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Eleanor Fitzsimons discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Eleanor Fitzsimons is a writer and researcher who lives in Dublin. She is the author of Wilde’s Women (Duckworth, 2015), which won the silver medal in the Biography category of the 2018 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Awards. She is an honorary patron of the Oscar Wilde Society and a member of the editorial board of society journal The Wildean. Her second book, The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit (Duckworth, 2019), was a Sunday Times Book of the Year 2019, and was included in the Washington Post Top 50 Non-Fiction Books of 2019. In 2020, she was shortlisted for the Dalkey Emerging Writer Award and won the Rubery Book Award for Non-Fiction. She has worked as a television researcher for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ and was a contributor to The Importance of Being Oscar (BBC2, April 2019). The Diaries of George Bernard Shaw https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diaries-1885-97-Earlier-Fragments-1875-1917/dp/0271003863 The Tetrapod imprints on Valentia Island, County Kerry https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tetrapod-trackway The Short Fiction of Maeve Brennan https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/maeve-brennan-a-writer-who-was-at-home-in-neither-ireland-nor-america-1.3996762 The ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-japanese-art-technique-kintsugi-can-help-you-be-more-ncna866471 The Trier Amphitheater https://www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/the-amphitheatre The Vaughan Bequest at the National Galleries of Scotland and Ireland https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/turner-vaughan-bequest This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Novelist Alex Wheatle discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Alex Wheatle was born in London of Jamaican parents. His first book, Brixton Rock (1999), tells the story of a 16-year old boy of mixed race, in 1980s Brixton. His most recent novels, Liccle Bit (2015), Crongton Knights (2016) - winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - and Straight Outta Crongton (2017), are novels for young adult readers, focusing on the lives of teenagers and families on the fictional South Crongton council estate. In 2010, he wrote and toured the one-man autobiographical performance, Uprising. His play, Shame & Scandal, had its debut at the Albany Theatre, Deptford in October 2015. He was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008. Right Time by the Mighty Diamonds https://inreviewonline.com/2015/07/17/right-time/ The Black Jacobins by CLR James https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/an-introduction-to-c-l-r-jamess-the-black-jacobins Exodus by Bob Marley and the Wailers https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8dcz/ Babylon https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/babylon-controversial-cult-reggae-movie-returns-804272/ Huckleberry Finn https://www.vqronline.org/essay/huckleberry-finn-and-problem-freedom Moss Side Massive by Karline Smith https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moss-side-massive-karline-smith/1002107207 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Science writer Tom Chivers discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Tom Chivers is science editor at UnHerd.com. His second book, How To Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them), will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in March 2021. He is a two-time winner of the Royal Statistical Society's Statistical Excellence in Journalism award, and was once told by Terry Pratchett that he was "far too nice to be a journalist". Goodhart’s Law https://unherd.com/2020/04/we-cant-put-too-much-faith-in-covid-19-statistics/ Kill Team https://www.goonhammer.com/getting-started-kill-team/ and https://unherd.com/2020/03/self-isolation-is-feeding-my-warhammer-addiction/ Selection bias https://unherd.com/2019/09/statistically-you-shouldnt-believe-the-news/ Red kite https://unherd.com/2019/11/let-loose-the-lynxes/ Coordination games https://unherd.com/2020/03/would-you-take-a-coronavirus-risk/ Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series https://www.npr.org/2016/06/14/481391755/temeraire-and-laurence-at-peace-at-last-in-league-of-dragons This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Emma Bridgewater discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Emma Bridgewater grew up in Oxford, the eldest of a large family. After studying English at London University, she joined a small knitwear firm, but soon realised that what she really wanted to do was start her own company. Her ‘eureka moment’ came in 1985, when she was searching for a pretty cup and saucer for her mother’s birthday. Discovering that everything in the shops was either delicate and formal, or heavy and clunky, she realised there was a gap in the market for pottery that was both beautiful and practical, and that reflected the relaxed, colourful, mismatched home she’d grown up in. Emma sketched out a mug, bowl and jug, and found a pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, the home of British ceramics to make them up. She then set about decorating them using cut-out sponges – a traditional technique that was to become her signature style. The designs were snapped up by Liberty, Harrods, and The General Trading Co, and Emma Bridgewater Ltd was born. The company now has a turnover of over £20m a year, and Emma Bridgewater products are sold worldwide. As the company grew, Emma was determined to keep production of the pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, and in 1996, bought a Victorian factory there. Emma Bridgewater Ltd is now one of the largest employers of potters in the area. In recognition of her work championing manufacturing in Stoke-on-Trent, Emma has honorary degrees from the University of Staffordshire and Keele University, and in 2013, she was awarded a CBE for Services to Industry. Country Music https://www.theguardian.com/music/country Holy Wells http://www.davidfurlong.co.uk/holywellslond.htm Neglected English towns https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/forgotten-english-villages-2020/ Winter Savoury and Lovage http://www.herbexpert.co.uk/forgotten-herbs-grow-sorrel-lovage-summer-savory-angelica.html Chimomanthus https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/29215/Chimonanthus-praecox/Details Lardy cake https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lardy_cake_80839 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Andrew Lownie discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Andrew Lownie was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union, before taking his Master’s and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he later returned to Cambridge as a visiting fellow at Churchill College. He has been a bookseller, publisher and journalist, writing for the Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal , Spectator and Guardian, and since 1988 has run his own literary agency specialising in history and biography. He is President of the Biographers Club, sits on the advisory board of Biographers International Organisation and is a Trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information. The author John Buchan and his writing https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2lWTsMM9FyLFMSTgCtrl91k/john-buchan Ave Maria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Vavilov) Haggis https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-haggis The Campaign for Freedom of Information https://www.cfoi.org.uk/ The Writers Museum in Edinburgh https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/writers-museum House histories http://www.londonhousehistories.co.uk/index.php?lang=en- This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Viv Groskop discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Viv Groskop is a writer, critic, broadcaster and stand-up comedian. She is the author of How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking, also a Top 10 iTunes podcast, now in its 8th series, featuring guests like Hillary Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Nigella Lawson, Julie Andrews, Sarah Hurwitz (Michelle Obama’s speechwriter). Her latest book is Au Revoir Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature. She has presented Front Row and Saturday Review on BBC Radio 4, is a regular on BBC1’s This Week and has hosted book tours for Graham Norton, Jo Brand and Jennifer Saunders. Saturday Night Live's The Californians https://www.dailycal.org/2019/12/06/why-the-californians-skit-from-snl-is-the-best-of-all-time/ The poetry of Anna Akhmatova https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anna-akhmatova Lipcote https://www.lipcote.com/ The music of Janis Ian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPF-duKQro Vermouth and vermuterias https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/youre-probably-drinking-storing-and-making-cocktails-with-your-vermouth-wrong/ “Yes and” as a verb — the improv concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and... This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Tom Barber discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Tom Barber was a journalist for many years, writing for GQ, the Evening Standard and Tatler among others before founding the award-winning travel company Original Travel with two friends in 2003. Original Travel has gone on to win a number of industry awards, and specialises in tailormade trips to original destinations around the world, with particular expertise in adventurous and educational family holidays, sabbaticals and sustainable travel, including a new portfolio of train-only trips from the UK. He is currently also Travel Contributing Editor for Esquire, Conde Nast Traveller's only recognised family travel expert, and Glorious Leader of the No Fruit Out of Context Party. Tom lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children. Paddy Leigh Fermor books A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_of_Gifts and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Woods_and_the_Water Transylvania https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/europe/romania/transylvania Chateau Musar https://chateaumusar.com/ Philantourism https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/collections/philanthropic-travel Picture This app https://www.picturethisai.com/ Sabbaticals https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/collections/sabbaticals This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Madeleine Bunting discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Madeleine was a journalist on the Guardian and held a number of positions including columnist 1999-2012. She wrote on a wide range of subjects including politics, social affairs, faith and global development. Her book Love of Country was shortlisted for the Wainright and the Saltire Prizes 2017, and she won the Portico Prize for The Plot in 2010 which was also shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.Her first novel, Island Song, won the Waverton Good Read Award in 2020. Her new book is Labours of Love: The Crisis of Care. Mindfulness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/06/mindfulness-hospitals-schools Care https://unherd.com/2020/10/care-workers-are-not-saints/ Ana Silvera https://anasilvera.bandcamp.com/ Scarborough https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/yorkshire/articles/postcard-from-scarborough/ How to do nothing by Jenny Odell https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/02/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing-attention Alison Crowther https://www.alisoncrowther.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Scientist Marty Jopson discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Marty Jopson has been making science television for over twenty years. He has worked behind the camera as a researcher, prop builder, director, producer, executive and company manager. His career as a presenter spans over ten years as the science reporter on the BBC1 flagship programme, The One Show. He has written The Science of Everyday Life, The Science of Food and The Science of Being Human. Find out more about Marty at www.martyjopson.co.uk. Jane Marcet http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/jane-marcet/ The Kirkaldy Testing Works http://www.testingmuseum.org.uk/ The origin and manufacture of marmite https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37646193 The best limestone pavement in the Yorkshire Dales https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/about/wildlife/habitats/limestone/limestone-pavements/ Small things down a microscope https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/microscope-history-data/462234/ Denis Papin http://www.stbrides.com/news/2016/07/more-fascinating-history.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Journalist Kavita Puri discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Kavita Puri is an award-winning journalist, executive producer and broadcaster for the BBC. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories. Kavita is a regular presenter of The Inquiry on the BBC World Service and Radio 4. Her landmark three-part series, Partition Voices, on Radio 4 marked the 70th anniversary of the partition of India. It was awarded The Royal Historical Society’s Best Radio and Podcast prize and its overall Public History Prize. Partition Voices: Untold British Stories, based on the series, was published in 2019 by Bloomsbury. She presents Three Pounds in My Pocket, a social history of South Asians in post-war Britain, on Radio 4. For more information about Kavita, please go to https://www.kavita-puri.com/. Partition https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1997/10/23/india-the-imprint-of-empire/ Southern Spain https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/the-most-beautiful-towns-and-cities-to-visit-in-southern-spain/ Letter-writing https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/26/from-me-with-love-lost-art-letter-writing Cast Courts https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/v-and-a-cast-courts-replicas-rome-a4002336.html Dance https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/late-bloomers-adult-ballet-classes-bring-the-joy-of-dance-at-any-age/ Recording your family history https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/family-history-2/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Johnnie Boden, the founder of Boden, discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Johnnie Boden founded Boden in 1991 with eight menswear products, sold through a catalogue hand-drawn on his kitchen table. As ambitious as he was, he couldn't have imagined that the fashion line bearing his name would become a multi-million-pound global business producing a huge range of clothes for every member of the family. The success of the business - which last year chalked up 2.5 million customers worldwide and sales of over £350 million - is all the more impressive given that Johnnie started out with no fashion training. He had, however, spent much of his teens hunting down vintage tweed overcoats and Converse high-tops in Portobello Road, and cut his teeth as Men s Fashion Editor of Harpers & Queen s teenage edition in August 1977. After graduating from Oxford, Johnnie fell into a job as stockbroker. An overseas posting to New York in 1988 opened his eyes to how well Americans operated in the mail-order market for top-quality basics - and, more importantly, how the UK was failing to compete. In 2017, Boden opened its first central London flagship shop on the King's Road. Boden's stylish range of clothing and accessories are available to buy via catalogue in the UK, USA, Germany, France, Australia and Austria, and online - trading in over 60 countries with more than 1000 employees across all markets. Greek wine https://www.botilia.gr/en/botilia/greek-wine Fashion illustration https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/importance-of-fashion-illustration Antique buying in regional sale rooms https://antique-marks.com/antique-auction-houses.html Lemon juice and olive oil https://www.seloolive.com/blogs/olive-oil/olive-oil-and-lemon Choral music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLkX3g58vT8 Majella national park in Italy https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/apr/19/walking-majella-national-park-italy This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Caroline Eden discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Caroline Eden is a writer and critic contributing to the Guardian, Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement. In 2020, she was awarded the prestigious Art of Eating Prize. She is the author of two food and travel books, Samarkand (2016) and Black Sea (2018). Her new book, Red Sands, looking at the food and culture of Central Asia, will be out in November 2020. You can follow her @edentravels on Twitter and Instagram. Kazakhstan as a destination https://www.journalofnomads.com/places-to-visit-in-kazakhstan/ Cornucopia magazine http://www.cornucopia.net Sea buckthorn as an ingredient http://www.missfoodwise.com/2018/10/sea-buckthorn-berries-various-ways-kitchen.html/ Sanmao https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/stories-of-the-sahara-9781408881880/ Roz Chast https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/roz-chast Gaye Su Akyol https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/02/gaye-su-akyol-istikrarli-hayal-hakikattir-review-turkish-star-deserves-big-things This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Adam Hart-Davis discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance writer and lecturer – former presenter on television of Local Heroes, Tomorrow’s World, What the Romans (and others) Did for Us, How London was Built, and many other series. He has collected various awards for both television and radio, as well as four medals and 14 honorary doctorates. He has read several books, and written about 35, most of them about science and history. He spends a lot of time hacking at green wood, making chairs, tables, bowls, and spoons He is a member of many associations, including the Association of Pole-lathe Turners, and the British Toilet Association. He lectures on diverse subjects, from Toilets and history to Are we alone in the universe? and has given more than 100 talks, to audiences ranging from The Royal Society, The Royal Institution, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to schools, small local history groups, and the captive audiences on cruise ships. He lives in south Devon with his wife Sue Blackmore, two cats, and four chickens. Sandy Bain and the fax machine https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/fax/history-of-fax.htm Colin Pullinger and his mousetrap https://www.inventricity.com/local-heroes-colin-pullinger The skating stones of Racetrack Playa https://www.livescience.com/37492-sailing-stones-death-valley-moving-rocks.html The short stories of Somerset Maugham https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v31/n24/miranda-carter/no-more-alimony-tra-la-la Fibonacci's rabbits https://plus.maths.org/content/fibonacci-sequence-brief-introduction If you haven't tested it, it doesn't work https://www.kguttag.com/2013/08/10/if-you-havent-tested-it-it-doesnt-work/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Author Jini Reddy discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Jini Reddy’s most recent book Wanderland has been shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize. The prize celebrates the best in UK travel and nature writing. Her first book Wild Times was published in 2016. It won the book prize at the British Guild of Travel Writers Awards 2017. You can follow her @Jini_Reddy on Twitter and @jinireddy20 on Instagram. Time Travel novels https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Octavia-E-Butler/Kindred--The-ground-breaking-masterpiece/21900895 Slow cycling https://canalrivertrustwaterfront.org.uk/nature/slow-cycling/ Inspiring ways to support refugees and asylum seekers https://www.fencesandfrontiers.org/, https://justbreadlondon.com/, www.journeysfestival.com, www.choose.love, https://www.migrateful.org/ ASMR www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2jytrd?xtor The unconventional journey https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wanderland-9781472951939/ The view from Richmond Hill https://www.gardenvisit.com/gardens/terrace_gardens_richmond This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

As a bonus episode, in a surprising turn of events, Ivan gets invited to an office summer party via Zoom and is asked to provide some entertainment for the benefit of a group of bewildered colleagues. He discusses with Jacob Cunningham, Angharad Hopkinson and Ezekiel Jacob three things which they think should be better known. This episode was recorded in front a live audience, but unfortunately they were all on mute. Fidel Castro's milk obsession https://medium.com/war-is-boring/fidel-castro-s-bizarre-obsession-with-milk-27ce5c258de2 The joy of walking around cemeteries https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/5-cemeteries-you-should-visit-in-london/ Folk metal https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/12/18/the-10-best-folk-metal-bands/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Kris Hollington discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Kris Hollington is a bestselling non-fiction author and ghost-writer of over twenty books, mostly covering crime, several of which have been adapted for TV dramas and documentaries and nominated for various awards. In 2017 he won the People’s Book Prize for non-fiction and his latest book, Corrupt Bodies, written with Peter Everett, is currently long-listed for the Crime Writers’ Association prize for non-fiction. Kris is also a dedicated street photographer (www.shootitagain.com and @krishollington) and freestyle BMX-er. The Essays of David Foster Wallace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI and https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf The joy of extreme sports in middle age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28nJEevCZw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NcOSK6q8Oc The assassinations of Alfred Herrhausen and Detlev Rohwedder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Herrhausen and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlev_Karsten_Rohwedder The Anti-snore backpack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/silent-night-ordered-as-army-attacks-snorers-1120249.html Hawksley Workman http://hawksleyworkman.com/ Harold Feinstein https://www.haroldfeinstein.com/documentary/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Author Dorian Lynskey discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Dorian Lynskey is an author and journalist who writes about music, politics, film and books for publications including the Guardian, the Observer, GQ, Billboard and the New Statesman. He is the author of 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs (Faber, 2011) and The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984 (Picador, 2019). He also hosts the Remainiacs and Bunker podcasts. Find out more at www.dorianlynskey.com. EL Doctorow https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/05/24/faulkner-as-i-lay-dying/ Regina Spektor https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/night-life/regina-spektor Quiz Show https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/dec/14/quiz-show-robert-redford The 1910s magazine The Masses https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=themasses Broad City https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/apr/14/broad-city-comedy-genius Hiroshima as a destination https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/hiroshima-jpn-cg-hiro.htm This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Actor Jack Gilpin discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Jack Gilpin is an American actor and Episcopal priest. He currently stars in television drama series Billions and has previously performed in Succession and Law & Order. He has acted in many films including Quiz Show, Mulan and Adventureland. The Bible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_and_the_Goats Modern poetry https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/152025/an-introduction-to-modernism The importance of diet https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthyliving/healthydiet/healthybalanceddiet.html The plays of Lanford Wilson https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/theater/lanford-wilson-a-playwright-with-compassion-for-his-characters.html The music of Arvo Pärt https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2012/jun/18/arvo-part-contemporary-music-guide Guidelines for Mutuality https://www.episcopalct.org/Beliefs-and-Practices/guidelines-for-mutuality/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Author Richard Askwith discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Richard Askwith is author of six books, including the award-winning Feet in the Clouds (about fell-running); Today We Die A Little (an acclaimed biography of the Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek); and, most recently, Unbreakable: The Countess, the Nazis and the World’s Most Dangerous Horse Race, which won Biography of the Year at the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards. A former executive editor of The Independent, he has been a journalist for forty years and continues to earn much of his living from freelance feature-writing. Milada Horáková https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/milada-horakova-czech-republic-communist-era-show-trial-a9517401.html La Commune https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/movies/film-review-it-s-paris-in-1871-and-you-are-there.html The rich recreational potential of mud https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Free-Runners-Journey-Nature/dp/0224091964 Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition Frances Horovitz https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/frances-horovitz Lata Brandisová https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2019/03/03/greatest-sports-story-never-told-woman-defied-nazis-win-toughest/ Bubbling under: Charles Webb https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/charles-webb-obituary This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Journalist and author Louise Gray discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Louise Gray is the author of The Ethical Carnivore which discusses the ethics of meat by only eating animals she had killed herself. She was previously environment correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. Squirrel Kebabs https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ethical-Carnivore-Year-Killing-Eat/dp/1472933109/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Climate change acronyms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/7572765/UN-process-under-fire-at-climate-change-talks.html and https://www.ukcop26.org Corbetts www.bendamph.com Blue Bananas https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/the-pandemic-threatening-bananas.html The Gastronomical Me by MFK Fisher https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/25/gastronomical-me-mfk-fisher-review Canntaireachd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_b1hNtbsdI Bubbling under: The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Castle This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Psychologist Stuart Ritchie discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Stuart Ritchie is a Lecturer in the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King's College London. His new book, Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science, is available now. More details are at http://sciencefictions.org. Bach's cantatas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHtwSyxMsU Katakana https://www.dartmouth.edu/~introjpn/text/katakana.html Limmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg Data Sleuths https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/eye-for-manipulation--a-profile-of-elisabeth-bik-65839 Sci-Hub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub Irn-Bru https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/irn-bru-things-what-is-didnt-know-recipe-change-ag-barr-scotland-favourite-soft-drink-can-a8143301.html Bubbling under: Replication crisis https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/27/17761466/psychology-replication-crisis-nature-social-science This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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