Who is Stevyn Colgan?
Dry Tree Menhir, Goonhilly. Cornwall
Stevyn Colgan is something of a polymath – a writer, artist, folklorist, musician, educator and public speaker. He has been a police officer, a chef, a comics publisher, a university lecturer, a brewer and, for a decade, was one of the ‘elves’ that research and write the multi award-winning TV series QI. He was also part of the writing team that won the Rose D’Or for BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity.
John Lloyd, Buzz Aldrin, Sara Pascoe, Marc Abrahams, Jimmy Carr, Dan Schreiber and Stevyn at a recording of The Museum of Curiosity at the BBC Radio Theatre, London
He is a popular speaker at UK and international events, has given two TED talks, and has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows including No Such Thing As A Fish, Freakonomics, We can be Weirdoes, Saturday Live, Do The Right Thing, Josie Long’s Short Cuts and many more.
He performed stand-up at the Edinburgh Festival as part of John Lloyd’s Curious Comedy (with Hannah Gadsby, Eric Lampaert and Alex Edelman) and co-hosted a special live event called Art Master with Alex Horne. He co-presents the popular writing podcast We’d Like A Word with author Paul Waters and his Colganology YouTube channel is watched by millions.
Art Master Live! With Alex Horne, Stevyn and guests Ninia Benjamin and Fiona Allen
