TudoRama
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 development of creativity-related projects in Europe, including the European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI), and was co-founder (with Susan Moger) of the journal Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also author of detective stories centred around the fictional University of Urmston, and a nearby chess club which houses a top-secret government surveillance operation. His recent switch to podcasting reaches out to a wider general audience interested in current affairs, and the processes of creativity previously described in his lectures, blogposts, and textbooks.
Episodes
553 episodes
Bang to rights
Bang to rightsIt has been a tense time in Tudor Towers, the new headquarters of TudoRama tunes.I am setting down the disturbing events as I experienced them in the hope that they will be able to be used in my defence if needed.<...
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A Glorious Victory
East Cheadle B is a fictional Chess club in a fictional league somewhere in the leafy suburbs of Cheshire. I may have drawn accidentally on experiences over the years as a member of clubs that took pleasure when they managed to pull off a rare ...
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The Return of Manchester United
The Return of Manchester UnitedA message found bobbing in a bottle in the Irwin river. Believed to be the words of a terrace song.Glory, glory Man UnitedGlory, glory Man UnitedHere we come already back on trackWi...
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How I upset Catherine Jenkins, Max Boyce and Tom Jones in one afternoon
Of course I didn’t mean to. These are National iconic figures whose work adds to Welsh culture as one grounded in the musical arts.The day of my disgrace started innocently enough as I prepared my weekly newsletter with its eclectic mix of ...
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Calon Lan: A great Welsh song
Calon Lan: A great Welsh songWritten as a tribute to one of the great musical songs (arguably a hymn, but strong hints of a more ancient Celtic influence). In part, I wanted to see what an AI version will turn out like…
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Seconds Out: Ode to Chess Boxing
Seconds OutNew chess verses written and spoken by Tudor RickardsQueensbury chess is all the ragePut the players in a cageHear the cry of Seconds OutWin by a checkmate - or by a knockout
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To Sophie Rose, from top to toes
Written and spoken byTudor Rickards To Sophie Rose, from top to toes Upon this special day. With all our wishes And love and kisses, this is what we say The road ahead cannot be read,...
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The decline and fall of Boris Johnson
Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards from articles in The Week, The Economist, and a Case study from Henley Business School.The rise and fall of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, and the subsequent disastrous loss from power of the ...
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Bungee Jumping Boogie
Written and rather badly spoken by Tudor Rickardspossessor of two left hands and a wandering mind.Lyrics planned for conversion into song by Grandmaster Jonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNM44t7mcBwBungee Jumping Bo...
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It was a mistake your honour
Defendant's statement TV Licensing authority v Professor BumbleIt was a mistake your honour.A genuine mistake. All my friends warn me that my trusting nature may sometimes even tip over into gullibility.I ...
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Could I have worked with Norman Tebbitt?
Could I have worked with Norman Tebbitt?An Everyday Creativity audiotape written and spoken by TRThe question was asked by the diversity activist Simon Fanshawe shortly after the death was announced of the former conservative po...
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Donald, me and the BBC
The BBC has pulled off a journalistic coup, with a radio interview given by President Trump to the BBC’s Senior correspondent in America, Gary O’Donoghue.For me, it had a special resonance with the time during which I examined the relat...
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CaveMan Rap: The True Story
CaveMan Rap: The True StoryTudor RickardsInspired by Jonathan Levitt and his team of silicon helpersWay back before the wheel was thereEverything in the world was squareThen Caveman invented Caveman RapWith a ...
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How to write a poem about Netanyahu
A recent article in a serious current affairs journal challenged its readers to send in any suggestion for a rhyme for Netanyahu. I took up the challenge but unfortunately failed to record the name of the journal.Anyway, here are my efforts...
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This is Our Globe
This is our Globe Tudor RickardsA previously unpublished poem which seems suitable for turning into something special with more than a little help from my IT savvy friends ...WRITTEN FOR TWO VOICESTHE ROUND EART...
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2:20
Rainbow words. How they are contributing to dangers to our civilisation
Rainbow words. How they are contributing to dangers to our civilisationA post on the X platform recently set me thinking about its contents. It read:Here in the UK it’s dawning on many of us that rainbow words like tolerance, divers...
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True Start Coffee. A customer review
I review the product and packaging from the True Start coffee company.I complete this review while finishing a cup of coffee from ingredients provided by the True Start coffee company.
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Miracle at the Tennis Club
I bring the news of a miracle that took place at the tennis club which has figured from time to time in these podcasts. Doctor Glycol, who has also featured from time to time has conceded that something very strange has taken place alt...
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The sad case of Laura Lupin
The sad case of Laura Lupin This little story feels so bizarre I’m prepared to admit that it may be fake news…Laura recently posted her contribution to The Times newspaper on the X website .It reads as follows.I ear...
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Wit and Wisdom Early June 2025
Wit and wisdom, Early June 2025The halfway postBREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly demanding the FBI compile a list of everyone who uses the #TACO hashtag referencing "Trump Always Chickens Out."DocJust heard that the gover...
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They came at dawn. My nightmare begins
I awake to the rumbling of a large vehicle pulling up outside my front drive. My bedside alarm says 5.30am. Had my cover been blown? I had been expecting something every day for months since my messages to one address re...
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The bromance of the year is over. Donald and Elon part bigly
Bigger than Hollywood. Bigger than Bollywood. The romance between the most powerful political leader in the world and the richest man in the world crashed and burned in the space of a few days.Closest friends have always whispered that it w...
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Are you a supermarket shelf-searcher
"We all know someone who avoids the items on the front shelf in supermarkets”. This proposition was put forward recently by a friend of mine who writes under the pseudonym of Shoab Molvi. Shoab“ specialises in quirky puns of the kind w...
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