Vobes Show

On 19th July 2005 the Richard Vobes Radio Show, a podcast started at the beginning of that reached it’s 180th show. (It went on to make 2000 shows) In a special show I was invited to visit the BBC at broadcasting house and take a tour with journalist Darren Waters, including a visit to the […]

This is a re-run of a visit to Ironbridge in Shropshire with Harriet, originally podcast in November 2010. I thought you might like to hear it.

Splidge the Cragflinger – The Royal Tournament: Book 1 Chapter 3 Splidge ran home and told his mother that he had a job and was required to work for the King of Gud straightaway. He stuffed some clothes and the few home comforts he could find into a bag and explained that he needed to […]

Splidge the Cragflinger – The Royal Tournament by Richard Vobes – Chapter 2 Splidge had never been to the Palace before, but he could see it from his village. It wasn’t always visible. The City was often shrouded in a thick layer of smog. Rain made everything damp, so people stoked their fires to keep […]

Splidge the Cragflinger – The Royal Tournament – Chapter 1 It was always raining in the land of Gud. It never stopped, so umbrellas were essential. One boy who didn’t have an umbrella was Splidge. He was dripping wet and soaked to the skin, and surprised the City hadn’t flooded long ago. Seeking shelter, the […]

Splidge the Cragflinger – The Royal Tournament – Prologue The door creaked open and the Clockmaker looked up. A tall thin man dressed in black stood in the doorway, a hood hiding his face. The cold February chill blew into the room. The old hunched Clockmaker hated interruptions when he was working. It was early […]

If you like walking, why not get out with the ramblers? The Rambling association is nationwide. I popped out one evening with the Brighton and Hove Ramblers to find out what it is all about: Have a listen: Part 1 http://files.vobes.com/media/ramblers/ramblers1.mp3 Part 2 http://files.vobes.com/media/ramblers/ramblers2.mp3 Part 3 http://files.vobes.com/media/ramblers/ramblers3.mp3

Be warned hackers might call you and try to get you to change your machine so they can manipulate your machine – listen how convincing they can be – but don’t fall for it. Windows technical department called – no – it was a hacker!!! Have a listen:

Richard and Jimmy read extracts from the manuscripts they are working on and discuss a couple of useful programmes that have helped them to organise their writing.

This is a reading from my book, Splidge, the Cragflinger, a children’s book aimed at the 9-12 age range.  It is a 20 minute except as an introduction to the more full audio book that will be available later in the year. The book started life as a book for young children, but encouraged to […]

Richard and Jimmy discuss the process of writing their plots and characters in their books.

Richard and Jimmy look at the mechanics of getting the book online especially on to the Amazon platform. We also look at the preferred software that many like to write in, how to convert to a MOBI file and we enjoy a couple of beers at the same time.

This is the second episode of the informal podcast featuring Richard Vobes and James Henry talking about the process of writing books. To follow on from episode one, Jimmy questions Richard about his recent book writing experiences.

Richard and Jimmy talk about the writing process. We discover what has influenced us and how we got going. We also drink beer.

This is a mix of the best bits from the first 500 shows I recorded with all the team in 2008, Georgie and Jimmy and all the various listeners. Of course I have done over 1800 shows, plus another 1300 naked Englishman episodes. Had to put this up as a trip now memory lane. Enjoy […]