Helen Arney – Page 12 – Comedian. Writer. Presenter. Geek Songstress

How The Victorians Ruined The World

HOW THE VICTORIANS

Flushing toilets, tube trains and Christmas trees are just some of the finest legacies of the Victorian age… or did they bring a global sanitation crisis, middle class rush hour misery and annual family feuds over the remains of a chocolate selection box?

Find out in a one-off show I’m hosting with my sister, the science writer and broadcaster Kat Arney. We’ve put our sibling rivalry aside long enough to ask “How The Victorians Ruined The World” in a show that respectfully begs to differ. Buy tickets here!

Two top-notch guests are joining us in Hackney on Wednesday 16 July: Environmental engineer & toilet expert from UCL Sarah Bell, plus historian & author of “The Victorian Guide To … Read the rest

BBC Radio Pilot for Festival of the Spoken Nerd

in Uncategorized on 04/14/14

The rumours are true… the Spoken Nerds are recording our first pilot for BBC Radio 4 Comedy on 26th April!

Unfortunately (fortunately?) all the tickets for the actual recording were snapped up within 24 hours of the announcement, but we’re doing 2 tryout nights in the week leading up to the big day.

22 April – Canal Cafe Theatre, Warwick Avenue – tickets
24 April – Camden People’s Theatre, Euston Square – tickets

Hope to see lots of London-based people there… and if all goes well and it gets broadcast, make sure you’re on my mailing list and I’ll let you know when you can hear it going out, and on the iPlayer afterwards!… Read the rest

Stargazing Live – Mersenne 48 for More or Less – IT Crowd Manual

in Uncategorized on 12/28/13

Next week I’m hosting three big shows for BBC Live Events, in Portsmouth, Norwich and Royal Holloway. They complement the Stargazing Live BBC TV series from 6th to 8th January – if you’re in those areas take a look at the dates and how to get tickets here. I also wrote them a song, click on the image to the left for some sing-along astronomy.

Another new song for the BBC was on Radio 4 yesterday, in More Or Less, for their “Numbers of the Year” programme. If you’ve always wanted to receive the world’s biggest prime number for Christmas (who doesn’t?) you can download it for free here, or listen to the whole programme here.

You … Read the rest