Robin is an insightful and entertaining interviewer and contributor, as at home with Nobel laureates and Oxford academics as with a festival crowd at midnight. He designs and hosts live conversations and debates that define our moment.
Interviews
Louis Theroux — the headline show at How The Light Gets In, September 2026, on online subculture, cults and the cult of the online.
Katherine Ryan — live at King’s College, Cambridge, for the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, on authenticity and the parallels between stand-up and short-form video.
Demis Hassabis — private events designed and hosted for the Nobel Prize winner, summer 2026.
Robin has also hosted stages with artists such as Jarvis Cocker and Gavin Turk, and opinion makers like Alastair Campbell.
Thinking Deeply
Robin curates and presents Thinking Deeply, a collaboration between Oxford University’s Wadham College and The Ned London that foregrounds the humanities at a time of technological change. Guests have included Professor Christopher Summerfield, Research Director of the UK AI Security Institute, on human values in the age of AI, and Professor Carolin Duttlinger on attention and distraction. Next up: Wadham philosophy fellow Tom Sinclair, 23 November.
Sunday Papers Live
Since 2022 Robin has been the regular host of Sunday Papers Live, the live show that brings the Sunday papers to life, hosting discussions and interviews on everything from the future of design to geopolitics and fashion.
Double Take Debate
Robin hosts Double Take Debate, a live debate show recorded in a cocktail bar, pitting two sharp minds against each other on cities, technology, culture, politics and ideas. Recent debates include:
- Author Jon Alexander vs former Labour adviser Matthew Torbitt on political reform
- Journalist Olivia Petter vs architecture critic Phineas Harper on dockless bikes and who owns the street
- Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun vs artist Gavin Turk on whether art can change the world
To book Robin to chair, interview or moderate, get in touch.
