Managed to *just* sneak this one in under the 2018 radar – Robin Ince has for a long time been one of my favourite comedians, and one whom I’ve watched reinvent himself and develop since first seeing him in 2006, and seeing his general demeanour grow to be much more tempestuous – alongside a keen developing interest in science. So it was a welcome message to hear he’d written a book probing into the psychology and physiognomy of comedians’ brains: modelled very much around his own psyche, mind, and brain, but also interviewing fellow comics and scientists alike. I think he’s written something very special here.