Tracey Follows discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Tracey Follows is a futurist and author of The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st-Century Technology? She is the CEO of Futuremade, a futures consultancy advising global brands and specialising in the application of foresight to boost business.

Charles Wareing Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1901) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59959/59959-h/59959-h.htm

The Otaku https://www.we-heart.com/2020/05/27/why-otaku-culture-is-thriving-in-the-uk/

Seasteading https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/24/seasteading-a-vanity-project-for-the-rich-or-the-future-of-humanity

Digital Afterlife https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/what-a-digital-afterlife-would-be-like/491105/

Advantageous https://www.wired.com/2015/06/sci-fi-film-advantageous/

Audrey Tang https://china.usc.edu/audrey-tang-taiwans-digital-minister-harnessing-technology-social-good

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Felicity Hayes-McCoy, bestselling author of The Library at the Edge of The World, was born in Dublin, Ireland. She studied literature at UCD before training as an actress in London. Her work as a writer ranges from TV, radio drama and documentary, to screenplays, memoir, journalism and children's books. Her "Finfarran" novels, set in Ireland and featuring local librarian Hanna Casey, are widely read internationally, and have been translated into seven languages. She and her husband, opera director Wilf Judd, live in Bermondsey, London, and on Ireland's west coast. She is on Twitter @fhayesmccoy and on Facebook as Felicity Hayes-McCoy Author

Niche literary genres https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/nov/19/literary-genres-robert-mccrum

Soda bread https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/irishsodabread_67445

Bratislava Castle https://www.slovakia.com/castles/bratislava-castle/

Judy Garland's performance of Gershwin's Bidin' My Time in the film Girl Crazy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdIwjbW6es

Irish vernacular furniture https://www.victormeeauctions.ie/irish-country-furniture-vernacular-furinture/

Paddington Bear https://www.thecurb.com.au/paddington-2-review-if-youre-kind-and-polite-the-world-will-be-right/

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Dawood Gustave discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Dawood Gustave is the founder of Reluctantly Brave and a global leader in bringing gamechanging imaginative thinking into the heart of businesses. He grew up on a council estate in Peckham in south London. Aged sixteen, he left school and home, spending the next 16 years finding a range of ways to survive and make a living. At 31, a series of disturbing personal events sparked a desire to change the course of his life. He enrolled in an adult education course and went on to study history at Oxford. He has been included on The Independent’s Happy List of 100 people who make Britain a happier place and on The Evening Standard’s list of the most influential people in London.

1. Ibn Khaldun’s influence on Machiavelli https://thearabweekly.com/rediscovering-ibn-khaldun-pioneering-arab-medieval-mind

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Armand D’Angour discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Armand D’Angour is a Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the literature and culture of ancient Greece, and (as a former professional cellist) has conducted innovative research into reconstructing ancient Greek music. His books include The Greeks and the New (Cambridge: CUP, 2011) and Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher (Bloomsbury 2019).

Aspasia of Miletus https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040hjy4

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Miklos Perenyi and pianist Andras Schiff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNcQuY1isEI

Pienza in the Val d'Orcia https://www.marthasitaly.com/articles/16/pienza-tuscany

Odi et Amo by Catullus https://www.rattle.com/odi-et-amo-hate-and-love-and-the-poets-soup-by-art-beck/

Projection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Halva https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2019/08/15/here-are-all-amazing-ways-you-can-enjoy-halva

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Sarah Carey discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Sarah Carey is a broadcaster, columnist and regular contributor Irish and international media. She is a columnist for The Irish Independent and has previously written for The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times and The Sunday Times. For six years she presented the critically praised Talking Point on Newstalk. Sarah has a degree in history from Trinity College, Dublin. She began her career in telecommunications and technology, working in both Dublin and California and continues to work in the field of strategic communications.

QALYs https://timharford.com/2020/06/cautionary-tales-the-spreadsheet-of-life-and-death/

Philips Lumea IPL Prestige 9000 https://www.philips.ie/c-m-pe/hair-removal/lumea-ipl

Christian underpinning of human rights https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/21/dominion-making-western-mind-tom-holland-review

Baby confinement https://www.mimimatthews.com/2016/05/08/the-victorian-baby-19th-century-advice-on-motherhood-and-maternity/

The Irish wake https://www.masshinitt.com/Blog/6301/irishwake/

Lough Crew https://www.loughcrewmegalithiccentre.com/loughcrew-cairns/

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Samira Shackle discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Samira Shackle is a freelance writer and reporter based in London. She is the editor of the New Humanist magazine, and a regular contributor to the Guardian Long Read. Her first book, Karachi Vice, is a work of narrative nonfiction telling the story of five ordinary citizens of Pakistan's largest city.

Private cities https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/08/inspired-by-central-park-the-new-city-for-a-million-outside-karachi

Rosemary Tonks https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/badly-chosen-lover/

The Gish Gallop https://effectiviology.com/gish-gallop/

Pakistan's Sufi shrines https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/pakistans-sufis-preach-faith-and-ecstasy-92998056/

Eliza Haywood http://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/vol38no1/dow-simpson-seth-intro/exhibit-1-article/

Albanian sworn virgins https://slate.com/culture/2012/12/jill-peters-documenting-sworn-virgins-women-who-live-as-men-in-albania-photos.html

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Sam Bowman discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Sam Bowman is director of competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, Portland. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, a Non-Executive Director of the drug policy think tank Volteface, and Founder of the Entrepreneurs Network. He was previously Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute, an economic policy think tank in Westminster.

1. PC Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MQUleX1PeA

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Terence Blacker discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Terence Blacker is a songwriter, singer and author who has sung and read at festivals, clubs and theatres in the UK, Europe and America. He was already an established author when he started writing and performing his songs in 2009. His musical storytelling – offbeat, funny songs capturing the lives of modern-day misfits and outsiders – quickly found a following at folk clubs and festivals. His books include The Twyning and You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This. His columns for The Independent are at https://www.independent.co.uk/author/terence-blacker.

I Didn't Know You Cared https://archivetvmusings.blog/tag/i-didnt-know-you-cared/

Rats https://www.dw.com/en/rats-dangerous-vermin-or-useful-members-of-society/a-19161314

Sam Carter https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/24/sam-carter-review

Eleanor 'Fizz' Fazan https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000004692137/Eleanor-Fazan-FIZ

The short stories of Lorrie Moore https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/28/face-time

Collecting wood https://firewoodforstoves.com/collecting-your-own-wood/

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Will Hutton discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Will Hutton is co-chair of The Purposeful Company. He was Principal of Hertford College, University of Oxford from 2011 to 2020, and Chair of the Big Innovation Centre, an initiative from the Work Foundation. He was chief executive of the Work Foundation from 2000 to 2008. He was formerly editor-in-chief for The Observer.

1. American football https://www.the42.ie/basic-guide-to-american-football-and-the-nfl-2265086-Feb2018/

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Writer Deborah Moggach discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Deborah Moggach has written 21 novels, including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, both of which were made into movies. She has adapted many of my own and others' work, including the BAFTA-nominated Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley, and The Diary of Anne Frank. Her latest novel is The Carer, out in paperback, and her new novel, The Black Dress, will be published in July.

The Goodwin Sands https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/11/goodwin-sands-and-its-shipwrecks.html

Old Master Painting auctions https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/golden-oldies-the-year-old-masters-go-digital

Karen Dalton https://timeline.com/karen-dalton-folk-tragic-8c042745bdc7

Arnold Bennett https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1966/11/03/to-bennetts-rescue/

The Judges' Lodgings, Presteigne https://www.judgeslodging.org.uk/

2CV cars https://www.2cvgb.co.uk/

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