spoilers imho to be an intro, but is absolutely perfect when you’ve just gotten to the end of the book and are reeling from it, and beginning to try to get your head around it 👌

Huh, I feel like Lead Mojo is insulting me

Caveat-or @alicefraser.bsky.social is BACK w/ vengeance seeker @alisonspittle.bsky.social & mega-quibbler & mustache twirler @jlukeroberts.bsky.social to talk squirrel condoms, big holes, civilian stars, dirty Muppets, and gap-year fatalities! Chase the miracle! shows.acast.com/8d72ef0d-c0b...

People of Britain! This Wednesday you can catch my R4 special Eleanor & Pals, a character comedy show starring me and Zara Gladman, and featuring everyone's favourite sad man, Craig! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Fuck your ChatGPT, if I want to see a caricature of myself I will make the effort to go to the seaside and pay £15 for a cruel man to give me body dysmorphia like we’ve always done.

"You're JOKING?! Not Another One" I am NOT joking, but @samlakecomedy.bsky.social is. And he's bringing us his tour show tonight! Not only that, but Rob Rouse doing new stuff, Maia Tassalini making a debut, & @tobyhadoke.bsky.social keeping it all together. Delicious. wegottickets.com/event/685193

My old teacher Philippe Gaulier has died. I learnt an awful lot at his school, going there changed my life, and I remain terrified of him to this day. RIP.

I have thousands and thousands of followers who seem completely made up. How do I stop this? (I realise this will largely be read by made up followers)

I'm doing this show for the first time in 5 months today at #LeicesterComedyFestival before lots of London show and then a tour. Annoyingly @herring1967.bsky.social and Stephen Fry are on at the same time and are stealing all my nerds

very excited to be previewing my show at the venue that made me fall in love with live performance. brockley jack studios. south east londoners come on down! brockleyjack.co.uk/jackstudio-e...

Seems like a good time to reshare my Radio Four Infinite Jest documentary. We tried to make it so it gives you a decent idea whether or not you'd like the book. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Seems like a good time to reshare my Radio Four Infinite Jest documentary. We tried to make it so it gives you a decent idea whether or not you'd like the book. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

VET: so what kind of cat is Macavity? TS ELIOT: [visibly sweating]

A Dutch term for someone who acts tough but is actually a coward is held op sokken. It means “hero on socks.” The phrase originally referred to when, during a confrontation, a phoney tough guy would ditch their noisy clogs so they could retreat quietly in just their socks.

Imagination Airport! @jlukeroberts.bsky.social ! podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/s...

One of the projects you can support on Smelt is a new sitcom by me. It's called The Least Bad Of All Possible Worlds and it's about refugees from parallel universes trying to integrate into society in Morecambe. You can pledge to fund it here: if you fund it, we make it! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...

Great initiative from @leadmojo.bsky.social. Get backing! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...

Blue Monday is a lie. Pink Monday is REAL. Why not buy Cursed Under London and/or Cursed in the Lost City today and enjoy the fantasy Tudor romcom hijinks on what is no worse a day than any other? farragobooks.com/book/cursed-...

This is just @joznorris.bsky.social &/or @jlukeroberts.bsky.social up to the mother of all pranks again… youtu.be/MG8wp-9ef74?...

sound heap’s contribution to the cartoon discourse podfollow.com/soundheap

SEVEN tickets left for the first QL of 2026 on SATURDAY 17/01/26 w/ @jlukeroberts.bsky.social @adelecliff.bsky.social @presidentobonjo.bsky.social Niamh Simpson,Zoe Brownstone & more inc meeee MCing www.ticketsource.co.uk/quantum-leop... As ever pay what you like & a lovely time!

I miss laws

I finished 2025 with an angry howl, and I've started 2026 with something equally despairing 🙃

KS2 teachers! Are you doing any of the following topics? Roman Britain Aztec Empire Indus Civilisation Kingdom of Benin WW2 or the US Civil Rights Movement Magna Carta If so - TA DA! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... (We also cover a load of other topics but I think those are the main KS2 ones)

Gigs in Jan and Feb eleanormortoncomedian.com/upcoming-gigs/

Taking what appears to be an aggressively anti-New Year Resolution stance, BBC Radio 4 have decided to repeat my show about unfinished and abandoned projects at 11pm tonight (although it's on BBC Sounds already). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'd actually quite like my chickens to come home to roost tbh - I've been so worried about my poor chickens, wandering around, far from home, not roosting.

Hey everyone, tickets are LIVE and on general release for the first QL of 2026, 17/01/26 w/ JOHN LUKE ROBERTS, Adele Cliff, President Obonjo, Zoe Brownstone, Niamh Simpson, meeee MCing and a bunch of lovely fives. Book in if you fancy! www.ticketsource.co.uk/quantum-leop...

I like it when the art and the artist are both awful, so you don't have to waste your energy trying to seperate them.

anyway, if you like non-visualised podcasts, why not give improvised sketch show Sound Heap With @jlukeroberts.bsky.social a go? it was nominated for a british podcast award AND a new york radio festival award this year!

This episode made me laugh like an idiot at all the poo jokes because I am a child at heart. I'm also really enjoying getting occasionally jumpscared by a @jlukeroberts.bsky.social Sound Heap voice

Ah, Christmas! The time for day after relentless day of drip fed information about a criminally abusive financier and the things he and his associates did.

Just FYI, our new funny children’s podcast is available worldwide on all podcast apps, so it’s not subject to the BBC’s usual 28 day delay

Episode 3! Aztecs from @gregjenner.bsky.social @scriblit.bsky.social et al www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I seem to have a constant stream of new followers, none of whom seem real. If you are real, let me know.

Walkie talkie love triangle: Roger, it's Eva - it's over. Roger. Roger that Eva. Why over? Over. I'm rogering Ivor, Roger. Over.

I don't think he was cowardly. I think that lion was showing the appropriate amount of fear for a grown man in fancy dress in a dodgy area.

Sound Heap used one of my podcast ideas again! And almost got my name right. They really nailed my vision for 64 Slices of American Cheese

There is a new episode of Sound Heap With @jlukeroberts.bsky.social out today! It's got @kyliebrakeman.bsky.social @rosieisaholt.bsky.social @notmurphy.bsky.social Jo Neary @wsebag.bsky.social & @zafarcakes.bsky.social in it, PLUS @jeremybent.bsky.social accidentally presents the song of the summer!

Hello!! You can now listen to ep1 of our new family-friendly BBC history show, Dead Funny History. It’s fun, factual, silly, and based on academic research used for You’re Dead To Me episodes This episode is about the history of football ⚽️ listen now on BBC SOUNDS www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A big hello and welcome to all our new followers and subscribers. Hope you enjoy what we create! A good place to start is over in our YouTube channel YouTube.com/cosmicshambles

This is terrific

PITCH: Biblical era Home Alone with Herod going the houses around trying to slay childer but getting caught in all sorts of traps.

Have you heard this? Dead Funny History starts 15 Dec Look at the credits for goodness sake Produced by Dr Emma Nagouse & @scriblit.bsky.social ✏️ Emma, Gabby, Athena Kugblenu, @jackbern.bsky.social 🎤 @jlukeroberts.bsky.social Richard David Caine, & Mali Ann Rees www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.

Beginning to think that decision I made in my twenties not to be wildly successful might have been the wrong one.

"Ho etc." - Father Christmas

Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.

These have been a treat so far - just 14 tickets left for Edinburgh