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TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous books and articles on creativity, sporting management and leadership, as well as fictional works involving the mythical University of Urmston. He has been influential in the de...

'And the second chess player said'

4 mins; December 27, 2023

My Imaginary Books of the Year List

6 mins; December 27, 2023

'Jonah historically regarded' How Herman Melville describes the story in his masterpiece 'Moby Dick'.

7 mins; December 23, 2023

I know what went on in Mozart's head

7 mins; December 21, 2023

Wit and Wisdom Christmas Edition, December 2023

5 mins; December 20, 2023

December wit and wisdom (2023)

3 mins; December 16, 2023

The creativity of AI systems

6 mins; December 15, 2023

Creativity testing: Uses of a can of oats

5 mins; December 13, 2023

The case of the curious crossword

11 mins; December 10, 2023

What is punk chess?

5 mins; December 08, 2023

Nature notes. The armchair birdwatcher

3 mins; December 07, 2023

Henri Grob. There's method in his madness

5 mins; December 04, 2023

Wit and Wisdom special to end November 2023

4 mins; November 30, 2023

Lost in translation. Pigs might float

1 min; November 30, 2023

How to be kind to your washing machine. A morality tale

3 mins; November 27, 2023

Wit and Wisdom November 20-26

4 mins; November 25, 2023

The heart of darkness. Voyage to the Urmston roundabout

9 mins; November 24, 2023

Wit and Wisdom November 2023, Episode 2

6 mins; November 20, 2023

How far can I improve my chess?

2 mins; November 18, 2023

Suella goes down fighting. The manager has lost the dressing room

6 mins; November 16, 2023

Suella Lagerman and Operation Raging Bull

7 mins; November 13, 2023

Twitter wit and wisdom. November, 2023

4 mins; November 08, 2023

How to Rescue a Hedgehog

3 mins; November 06, 2023

Of Mice and Men. The Imagination capacities of Rodents and Chess Masters

3 mins; November 03, 2023

Sore Losers. Andy Murray and Magnus Carlsen compared

5 mins; November 01, 2023

Twitter Wit and Wisdom October 24-31, 2023

5 mins; November 01, 2023

Defender or Enemy of Free Speech? Review of ‘Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover’ on PBS

5 mins; October 30, 2023

Who are your friends? And should your boss know?

9 mins; October 26, 2023

The Great Fruit-Fly Battle. A New Weapon in the Fight

6 mins; October 23, 2023

Wit and wisdom of the website formerly known as Twitter

4 mins; October 20, 2023

Chess Tantrums

3 mins; October 20, 2023

Artificial Intelligence and real creativity. How I discovered the potential of ChatAI

5 mins; October 18, 2023

William Brown, Mrs Bott and the Bubble Gum mystery

6 mins; October 18, 2023

How to assess and understand your chess grade

4 mins; October 12, 2023

How to speak chess. Beginners course, session 1

6 mins; October 08, 2023

Tom Jones wins chess title. It's not unusual.

4 mins; October 05, 2023

Twitter (now known as X) wit and wisdom, late September, 2023

5 mins; October 02, 2023

Bridge over troubled buttocks. A ten minute programme for combating advanced muscular aches and pains

9 mins; September 29, 2023

The Mill. An example of everyday creativity in action

2 mins; September 29, 2023

Conversations at a crossing

6 mins; September 24, 2023

The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tay. Who really killed the Princes in the Tower?

2 mins; September 21, 2023

Message to Mark Brown. ‘How are the dolphins?’

4 mins; September 19, 2023

Wit and Wisdom of 'X' was Twitter

4 mins; September 18, 2023

Ignoble Prize winners of the year. A TudoRama report on unusual research findings

3 mins; September 16, 2023

How to dispose of household trash safely when caught in a thunderstorm. An educational podcast.

3 mins; September 14, 2023

Caïssa, the Goddess of Chess

6 mins; September 09, 2023

The first tweets of Autumn

4 mins; September 09, 2023

Blairism without Tony Blair. Can Labour pull it off?

6 mins; September 06, 2023

Is this the end of the Didsbury Literary and Philosophical Society?

2 mins; September 01, 2023

Say goodbye to Twitter, welcome to XWTF

5 mins; September 01, 2023

The Creative Process In Chess and Everyday Life.

10 mins; August 26, 2023

The last tweets of August

5 mins; August 25, 2023

The Fat One. The Football World Cup Final, 2023

6 mins; August 23, 2023

England Lionesses v Australia’s Matildas. A Sofa Drama

5 mins; August 19, 2023

Donald Trump and the Georgia “Witch Hunt”

4 mins; August 16, 2023

Bibby Barge Bingo

2 mins; August 14, 2023

Shakespeare banned in Florida’s schools for its ‘rauchiness’

2 mins; August 11, 2023

On lapses of concentration. A message for chess and tennis players

3 mins; August 08, 2023

Twitter Wit and Wisdom. Obituary Edition, July 2023

4 mins; August 03, 2023

Trump is indicted, but what is really on trial is far more important

7 mins; August 02, 2023

My Barbie film treat

4 mins; July 27, 2023

Greek geek beats Pluto to win Goat of the year award

5 mins; July 26, 2023

A grammar book walks into a bar. A play about words.

4 mins; July 23, 2023

Nigel Farage, Coutts, and a tale of biometric mishaps

5 mins; July 21, 2023

Wimbledon 2023 wit and wisdom as captured by Twitter

12 mins; July 18, 2023

BBC melt down as the Huw Edwards drama unfolds

9 mins; July 14, 2023

My favourite trousers, part 2. In search of lost pants

4 mins; July 10, 2023

Zuckerberg launches Threads. Is twitter sunk?

7 mins; July 07, 2023

My favourite trousers and how I have sorely abused them

3 mins; July 05, 2023

Wimbledonitis.

6 mins; July 03, 2023

Whatever happened to the Manchester Business School?

6 mins; June 29, 2023

Twenty Tweets of the Month

8 mins; June 26, 2023

Love Is. A poem read by Steve Jaffa Brown

5 mins; June 24, 2023

Top Five Tweets June 2023

1 min; June 23, 2023

How to improve your chess by benchmarking

5 mins; June 21, 2023

Thought for the day. Conspiracy theories

4 mins; June 18, 2023

A cynical take on politics

9 mins; June 15, 2023

A day is a long time in politics. The resignation of Boris Johnson

8 mins; June 12, 2023

Prayer for tourists

2 mins; June 10, 2023

How (not) to publicise your chess club. Confessions of a publicity officer.

4 mins; June 07, 2023

Twitter wit and wisdom June 2023

4 mins; June 07, 2023

How to play backgammon. Lesson 2

2 mins; June 04, 2023

Learning to play backgammon LESSON 1

4 mins; June 02, 2023

Strong leadership revisited

3 mins; June 02, 2023

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!! Yeah, yeah, whatever

5 mins; June 01, 2023

The Desperadoes of Didsbury

5 mins; May 29, 2023

Obituary: Martin Amis ‘The Mick Jagger of Literature’

5 mins; May 28, 2023

Everyday Creativity and Creative Leadership

11 mins; May 25, 2023

Favourite Tweets May 2023

5 mins; May 24, 2023

To tell or not to tell? That is the question.

4 mins; May 21, 2023

How to write a great book blurb

6 mins; May 19, 2023

Twitter Wit and Wisdom May 2023

3 mins; May 14, 2023

William's Coronation Party

2 mins; May 09, 2023

Creativity and Lateral Thinking: A Personal Perspective

4 mins; May 08, 2023

If I were a cat ...

4 mins; May 06, 2023

Ode to Ding. A Coronation special

4 mins; May 03, 2023

Michelle O’Neill is nominated Leader of the Month for April 2023 by Leaders we deserve blog

4 mins; May 03, 2023

Richard Sharp resigns as Chairman of the BBC

5 mins; April 28, 2023

Hollywood comes to Wrexham

8 mins; April 26, 2023

Life's full of surprises ...

3 mins; April 23, 2023

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