Better Known

By Ivan WiseSociety & Culture

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April 05, 2020Timandra Harkness
Timandra Harkness talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.
Timandra is a presenter, writer and comedian. She has presented BBC Radio 4 documentaries including Divided Nation and the FutureProofing series. Her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter? was published in 2016. Find out more about Timandra at https://timandraharkness.com/.
Kingdom Coming (aka Year of Jubilo) by George Melly https://civilwarfolkmusic.com/2013/02/23/1862-kingdom-coming-work/
Anchovy paste https://www.gq.com/story/anchovy-paste-use-secret-ingredient
Crossness Pumping Station www.crossness.org.uk
Archy and Mehitabel by Dom Marquis http://www.librarything.com/work/29840/reviews/72394368
Pineau de Charentes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtneyschiessl/2019/03/19/pineau-des-charentes-cognac-go-to/
Data can tell a lot about WHAT you are but not who you are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdilkRC4YVw
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March 29, 2020Lindsay Johns
Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Find out more about Lindsay at www.lindsayjohns.com
The novels of Alex La Guma https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qcyy0
Archibald Motley, Jr https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6xd
To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence by James Elroy Flecker https://beta.spectator.co.uk/article/why-james-elroy-flecker-deserves-our-attention
The Martinican film Rue Cases - Negres (1983) http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2013/08/honoring_the_french_film_rue_casesnegres/
Platelet donation http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/ and https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00074hj
Crispy Bamboo Village https://foursquare.com/v/crispy-bamboo-village/4bf348fce5eba593c8711e90/menu
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March 22, 2020Aceil Haddad
Aceil Haddad talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.
British seaside towns https://www.roughguides.com/special-features/britains-30-best-seaside-towns/
Charity Shops for sustainable fashion https://www.charityretail.org.uk/charity-shops-the-ethical-and-sustainable-alternative-to-fast-fashion/
Maternity and Pregnancy discrimination https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/
Split Ticketing https://www.splitticketing.com/
The importance of intuition http://theconversation.com/is-it-rational-to-trust-your-gut-feelings-a-neuroscientist-explains-95086
The value of friendships https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/19/adult-friendships-can-be-effortful-and-elastic-thats-what-makes-them-special
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28 min
March 15, 2020Susannah Clapp
Susannah Clapp, theatre critic of The Observer, discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Francis Wyndham https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/09/francis-wyndham-obituary
Beatbox Academy https://www.bac.org.uk/content/39748/whats_on/whats_on/events_and_workshops/bac_beatbox_academy
Dressing Gowns https://fiveminutehistory.com/10-victorian-dressing-gowns/
Armenian postcards https://armenianweekly.com/2011/07/05/old-armenian-postcards-preserve-the-past/
Pallant Gallery, Chichester https://pallant.org.uk/
Building a Library https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fv78szmZmvB73p2bstPVTT/building-a-library-living-with-the-pathetique
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March 08, 2020Jim Shepard
Jim Shepard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Jim has written seven novels, including The Book of Aron, which won the Sophie Brody Medal for Jewish Literature, the PEN/New England Award for Fiction, and the Clark Fiction Prize, and five story collections, including Like You’d Understand, Anyway, a finalist for the National Book Award and Story Prize winner. Seven of his stories have been chosen for the Best American Short Stories, two for the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and two for Pushcart Prizes. He’s also won the Library of Congress/ Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction and the ALEX Award from the American Library Association. He teaches at Williams College.
Paestum http://www.amalficoastdrivers.com/paestum.asp
Muddy Waters' album Fathers and Sons https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/fathers-sons-90263/
Maria Beig https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/16/no-judgment-no-message-no-mercy/
Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/books/review/command-and-control-by-eric-schlosser.html
Writer's Tears http://walshwhiskey.com/writers-tears-copper-pot/
Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/02/24/stompin-at-the-savoy/
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29 min
March 01, 2020Allison Dufosee
Allison Dufosee discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.
Allison is the chief executive of World Bicycle Relief.
World Bicycle Relief www.worldbicyclerelief.org
Stem Cell Donation https://www.anthonynolan.org/
Barter Books https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/index.php
Gary Rhodes Shepherd’s Pie https://www.amazon.com/New-British-Classics-Gary-Rhodes/dp/0563534117
The Ginstitute https://www.theginstitute.com/the-experience/
Full Fact www.fullfact.org
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28 min
February 23, 2020Morag Joss
Morag Joss discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Morag is the award-winning author of the Sara Selkirk novels and teaches Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University.
Delfshaven https://www.asthebirdfliesblog.com/posts/photos-of-delfshaven-rotterdam
Public Domain Review - https://publicdomainreview.org
Itchy Coo Press http://www.itchy-coo.com/newtitles.html
Eric Ravilious https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2015/07/16/modern-english-strange-eric-ravilious/
My Dad’s way of making marmalade https://rusticaretro.com/2015/02/20/about-my-father-seville-oranges-and-making-marmalade/
Mahler’s Ich Bin der Welt Abhanden Gekommen' by Lorraine Hunt Liebersson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHDJ3YXH4yU
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February 16, 2020John Osborne
Writer John Osborne discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.
David Berman https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2019/07/Actual-Air-in-the-Purple-Mountains-An-Interview-With-David-Berman
The Greater Anglia Samaritans delay repay donation scheme https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/samaritans-receives-boost-greater-anglia-passengers-through-delay
The Just Joans https://thejustjoans.bandcamp.com/
The sprawling, empty beaches of east Anglia https://www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/inspire/top-10-beaches-secret.aspx
The Rob Auton daily podcast https://www.robauton.co.uk/daily-podcast
After Hours https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/51b9b8cf-abce-48f9-b3a1-fa8a88a3abd7
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30 min
February 09, 2020Olivia Fane
Olivia Fane discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.
Olivia is the author of five novels and The Conversations, 66 reasons to start talking. Her new book is Why Sex Doesn't Matter. She is married with five sons, and lives in West Sussex.
Armenia as a tourist destination https://www.regent-holidays.co.uk/country/armenia-holidays/
The poet Katrina Porteous www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/katrina-porteous
Meister Eckhart www.eckhartsociety.org
Marcus Aurelius Meditations https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v31/n14/mary-beard/was-he-quite-ordinary
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies by Margaret Mead https://faculty.washington.edu/stevehar/Temperament.pdf
The Living Rulers of Mankind by HN Hutchinson https://archive.org/details/livingrulersofma00hutc/page/n8/mode/2up
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31 min
February 02, 2020Margot Livesey
For the hundredth episode, Margot Livesey talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.
Margot Livesey is a novelist. Her novels include Homework, Eva Moves the Furniture and The Flight of Gemma Hardy. Her eighth novel, Mercury, was published in 2016. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
St. Kilda https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/st-kilda
The Weir of Hermiston https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/11/the-double-life-of-robert-louis-stevenson/306474/
ME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG5g4M7KWv8
Frittatas https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/fritatta
Joan Mitchell https://joanmitchellfoundation.org/
Oh, Lucky Man! https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/14/archives/screen-o-lucky-manenglish-comedy-tells-of-a-classic-innocent-the.html
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Each week, a guest makes a series of recommendations of things which they think should be better known. Our recommendations include interesting people, places, objects, stories, experiences and ideas…