Better Known

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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Dr Meg Van Deusen discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Meg Van Deusen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and mindfulness practitioner in private practice since 1994. In a time of great stress and disconnection in the US she offers insights and solutions to help readers reconnect and live healthier lives. Dr Van Deusen lives in Seattle, Washington where she enjoys the outdoors, cooking and time with her husband, sons and friends. Her latest book is Stressed in the U.S.: 12 Tools to Tackle Anxiety, Loneliness, Tech-Addiction and More. Further details are at https://www.megvandeusen.com/books/

Attachment Theory

Race to Nowhere https://www.amazon.com/Race-Nowhere-Vicki-Abeles/dp/B01DAKOXG8

John and Stephanie Cacioppo https://www.stephaniecacioppo.com/stephanie-john

Restorative Justice restorativejustice.org

Gut-Brain Axis https://psychscenehub.com/psychinsights/the-simplified-guide-to-the-gut-brain-axis/

Sawubona https://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/interviews/sawubona

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Leo McKinstry discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Leo McKinstry is a journalist and author. His books include Boycs: The True Story (2000), Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (2005) and Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace (2020).

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Helen Lewis discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Helen Lewis is a British journalist who works as a Staff Writer at the Atlantic magazine, based in London. She hosts the longform interview series The Spark on BBC Radio 4, and her history of feminism, Difficult Women, was published in February 2020. Read more about Helen at https://helenlewiswrites.com/.

The Modesty Blaise novels https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/19/crimebooks.features

Barbara Castle https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v02/n19/edmund-dell/keeping-left

Toxoplasma of rage https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/

Gombe chimp war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War

Tolstoy’s midlife crisis https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/facing-death-with-tolstoy

Diana Mitford https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v21/n19/christopher-hitchens/what-a-lot-of-parties

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Tim Tate discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Tim Tate is a multi-award winning documentary film-maker, investigative journalist and best-selling author. Over a career spanning almost 40 years he has written for most national newspapers and made more than 80 documentaries for British and international broadcasters. His films have been honoured by Amnesty International, the Royal Television Society, UNESCO, the International Documentary Association, the Association for International Broadcasting, the US National Academy of Cable Broadcasting and the New York Festivals.

He is the author of 17 published non-fiction books. His 2018 work, Hitler’s British Traitors (Icon Books, 2018) analysed hundreds of de-classified MI5 and UK Government files to reveal the untold story of espionage, sabotage and treachery by pro-Nazi British fascists during World War Two. It received extensive press and media coverage and was selected as Book of The Week by The Times. His book, Hitler’s Forgotten Children (Elliott & Thompson, 2015) which told the story of the Nazi Lebensborn program through the life story of one of its victims, Ingrid von Oelhafen, has been translated into nine languages and published in 16 countries.

Full details of Tim’s books are at www.timtate.co.uk.

Author Simon Winchester discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts. You can learn more on his website: www.simonwinchester.com.

The Antikythera Mechanism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLcnAIpVRA

The Needham Question https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2008/08/14/the-passions-of-joseph-needham/

The Five Civilized Tribes https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-fivecivilizedtribes/

The Skaergaard Intrusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaergaard_intrusion

Francis Galton https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v25/n23/andrew-berry/whenever-you-can-count

6.The Settlement of the Aaland Island Dispute https://projects.au.dk/inventingbureaucracy/blog/show/artikel/the-aaland-islands-question-a-league-success-story/

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Barbara Scully discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Barbara Scully is a freelance writer, columnist and broadcaster – her fifth career to date. She is frequently published in the national press and is a familiar voice on the airwaves – both on TV and radio. Her writing appears most often in the Irish Independent, but she has been published in all the national newspapers and most Irish magazines.

Barbara has a weekly slot on the Moncrieff Show on Newstalk, an independent national radio station in Ireland and is a regular contributor across various stations both on TV and radio, including RTE. She presents a weekly webcast called How To Stay Sane In A Pandemic which is broadcast live every Wed at 4:15pm on Twitter (@barbarascully) and is posted afterwards on her website www.barbarascully.com.

An experienced public speaker, Barbara is married to photographer Paul Sherwood, they have three daughters, two grandchildren, four cats and a family of foxes at the bottom of their suburban garden.

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Jim Al-Khalili discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS is a theoretical physicist at the University of Surrey where he holds a Distinguished Chair in physics as well as a university chair in the public engagement in science. He received his PhD in nuclear reaction theory in 1989 and has published widely in the field. His current interest is in open quantum systems and the application of quantum mechanics in biology.

Jim is a past president of the British Science Association and a recipient of the Royal Society Michael Faraday medal and the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal, the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. He received an OBE in 2007 for ‘services to science’.

The scientific method https://www.newscientist.com/term/the-scientific-method/

The contribution of the Medieval Arabic world to science and mathematics https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/science/how-islam-won-and-lost-the-lead-in-science.html

The Bohr-Einstein debate on the nature of reality http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2503/1/EinsteinBohr.pdf

Information literacy https://www.tes.com/news/information-literacy-academic-conventions-international-benefits

Gertrude Bell https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2007/10/25/the-queen-of-the-quagmire/

The British Countryside https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/apr/14/your-favourite-secret-corners-of-the-british-countryside-mapped