Better Known

Better Known

By Ivan WiseSociety & Culture
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  • Richard Barnett

    This week, Dr Richard Barnett discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known.

    Russell Hoban’s Pilgermann www.nytimes.com/1983/05/29/books/exiled-from-wisdom.html

  • Kedgeree www.coop.co.uk/recipes/quick-and-spicy-kedgeree

  • Wittgenstein’s service in World War One www.military-history.org/articles/thinkers-at-war-wittgenstein.htm

  • Tarbat Discovery Centre in Portmahomack www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk

  • Simon Munnery https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jun/27/simon-munnery-hello-comedy-gold

  • John Fahey’s On the Banks of the Owchita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJghX8bInXY

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    29 min
  • Sam Dodson and Dan Sutherland

    This week, Sam Dodson and Dan Sutherland from Nothing in the Rulebook discuss with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    The Future Library project in Norway www.futurelibrary.no

  • Dr Chuck Tingle Professor of Massage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Tingle

  • The bad sex in fiction awards www.literaryreview.co.uk/bad-sex-in-fiction-award

  • No Alibis book shop www.noalibis.com

  • Richard Serra's "portend I slugten" at the Louisiana art gallery in Denmark http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/richard-serra-porten-i-slugten

  • Josh Spiller's IF comic book anthology on superheroes

    www.joshspillercomics.tumblr.com/

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    29 min
  • Emma John

    This week, Emma John discusses with Ivan her six choices which should be better known.

    The town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina https://vacationidea.com/destinations/best-things-to-do-in-chapel-hill-nc.html

  • Tom Selleck’s Jesse Stone movies https://mommybearmedia.com/correct-order-jesse-stone-movies/

  • The Lord Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers https://robertarood.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/dorothy-l-sayers-and-the-lord-peter-wimsey-novels/

  • The musicals of Jason Robert Brown https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8486801/jason-robert-brown-interview-broadway-composer

  • Bluegrass music http://www.lonelyheartstringband.com/

  • Nate DiMeo’s podcast The Memory Palace http://thememorypalace.us/

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    29 min
  • Imogen Russell Williams

    This week, Imogen Russell Williams talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.

    The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-hounds-of-the-morrigan/

  • Carpe diem www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxFTmBbrIk

  • Knightmare www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Knightmare

  • Susan Price’s Sterkarm Trilogy www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview31

  • The role of libraries and librarians in schools www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/77275-the-importance-of-school-librarians.html

  • Dyslexia and its impact www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2015/08/the-lifelong-social-and-emotional-effects-of-dyslexia/

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    29 min
  • Andy Reid

    This week, Andy Reid talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known.

    The Kingdom https://film.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-lars-von-triers-the-kingdom-1798214674

  • Nestle milk boycott http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree

  • Nuts in May www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/mike-leigh-nuts-may-alison-steadman

  • The Hare with Amber Eyes www.edmunddewaal.com/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/about

  • The Greasy Strangler www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/04/greasy-strangler-jim-hosking

  • Necrotising enterocolitis www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-information/search-medical-conditions/necrotising-enterocolitis

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    31 min
  • Will Eaves

    This week, Will Eaves discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known.

    1. The Gigue from Handel’s Suite No 1 in A major, for Harpsichord www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUAspawKf2w
  • The Walled Garden in Brockwell Park https://plewsgardendesign.co.uk/garden-visits-brockwell-park-walled-garden/
  • The paintings and drawings of Danny Markey www.redfern-gallery.com/artists/41-danny-markey/#/works/
  • The kindness and wisdom of my friend Bridget https://philosophynow.org/issues/126/Aristotle_on_Forming_Friendships
  • Erwin Schrodinger‘s Tanner lectures on Mind and Matter (1956) http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/schrodinger-what-is-life-mind-matter-auto-sketches.pdf
  • The novels Moon’s Ottery by Patricia Beer’s Moon’s Ottery and Sophie and the Sibyl by her niece Patricia Duncker www.theguardian.com/news/1999/aug/19/guardianobituaries.johnmullan
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    29 min
  • Henry Hitchings

    This week, Henry Hitchings discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.

    1. Theatre 503 www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/Theatre503
  • Germany as a tourist destination www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/germany/articles/reasons-why-we-love-germany/
  • Etivaz cheese www.cheesesfromswitzerland.com/cheese-assortment/letivaz-aop.html
  • Fanny Burney www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjk
  • OV Wright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmS2Te06do
  • Hans Baldung Grien https://art.famsf.org/hans-baldung-hans-baldung-grien
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    31 min
  • Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

    This week, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

    1. Blackwing Pencils https://palominobrands.com/blackwing/
  • The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930 www.distillerytrail.com/blog/10-classic-cocktails-savoy-cocktail-book-infographic/
  • Marfa, Texas www.vogue.com/article/city-dwellers-guide-to-marfa-texas
  • Clay Felker, New York Magazine & the School of New Journalism https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/clayfelker.html
  • The Films of Hal Ashby https://variety.com/2018/film/news/hal-ashby-documentary-director-amy-scott-harold-and-maude-being-there-1202925246/
  • Edith Wharton’s Glimpses of the Moon https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-glimpses-of-the-moon-edith-wharton-1922/
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    30 min
  • Dave Pickering

    This week, Dave Pickering talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known.

    Churchill’s crimes of empire https://crimesofbritain.com/2016/09/13/the-trial-of-winston-churchill/

  • Walking in London www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/Londons-best-walks/

  • The Moomin Books by Tove Jansson www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review

  • The Will to Change: Men, masculinity and love by bell hooks https://endofcapitalism.com/2009/01/20/review-of-the-will-to-change-men-masculinity-and-love/

  • The Expanse www.netflix.com/gb/title/80029822

  • The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived podcast www.theboywhohasntlived.com/

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    30 min
  • Alice Thwaite

    This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known.

    Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want diversity of thought? https://echochamber.club/why-we-should-sometimes-silence-others/

  • Our actions do not necessarily define our character www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html

  • Our reality doesn't just come from Facebook http://theconversation.com/the-myth-of-the-echo-chamber-92544

  • Jaco Pistorius www.thestacksreader.com/who-killed-jaco-pastorius/

  • Travel isn't just about going to the amazing places that everyone has been to before www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/6d4eo0/travelling_is_overrated/

  • This Country www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09twr53/episodes/player

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    28 min

About Better Known

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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…

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