I have a 🎥NEW VIDEO🎥 exploring the many reasons that 📕books get banned. I visited the world's only Banned Books Museum and discovered all kinds of stories. WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=JQK263… 🚫 The Banned Books Museum 🚫

Check out our take on the EU's plan to investigate Chinese electric carmaker subsidies .. with insights from Gregor Sebastian Gregor Sebastian at Merics MERICS speaking to Rob Watts Rob Watts youtu.be/_2UbZC2oJZM?si… via YouTube

Thanks to all who listened and all who came along to my final BBC Derby show on Friday. 9 bands, 2 comedians, 2 poets, 1 DJ and all live! You can catch it again here if you missed it: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

🦕Dinosaur names look complicated but are actually ridiculously simple. Triceratops = three horn face Brachiosaurus = arm lizard Gallimimus = chicken mimic Velociraptor = speedy thief My NEW VIDEO explores these and many more with help from Natural History Museum youtu.be/7FOamlJf-28?si…

Germany is the world’s worst performing leading economy this year. What’s going on with the former economic powerhouse? I looked into it for DW: youtu.be/jBdyqE20smI?si…

Check out this fascinating interview -- Rob Watts Rob Watts asks Zhiwu Chen, chair professor of finance at Hong Kong University Business School HKIHSS 香港人文社會研究所 HKU Business School : Is China's geopolitics scaring off Western firms? | DW Business youtu.be/kQ1igJqmynk?si… via YouTube

BBC News - Derby fire deaths: Killer Paul Mosley can be released from prison bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Had an enjoyable time discussing the Chinese economy with China brainbox Clifford Coonan. youtube.com/watch?v=FDR8Ja…

Couldn't be more excited about this one... For my latest video I'm joined by THE ACTUAL @SUSIE_DENT! Watch us talk through some of her favourite weird and wonderful words - from scurryfunge to thunderplump - HERE: youtu.be/OKZ8aQk3zTY

Christmas is saved! Content from Rob Watts! ·𐑣𐑼𐑱 𐑓 ·𐑚𐑪𐑚𐑦 𐑐𐑬𐑼 youtu.be/D66LrlotvCA?si…

English spelling is a mess and our alphabet carries much of the blame. In my NEW VIDEO I explore an alternative: the Shavian 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 alphabet. Its 48 characters represent all the sounds in English. Watch here and learn how to use it: youtu.be/D66LrlotvCA?si…

English spelling is a nightmare 😱 But it couĬd bē imprōved by adding accėnt màrks. In my new videö, I've desiğned a way to ūse thėm. WÀTCH HĒRE: youtu.be/0Fok5AQ2WRo?si…

toki 👋 It's the world's tiniest language with just 120[ish] words. But thousands of people use Toki Pona to communicate every day. Kindly check out my 🎥NEW VIDEO🎥 all about it. WATCH HERE: youtu.be/PY3Qe_b9ufI?si… #tokipona

My new video is literally quite unique. It's about the words we've misused and overused to the point of rendering them useless. With totally awesome contributions from the fabulous Peter Sokolowski... Please do WATCH HERE: youtu.be/CVbCY51iz1k?si…

I'VE STARTED A PODCAST! Sorry to shout. Excited. In "Words Unravelled" supreme word nerd and ace human being Jess Zafarris 📚 and I unravel the mysteries behind everyday terms. Be among the first to watch or listen: LISTEN: podfollow.com/words-unravell… WATCH: youtu.be/ThxUBOUnRLM

I've been tackling my own ignorance about the Celtic languages. I've interviewed speakers of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh, 🇮🇪Irish, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Gaelic, 🏴Cornish and 🇮🇲Manx to lean more. These languages are awesome. NEW VIDEO: youtu.be/mroBpgBw0gU

The latest episode of "Words Unravelled" is out! In this edition, RobWords and I debunk and clarify common etymology myths, from apparent acronyms to the truth about "butterfly." Fair warning—this one contains some salty language. youtube.com/watch?v=FcP3Or…

"We were each put in a dark cellar, but other than that, there was nothing to complain about."

English is so flippin' weird. NEW VIDEO! youtu.be/6lhxxiqqlQY?si…

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