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Anand Menon discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative. His many books include Brexit and British Politics, which he co-wrote with Geoffrey Evans. 13 Minutes to the Moon https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2 The Middle https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/the-middles-realpolitik Maths https://www.phdstudies.com/article/6-reasons-to-study-mathematics/ Elbow https://www.soundonsound.com/people/elbow Kerala https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/13/999313/kerala-fight-covid-19-india-coronavirus/ Politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4c4QtfLE3g This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Historian David Vincent discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David Vincent is Professor of Social History at the Open University, where he was previously Pro Vice Chancellor. He is an Honorary Professor of History at Keele University, a recent visiting research fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge, and a Research Associate of the Wellcome Trust funded Pathologies of Solitude project. He is the author of a range of studies of British and European social history since the late eighteenth century. His new book is A History of Solitude (Polity, Cambridge, April 2020). Montaigne’s Tower https://www.angloinfo.com/blogs/france/dordogne/lot-of-livin/a-tour-of-montaignes-tower/ The poetry of John Clare https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2004/10/07/getting-clare-clear/ Melverley Church http://melverleychurch.co.uk/ Madame Caroline Testout climbing rose https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/mme-caroline-testout The Stiperstones https://www.getoutwiththekids.co.uk/daysout/days-out-england/days-out-in-shropshire/stiperstones/ Henry Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor (1861) https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/henry-mayhews-london-labour-and-the-london-poor This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Author Rose George discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. You can find out more about her at www.rosegeorge.com Janet Vaughan https://longreads.com/2015/03/10/a-very-naughty-little-girl/ The bidet https://www.bidet.org/blogs/news/history-of-the-bidet Dr. George Merryweather https://whitbymuseum.org.uk/whats-here/collections/special-collections/tempest-prognosticator/ Lucio Battisti https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-11-11/lucio-battisti-a-legend-in-ten-songs/ Fell running https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/health/a763311/60-second-guide-fell-running/ Fred Vargas https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1015075/fred-vargas.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Novelist Emily Temple discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Emily Temple is the Managing Editor at Literary Hub, where she recommends more books than anyone could read. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published in June 2020 by the Borough Press (UK) and William Morrow (US). You can read more about Emily at https://www.emilytemple.net/ and see her Lit Hub work at https://lithub.com/author/emily-temple/. Jonathan Richman https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jonathan-richman-i-jonathan/ Lagaan https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lagaan-once-upon-a-time-in-india-2002 Cute aggression https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/31/679832549/when-too-cute-is-too-much-the-brain-can-get-aggressive The legend of Peter I and Inês de Castro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs3cZMsIrmQ Elena Ferrante's The Days of Abandonment https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-novel-of-infidelity-in-dialogue-with-elena-ferrantes-the-days-of-abandonment Palmer's Cocoa Butter Swivel Stick https://www.superdrug.com/Skin/Face-Skin-Care/Lip-Care/Lip-Balms/Palmer's-Cocoa-Butter-Formula-Swivel-Stick-14g/p/758016 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Writer Cal Flyn discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Cal Flyn’s first book Thicker Than Water was published in 2016. It deals with the colonisation of Australia and questions of inherited guilt. Her second book, Islands of Abandoment, is due out in 2021. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-a-place-of-greater-safety-by-hilary-mantel-2218080.html Moth appreciation http://nationalmothweek.org/ Sandstone Press https://sandstonepress.com/ The research of John C Lilley https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/how-a-science-experiment-led-to-sexual-encounters-for-a-woman-and-a-dolphin/372606/ and https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-order-of-the-dolphin-setis-secret-origin-story Gladstone's Library https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/ Ceilidh dancing https://www.scotsman.com/health/scottish-dancing-can-help-keep-old-age-bay-2002734 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

David Spiegelhalter discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the University of Cambridge, which aims to improve the way that statistical evidence is used by health professionals, patients, lawyers and judges, media and policy-makers. He advises organisations and government agencies on risk communication and is a regular media commentator on statistical issues, with a particular focus on communicating uncertainty. His background is in medical statistics, and he has over 200 refereed publications and is co-author of 6 textbooks, as well as The Norm Chronicles (with Michael Blastland), and Sex by Numbers. He works extensively with the media, and presented the BBC4 documentaries Tails you Win: the Science of Chance, the award-winning Climate Change by Numbers, and in 2011 came seventh in an episode of BBC1’s Winter Wipeout. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005, and knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics. He was President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-2018. His bestselling book, The Art of Statistics, was published in March 2019. He is @d_spiegel on Twitter, and his home page is http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~david/ Alan Bennett reading Winnie the Pooh https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n22/alan-bennett/diary Ilfracombe https://www.visitilfracombe.co.uk/see-do/ Whelks https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/whelks-are-healthy-versatile-and-sustainable-so-why-did-we-stop-eating-them-in-the-uk-9598928.html Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/04/riddley-walker-russell-hoban-book-club The Singing Detective https://www.npr.org/2012/02/24/147037460/25-years-later-the-singing-detective-still-shines?t=1591547850222 Poisson distribution https://understandinguncertainty.org/another-tragic-cluster-how-surprised-should-we-be This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Brooke Allen discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Brooke Allen has a PhD in English from Columbia University. She writes frequently for newspapers and magazines and has published two volumes of literary essays as well as works of history, travel, and biography. She spent eight years on the Literature faculty at Bennington College in Vermont, and currently teaches History of Thought in the Bennington Prison Education Initiative. She lives in the Hudson Valley, New York. Her books are Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter, Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers, The Other Side of the Mirror: An American Travels Through Syria, Twentieth-Century Attitudes: Literary Powers in Uncertain Times and Artistic License: Three Centuries of Good Writing and Bad Behavior. E Nesbit https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1964/12/03/the-writing-of-e-nesbit/ The Blue Ridge Mountains https://blog.vistadevelopers.com/what-its-like-to-live-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains Rohinton Mistry https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v24/n08/frank-kermode/in-the-spirit-of-mayhew The correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams https://www.history.com/news/jefferson-adams-founding-frenemies Yale Center for British Art, New Haven https://britishart.yale.edu/ The movies of Esther Williams https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/06/esther-williams-dies-91 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Deirdre Mask discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Deirdre Mask is a lawyer, a writer and sometime academic. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Economist, Lit Hub, The Harvard Law Review, The New Hibernia Review, The Dublin Review and Irish Pages. Her first book The Address Book is out now. Missing Maps www.missingmaps.org Welikia Project www.welikia.org Gillespie Nature Reserve https://www.islington.gov.uk/sports-parks-and-trees/nature-reserves/gillespie-park-and-ecology-centre Proxy Address www.proxyaddress.co.uk The 25th Hour https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/25th-hour-2003 Be Thankful For What You’ve Got by William DeVaughn https://open.spotify.com/track/3PrqRBsMdy8eZkbDqDb32p?si=ySuRENUWSzKpqT4bG7eIMA This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Peter Gatrell discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Peter Gatrell teaches modern history at the University of Manchester. His books include a trilogy on refugee history: the prize-winning book A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia during World War 1, Free World? The Campaign to Save the World's Refugees, 1956-1963 and The Making of the Modern Refugee. His latest book, The Unsettling of Europe: the Great Migration, 1945 to the Present, a new history of Europe seen through the lens of migration, appeared with Penguin Books and Basic Books in August 2019. Aurora Mardiganian https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/i-am-armenian-the-intriguing-life-of-aurora-mardiganian The John Rylands University Library, Manchester www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/explore/ Stromboli https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2908-modern-marriage-on-stromboli Maria Yudina https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=zF03KVIsrns Mikhail Bulgakov’s A Country Doctor’s Notebook www.nybooks.com/daily/2013/11/14/hamming-up-bulgakov/ The Forest of Bowland https://www.forestofbowland.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Lucy Jones discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Lucy Jones is a writer and journalist. She previously worked at NME and the Daily Telegraph, and her writing on culture, science and nature has been published in BBC Earth, BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman. She is the author of Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild (Allen Lane) and Foxes Unearthed (Elliott & Thompson). The psychological aspect of our relationship to nature https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305463/losing-eden/9780241441534.html Matrescence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsX_HnJtHU A Woman in a Polar Night by Christiane Ritter https://www.pushkinpress.com/product/a-woman-in-the-polar-night/ Sophie Mason https://www.sophiemason.co/ Dream of the Rood http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/literature/dor/medora1.html National Trust venues on car journeys https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/calm-places-to-pause This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ali Thurm discusses six things with Ivan which she thinks should be better known. Ali is a novelist, poet and teacher. After balancing a career in primary teaching with writing part time, she was taken on by the literary agency Emily Sweet Associates in 2016. Her debut novel, One Scheme of Happiness was published in February 2020 by Retreat West Books. Find out more about Ali on her blog: https://alithurm.com and on Twitter @alithurm. You can buy One Scheme of Happiness by Ali Thurm at https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Scheme-Happiness-compelling-triangle/dp/1916069320 Community gardening https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/community-gardening/Resources/community-garden Quiet by Susan Cain https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0141029196/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr Pink grapefruit marmalade https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/17/nigel-slater-marmalade-recipes Mimi Khalvati http://www.mimikhalvati.co.uk/ Charles Blondin https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Blondin-Charles.html Loose leaf tea https://leafteashop.co.uk/benefits/ and https://www.wikihow.com/Brew-Loose-Leaf-Tea This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ivan Wise discusses six things which he thinks should be better known, on the theme of Stories about Writers. The rehearsals for Pygmalion https://www.stuckinabook.com/the-truth-about-pygmalion-by-richard-huggett/ Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing by Arthur Koestler https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/02/10/the-afterlife-of-arthur-koestler/ Writers' pseudonyms https://lithub.com/the-surprising-stories-behind-the-pen-names-of-10-famous-authors/ The obscenity trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/11/19/the-lady-at-the-old-bailey Park Bench: Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/robert-benchleys-legacy-in-an-era-of-fraught-comedy Literary collectors http://airshipdaily.com/blog/01162014-author-collections This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Daisy Dunn discusses six things with Ivan which she thinks should be better known. Daisy is a classicist and critic and author of, mostly recently, In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece & Rome, and Homer: A Ladybird Expert Book. Find out more about Daisy at www.daisydunn.co.uk. Hesiod http://www.impossibleobjectsmarfa.com/fragments-2/early-greek-philosophy and https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/01/18/hesiod-doggish-translation/ Spelt http://thespeltbakers.ca/what-is-spelt/ The Warburg Institute Library https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library-collections/library Rodin at the V&A http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135954/the-young-mother-relief-rodin-auguste/ and https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/auguste-rodin Henry Green https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Henry-Green/Loving/141101 Shorthand https://www.troab.co.uk/history-of-shorthand This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Private Eye journalist and novelist Adam Macqueen discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find more about Adam at https://adammacq.wordpress.com. Adam’s political thriller Beneath the Streets is available now. If you type RINKA at the checkout at http://eye-books.com/books/beneath-the-streets, you can get 30% off and free P&P within the UK. His non-fiction books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and other State Secrets and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit. The RNLI https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2016/sep/06/rnli-photo-essay-graeme-robertson Dan Rhodes https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/dan-rhodes-revenge-is-why-i-write-1888523.html The Crystal Palace dinosaurs https://www.southlondonclub.co.uk/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-crystal-palace-dinosaurs Marcia Falkender https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/16/lady-falkender-obituary-marcia-williams The Hammer House of Horror TV series http://londonhorrorsociety.co.uk/five-best-episodes-of-hammer-horror-tv-series/ The New Creation https://tedium.co/2017/01/09/countering-the-counterculture/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Fiona Maddocks discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Fiona is music critic of the Observer and author of books on Hildegard of Bingen, Harrison Birtwistle and 20th century music. Her Music for Life (Faber) is now in paperback. Shandy Hall https://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/shandy-hall.php Peckham Peculiar and Bruton Dove https://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/ and http://thedovemagazine.blogspot.com/ Cumnock Tryst https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/13/cumnock-tryst-review-james-macmillan-royal-scottish-national-orchestra-sondergard and https://www.thecumnocktryst.com/ Nottingham Alabasters https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07qb3tl Aldeburgh bookshop https://www.aldeburghbookshop.co.uk/ Hildegard https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571302437-hildegard-of-bingen.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Artist George Butler discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. George is an award winning artist and illustrator specialising in travel and current affairs. In 2014, with three friends, he set up the Hands Up Foundation. The aim was to remind the people they had met in Syria that they had not been forgotten. Find out more about George at www.georgebutler.org. The work of Ronald Searle https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n08/graham-hough/prisoners Evelyn the movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/26/evelyn-review-moving-documentary-on-a-familys-loss Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club https://medium.com/@elliotimes/my-all-timers-31-sam-cooke-live-at-the-harlem-square-club-1963-debc240f358a EO Wilson https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/04/08/the-homer-of-the-ants/ Hands Up Foundation https://handsupfoundation.org/ Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/book-prizes/science-book-prize/2017/other-minds/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Composer Tarik O'Regan discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Tarik O'Regan has written music for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal Opera House, London. He is currently working on a saxophone concerto, which has been commissioned for soloist Amy Dickson by the Presteigne Festival to be premiered during his tenure as Composer-in-Residence in 2020. Tarik O’Regan’s work, recognized with two GRAMMY® nominations and two British Composer Awards, has been recorded on 39 albums. Librettists https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/08/nights-at-the-opera Western Addition http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Western_Addition:_A_Basic_History Eswatini https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43821512 Musical commission fees https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2014/aug/18/future-new-music-composers-report-pay Vermouth https://talesofthecocktail.com/in-depth/9-myths-about-vermouth-debunked Original songs which became famous cover versions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKe2j9Wjh4 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Emma Vandore discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Emma is a writer and journalist. She has reported from over 30 countries on six continents, published in all of them, and now focuses on thought leadership content. Her long form work includes Schizophrenie Francaise, a satirical take on French politics that Paris Match described as the book all presidential candidates should read. In 2016, an idea for a novel won her a place on Escalator talent development scheme run by the National Centre for Writing and she has been working on it ever since. An early draft was shortlisted for London Book Fair’s The Write Stuff. She also runs a monthly creative writing workshop which meets in Bishop’s Stortford. Find out more at www.emmavandore.com Harlow https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-to-do-in-harlow-essex-england/ Mooncups https://www.mooncup.co.uk/why-mooncup/ Story talent https://ingridsundberg.com/2013/05/28/literary-talent-vs-story-talent/ Punjab https://www.indianholiday.com/punjab/ Open water swimming https://www.clublasanta.co.uk/what-are-the-benefits-of-open-water-swimming/ Appreciation of the little things in life https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Pleasures-Life-Philippe-Delerm/dp/1861591160 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Photographer, children’s book illustrator and potter Christina Gascoigne discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Great River Race https://www.greatriverrace.co.uk/ The Other Final https://lesserspottedfootball.com/the-other-final-review/ Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures https://www.artfutura.org/v3/en/theo-jansen/ Helen Schjerfbeck https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/helene-schjerfbeck Muriel Herbert https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/09/muriel-herbert-musical-compositions Combat Stress https://www.combatstress.org.uk/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Novelist Kathleen Alcott talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. Kathleen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels America Was Hard to Find, Infinite Home and The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets. You can find out more about her at www.kathleenalcott.com. The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin https://www.gutenberg.org/files/365/365-h/365-h.htm News From Home https://vimeo.com/47911048 Time of the Last Persecution https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review.php/817 James Salter’s Twenty Minutes https://www.vogue.com/article/james-salter-tribute The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Volcano_Lover Fitnessblender.com https://explorationsofelliese.com/2018/02/23/fitness-blender-depth-review/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

JJ Bola talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. JJ Bola is a writer, poet and author of Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined. Pedagogy of the oppressed by Paulo Freire https://beautifultrouble.org/theory/pedagogy-of-the-oppressed/ Crisis in Congo https://congojustice.org/ Paul Lewin art work https://www.instagram.com/paullewinart/ Karim Kamar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KCw-t3nkc United Borders and 4 Front http://unitedborders.org/ and https://www.4frontproject.org/ The Upright Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Vlt41HPUE This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Peter Blegvad discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Small presses in the UK https://www.thisissplice.co.uk/about-splice/small-presses-in-the-uk/ Amateurs https://fs.blog/2017/08/amateurs-professionals/ Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/stories/wilson-bentley-pioneering-photographer-snowflakes Lucia Berlin https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n23/patricia-lockwood/sex-on-the-roof Sally O’Reilly https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/learn/writer-in-residence/sally-oreilly/ Chris Cutler’s Probes series of podcasts https://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag Peter is a writer, graphic artist, songwriter and broadcaster. He has been making music since the mid 70s with Slapp Happy, Faust, Henry Cow, John Greaves, The Golden Palominos, John Zorn, Andy Partridge and others. His weekly comic strip, Leviathan, ran in the Independent on Sunday from 1991-98 and The Book of Leviathan was published in the UK and the US in 2000. A Mandarin translation was published in 2010. A French translation won le Prix de Révelation at Angoulême Festival in 2014. The Pedestrian, a photo-based strip, is online here: http://www.electrocomics.com/strips.htm He has supplied BBC Radio 3 with ‘eartoons’ since 2002, and has won two Sony awards for his radio work, one in 2003 and one in 2012 (the latter for Use It Or Lose It a collaboration with Iain Chambers). He taught Creative Writing at the University of Warwick for 15 years and was Senior Tutor in Visual Writing at the Royal College of Art, London from 2012 - 2015. He has taught several illustration workshops at the Die Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst. In 2011 he was elected president of the London Institute of Pataphysics. An introduction to his life-long multi-media epistemological project Imagine, Observe, Remember is online here: http://www.amateur.org.uk This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Catherine Johnson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Catherine has written over twenty books for children and teenagers. Her most recent, Freedom, won the Little Rebels Book Award and was selected as the UK's IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Honor List title. She is also a screenwriter and has written for TV and film, including Bullet Boy. She is currently working on an adaptation of Miranda Kaufman's Black Tudors for TV and a computer game for a British Game developer. Find out more at www.catherinejohnson.co.uk. Maya Deren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren Colonel Alexander Dumas http://www.melaniejackson.com/alexandre-dumas-swashbuckler-extraordinaire/ Liza Picard https://felicitybryan.com/fba-author/liza-picard/ The Colour of Pomegranates https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/07/the-colour-of-pomegranates-sergei-parajanov-london-film-festival-2014 Charles Keeping http://www.thekeepinggallery.co.uk/ The Devil in Salem https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49997033 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Composer Alex Woolf discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sunday in the Park with George https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/27/sunday-in-the-park-with-george-review-jake-gyllenhall-sondheim Solfege http://www.southcalmusic.com/solfege.php Evensong https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/03/the-joy-of-evensong/ Louise Imogen Guiney http://essays.quotidiana.org/guiney/quiet_london/ English National Opera’s Access All Arias https://www.eno.org/your-visit/ways-to-save-offers/ The origin of the Nokia ringtone https://www.classicfm.com/composers/tarrega/nokia-theme-tune-origins/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Writer Charlie Connelly discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. His books include Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecast, And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years Of British and Irish History and Our Man In Hibernia: Ireland, The Irish And Me. Read more about him at www.charlieconnelly.com. Noel Coward's poetry https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/09/saturday-poem-noel-coward Sheila Borrett https://audioboom.com/posts/927298-sheila-borrett-story-first-woman-bbc-announcer Bap Kennedy https://www.markknopfler.com/discography/bap-kennedy/ The Radio Garden App https://radio.garden/ The Norwegian Fish Canning Museum, Stavanger https://www.fjordtours.com/things-to-do-in-norway/museums-and-attractions/the-norwegian-canning-museum-stavanger/ Fifty Years of Europe: An Album by Jan Morris https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fifty-Years-Europe-Jan-Morris/dp/0679416102 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff discusses with Ivan six things that she thinks should be better known. Find out more about Maya at https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/maya-jasanoff. Her most recent book is The Dawn Watch, which you can buy at https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Watch-Joseph-Conrad-Global/dp/0143111043/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=. Albert Kahn global photo archive https://allthatsinteresting.com/albert-kahn-archives-of-the-planet Shakespeare Wallah http://www.merchantivory.com/film/shakespearewallah Aeon online magazine https://aeon.co/essays/what-can-the-mirror-test-say-about-self-awareness-in-animals The Invention of Tradition http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/stille/Politics%20Fall%202007/readings%20weeks%206-7/Trevor-Roper,%20The%20Highland%20Tradition.pdf Last Chance U https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a28523305/last-chance-u-players-in-the-nfl-where-are-they-now-netflix/ Khichuri https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/20/527945413/khichuri-an-ancient-indian-comfort-dish-with-a-global-influence

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast show presenter Petroc Trelawny discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Miklos Banffy's Transylvanian Trilogy https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/aug/05/writing-wall-miklos-banffy-summer-readings Call My Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_My_Agent! Hungarian wine https://winefolly.com/review/hungarian-wines-for-the-win/ Limerick https://www.limerick.ie/limerick-insider/10-facts-you-didnt-know-about-limerick Lennox Berkeley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW_PDF5K4Fc The Railway Dining Car https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/journey-information/on-board/pullman-dining

Jeremy Treglown talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Jeremy is chair of Arvon and has written biographies of Roald Dahl, Henry Green, VS Pritchett and John Hersey. He was editor of the Times Literary Supplement between 1981 and 1990. Carn Brea https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/redruth/carn_brea.htm Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with soloists taken from the chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiBZ2C725ns John Hersey’s Hiroshima https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/jeremy-treglown/work/mr-straight-arrow Spanish Museum of Abstract Art https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/travel/30overnighter-cuenca.html Ruth Matilda Anderson’s photos of Spain https://hispanicsociety.org/prints-photographs/ The present isn’t so superior to the past https://archive.triblive.com/news/students-write-about-life-100-years-ago/

Screenwriter Tess Morris discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Watch the trailer for her film Man Up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22gEHzlaEQw Magic Mike XXL as feminist masterpiece https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gkbak/surprise-magic-mike-xxl-was-the-most-important-feminist-movie-of-2015 The Baked Potato https://thetakeout.com/the-perfect-method-to-make-a-baked-potato-1829350363 Dispelling the myth that you can't walk in LA https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/walking-in-la/ The songwriting of Billy Swan https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-billy-swan.shtml Don’t look at the time when you have jet lag https://www.skyscanner.net/news/jetlag-15-tips-beating-timezone-tiredness The Austin Film Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Film_Festival

Journalist Michael Blastland discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about Michael at https://profilebooks.com/michael-blastland.html. The myth of nurture v nature https://www.nature.com/articles/421806a The uncertainty of public data https://medium.com/wintoncentre/has-uk-employment-gone-down-maybe-and-maybe-not-7b2e8fbdc7c5 Science’s replication crisis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-016-0021 The fallibility of medicines https://www.nature.com/news/personalized-medicine-time-for-one-person-trials-1.17411 Unknown impact of government’s policies https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/our-work/policy-making/all-change The Mind is Flat, by Nick Chater https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Flat-Illusion-Mental-Improvised/dp/0241208440/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+mind+is+flat&qid=1569486201&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Bobby Duffy discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Bobby is the director of the Policy Institute at King's College London. His latest book is The Perils of Perception. Negativity bias https://www.offgridsessions.com/2019/07/30/the-perils-of-perception/ The cohort effect https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/18/young-people-tory-grey-vote Proper definition of Polarisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqlDfPcHWM The Price by Arthur Miller https://www.ft.com/content/bc9f4a4a-2ec3-11e9-ba00-0251022932c8 Nick Cave playing live https://variety.com/2019/music/news/concert-review-conversations-with-nick-cave-is-part-qa-part-music-part-group-therapy-1203347523/ Better earphones https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/audio/best-in-ear-headphones-1276925

Classical pianist Iain Burnside discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Find out more about Iain at https://www.askonasholt.com/artists/iain-burnside/. The Scottish composer FG Scott https://signumrecords.com/product/songs-of-fg-scott-moonstruck/SIGCD096/ Sally Clarke’s spicy sweetcorn soup https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/masters-of-modern-cookery-1-sally-clarke-the-soup-kitchen-1142406.html The website www.borrowmydoggy.com Molly Keane’s novel Good Behaviour https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-praise-of-older-books-good-behaviour-by-molly-keane-1991-1.3587124 Locke https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10771751/Locke-film-review.html The Ludlow English Song Weekend http://ludlowenglishsongweekend.com

Novelist and short story writer Joan Silber talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Find out more about Joan at http://joansilber.net/. Luang Prabang, Laos https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/oct/12/luang-prabang-laos-three-day-holiday-itinerary David Malouf https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/david-malouf The Mighty Clouds of Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeM-VMkhFdM Charles Baxter https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/charles-baxter/ Walking in New York https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/22/magazine/new-york-city-walks.html Tahini with grape molasses (pekmez) on bread http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2007/01/tahini-grape-molasses.php

Joel Whitney talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Joel is the author of Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers. Essential American Poets series https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/74631/essentialpoets When they see us https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/when-they-see-us-netflix-review-central-park-five-ava-duvernay-new-york-cast-trailer-a8936816.html Spitting on Richard Nixon https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/vice-president-nixons-motorcade-attacked-in-venezuela-may-13-1958-106584 Elizabeth Buffum Chace http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2016/06/elizabeth-buffum-chace.html The Family https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/netflix-the-family-jesse-moss-secret-christian-cult-washington-dc-869396/ TWA Hotel at JFX International Airport https://time.com/5589561/twa-hotel-jfk/

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 https://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/johnson/life.htm 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/