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📚 NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! I’ve never met a Beatle but I have met this lot… Beatles royalty, you might say. Read, the chapter ‘I’ve Never Met a Beatle’ in my fun new book of personal encounters — NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! Out on Amazon now! amzn.eu/d/0ahnnkqK
#thebeatles #beatles #beatleshistory
I’ve Never Met a Beatle! But did even manage to squeeze a chapter out of that!
📚 NAME DROP ME? NEVER! Nick Hornby
Of all the victims of my book, Nick has to be one of the nicest I’ve met. My encounters with him kick off the author chapter called ‘Write On Sister!’ The paperback or ebook are available now on Amazon! amzn.eu/d/07wNjrSC
NAME DROP ME? NEVER!
Oddly, I’ve befriended quite a few Tottenham players and always got on pretty well with them. Some pretty funny stories in the chapter called simply: It’s Spursy Time! NAME DROP ME? NEVER! the Paperback and ebook out now on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/0aU58GYF
I’ve met a few Arsenal legends in my time and am delighted to report that, on the whole, they’re all splendid fellows. Read the chapter Arsenal Fellows in my new autobiographical biography NAME DROP ME? NEVER! Out now on Amazon Books and Amazon Kindle. amzn.eu/d/017gZ30v
📚 NAME DROP, ME? NEVER!
The chapter ‘Comedians Are a Funny Lot’ was probably the hardest to write… because, cor blimey governor, they aren’t half a funny lot.
Get NAME DROP, ME? NEVER… in Amazon Books for the full debrief! amzn.eu/d/0dyvSFeK
NAME DROP ME? NEVER! Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman…
Not only chats with Terry Gilliam, but also encounters with these four who appear in the chapter ‘Grassing Up Pythons’.
Get my new book here: amzn.eu/d/08lT3vyD @EricIdle @MichaelPalin10
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER!
The paperback is out now on Amazon.
“What a great read! It deserves to be widely read and acclaimed...”
— Martin Bell
‘A great loo read… even without Lou Reed’ — Lisa Stansfield
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133...
NAME DROP ME? NEVER! Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman…
Not only chats with Terry Gilliam, but also encounters with these four who appear in the chapter ‘Grassing Up Pythons’.
Get my new book here: amzn.eu/d/08lT3vyD @EricIdle @MichaelPalin10
“What a great read! It deserves to be widely read and acclaimed...” — Martin Bell
On @Amazon Books NOW!
amzn.eu/d/0j8lzFvl
📚 NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! Out Now!
Hugging Eric Clapton, drinking espressos with Ronnie Wood, tea with Emma Thompson, a rendezvous with Roger Moore… it’s all in a day’s work for some random lanky bloke called Sebastian Wocker. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133... #NewBooks
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! John Hurt
So, as I saw him more regularly, I
became less starstruck and John Hurt just became John. That said, I did
feel I was in the presence of greatness whenever he held court…
Name Drop, Me? Never! The paperback is out now! 📚
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133...
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER!
The paperback is out now on Amazon.
“What a great read! It deserves to be widely read and acclaimed...”
— Martin Bell
‘A great loo read… even without Lou Reed’ — Lisa Stansfield
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133...
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! John Hurt
So, as I saw him more regularly, I
became less starstruck and John Hurt just became John. That said, I did
feel I was in the presence of greatness whenever he held court…
Name Drop, Me? Never! The paperback is out now! 📚
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133...
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! Lisa Stansfield
Fab interview with Lisa in the book. She’s a properly good laugh!
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! is out now as a paperback on the Amazon Books monster. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133... 📚
NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! Terry Gilliam
In the chapter ‘Grassing Up Pythons’, a chance meeting with Terry Gilliam in Highgate quickly turns into a meaningful bonding experience. Get NAME DROP, ME? NEVER! The new paperback is on Amazon Books now! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/173999133... #montypython
In my first book I grassed myself up. In my second, I grass up everyone else. The first chapter is called: Nobody Likes A Grass… NAME DROP ME? NEVER! OUT 01/04/2026
A band in our position cannot afford to be made to look Ridiculous. So get down to the Camden Club this Bank Holiday Sunday innit.
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🚨 Gridlock Alert 🚨 20/05/25
Avoid the White Stone Pond like the plague. Very badly thought out temporary traffic lights clogging up East Road and Heath Street.
Fancy a fun night out? Ridiculous will play the Camden Club, Chalk Farm this Bank holiday Sunday 25th May 2025. Doors 7:30pm. Band on stage at 8:15-ish. £12 on the door. Pic: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen.
Ridiculous taking a break from rehearsals for their upcoming gig at the Camden Club today. From left: Basti Wocker, Peter Noone, Jon Moss and Erran Baron Cohen. Come and join them on bank holiday Sunday 25/05/25 7:30pm at the Camden Club, Chalk Farm Road. £12. 🤗🙄🤪😎
Come and see Ridiculous live at The Camden Club, London in 25/05/25. Doirs 7:30pm. £12 on the door. 😎🤪🙄😘 Advance booking via Eventbrite.
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Only a couple of weeks till @ridiculoustheband prance about at The Camden Club for another splendiferous night of sheer unadulterated joy! Book now via @eventbriteuk or turn up before 7:30pm to get in! £12 Squid on the door 🥸🤗😵💫😘
Reader reviews of The Joy of Addiction: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Verified purchase.
“Brilliantly written, funny and exciting and thoroughly enjoyable. There aren’t many books that have made me laugh out loud and this was definitely one of them.” — Michael, Barcelona. #bookstagram #goodreads
If you haven’t read my little stranger-than-fiction addiction memoir yet, it’s available now on Amazon and at all good bookshops. Before writing the sequel, I’m currently working in on something completely different. Watch this space! 📚 #books #addiction #recovery
Okay girls and boys, if you haven’t yet done so, stick this one in yer diary. Yours truly and the band’ll be rocking your socks off with our 100% original repertoire, innit. 🤗🤪😎😵💫 Ridiculous live at the Camden Club. 25/05/25. 7pm. £12.
Here’s the editor’s leader article on page 7 of the spring Hampstead Village Voice. There’s more on the out of control petty crime epidemic on page 9. Available at good local newsagents now: Only £2. #hampsteadheath LBC #CrimeNews #hampstead
Sorry, forgot to correct that typo — editor’s fault. A job at the Grauniad beckons!
A well deserved award for the The Well Walk Theatre, is celebrated in the spring edition of the Hampstead Village Voice. Available now at local newsagents… and The Well Walk Theatre. 🎭 £2.