Better Known

Hugh Bicheno talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known.

Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Coudenhove-Kalergi

Sir Benjamin Thompson https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-Benjamin-Thompson-Graf-von-Rumford

Marguerite of Anjou https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-margaret-of-anjou/

First Anglo-Sikh war http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/sikh-wars-and-annexation-of-the-panjab/

The 1973 coup d’état in Chile https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/07/chile-coup-pinochet-allende

Pablo Escobar https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-pablo-escobar-1465149.html

Joe Thomas talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Joe's novels include Paradise City, Gringa and Playboy.

The crime novels of Sara Gran https://crimereads.com/sara-grans-infinite-mysteries/

The Brazilian musicians Cazuza and Tim Maia https://library.brown.edu/create/fivecenturiesofchange/chapters/chapter-8/aids/cazuza-brazils-first-public-face-of-aids/

Levels of the Game by John McPhee https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/28/john-mcphee-levels-game-more-great-sportswriting-tennis-william-fiennes

Willy Vlautin https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/disposable-diaries-willy-vlautin/

Laura Barton's Notes from a Musical Island https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/13/laura-barton-notes-musical-island-saturday-night-movies-hip-hop-saved-life-rolling-stone-review

The short stories of Lucy Caldwell https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/cyprus-avenue-a-short-story-by-lucy-caldwell-1.2642289

Wasfi Kani of Grange Park Opera talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.

Ostia Antica https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/ostia-antica-near-rome

History of Countryside by Oliver Rackham https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1188837.The_History_of_the_Countryside

Statistics around imprisonment https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04334/SN04334.pdf

The Leopard https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/26/the-leopard-film-review

Chamber music - Beethoven op 131 or Brahms sextet https://www.talkclassical.com/50161-chamber-music-thread.html

Pericles quote https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pericles

Artist Phil Shaw discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about his work at https://www.rebeccahossack.com/artists/72-phil-shaw/overview/.

Jeffrey Edwards prints https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jeffery-edwards-1050

The Big Three live at the Cavern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfQ-hm3APs

Musica Prisca Caput by Nicola Vicentino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0akGtDPVRxk

The Face on the Wall by EV Lucas https://web.iiit.ac.in/~nirnimesh/Literature/The%20Face%20on%20the%20Wall.htm

Unthinking, Unthoughts and Unthunk by Les Coleman https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9903438/Les-Coleman.html

Rhum baba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_baba

Charles J Shields talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. His biographies include Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee (2006), And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut (2011) and The Man Who Wrote The Perfect Novel: John Williams, Stoner and the Writing Life (2018). You can read more about Charles at www.charlesjshields.net and can

Reversing the Chicago River https://www.chicagoline.com/blog/chicago-river-reversal/

Winston Churchill at the Front in World War I https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-176/books-churchill-at-the-front/

Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_Oak_Cemetery

Hero of Alexandria https://gizmodo.com/the-amazing-ancient-machines-of-hero-of-alexandria-1533213972

James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

André Maurois’ biographies https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/maurois-andr-x00e9

Carl Rollyson discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can read more about Carl and his books at www.carlrollyson.com.

Harriet Hume by Rebecca West https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1982/08/12/staying-the-course/

The Searching Wind by Lillian Hellmann https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-searching-wind

Fallen Angel http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2005/07/fallen-angel-1945-72005.html

Clash by Night https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_by_Night

The Mansion by William Faulkner https://brickmag.com/the-mansion-by-william-faulkner/

Plutarch award for biography https://biographersinternational.org/topic/plutarch-award/

The poet JS Watts talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Her books include The Submerged, Sea, Years Ago You Coloured Me and Witchlight. More information is at www.jswatts.co.uk.

Basil Ede https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/28/basil-ede-wildlife-artist--obituary/

Chalk Streams https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/06/why-britains-chalk-rivers-are-under-threat/

Bartlow Hills, Cambridgeshire http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8692000/8692856.stm

Bats https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/13-incredible-bat-facts.htm

Poetry https://www.huffpost.com/entry/importance-of-poetry_b_884319

French Horn https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/arts/music/13horn.html

David Lough discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David is the author of Darling Winston and No More Champagne.

Prison Reading Groups http://prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/

Henry Strakosch https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/no-more-champagne-churchill-and-money-david-lough-review/

Lucy Jones https://www.flowersgallery.com/artists/view/lucy-jones

Namib desert https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/namib_desert/

The London Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Library

Cystic fibrosis and orkambi https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/the-work-we-do/campaigning-hard/life-saving-drugs/orkambi

Matthew Sturgis, biographer of Oscar Wilde, talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known.

Oscar Wilde’s duologues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic_as_Artist

The Mortdecai thrillers of Kyril Bonfiglioli https://www.economist.com/prospero/2010/09/29/an-unsung-classic

The voice of the Brazilian singer Virginia Rodrigues https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/virginia-rodrigues-the-diva-of-the-favelas-63902.html

Spaghetti caccio-pepe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AztjQDIi3Sw

Fitzrovia Chapel www.fitzroviachapel.org

Sickert’s late works https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04107/walter-richard-sickert

Novelist Geoff Dyer discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can read more at www.geoffdyer.com.

Joanna Hogg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/joanna-hoggs-self-portrait-of-a-lady

Steve Gunn https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steve-gunn-the-unseen-in-between-interview-777194/

Eve Babitz https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/rare-interview-eve-babitz-long-sober-cool-author

Lomer shoes http://www.lomer.it/en-UK/

Luigi Ghiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ghirri

Calabash literature festival in Jamaica https://www.vogue.com/article/calabash-literary-festival-in-jamaica-is-the-islands-best-kept-secret