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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/

The poet JS Watts talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Her books include The Submerged, Sea, Years Ago You Coloured Me and Witchlight. More information is at www.jswatts.co.uk. Basil Ede https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/28/basil-ede-wildlife-artist--obituary/ Chalk Streams https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/06/why-britains-chalk-rivers-are-under-threat/ Bartlow Hills, Cambridgeshire http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8692000/8692856.stm Bats https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/13-incredible-bat-facts.htm Poetry https://www.huffpost.com/entry/importance-of-poetry_b_884319 French Horn https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/arts/music/13horn.html

David Lough discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David is the author of Darling Winston and No More Champagne. Prison Reading Groups http://prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/ Henry Strakosch https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/no-more-champagne-churchill-and-money-david-lough-review/ Lucy Jones https://www.flowersgallery.com/artists/view/lucy-jones Namib desert https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/namib_desert/ The London Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Library Cystic fibrosis and orkambi https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/the-work-we-do/campaigning-hard/life-saving-drugs/orkambi

Matthew Sturgis, biographer of Oscar Wilde, talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. Oscar Wilde’s duologues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic_as_Artist The Mortdecai thrillers of Kyril Bonfiglioli https://www.economist.com/prospero/2010/09/29/an-unsung-classic The voice of the Brazilian singer Virginia Rodrigues https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/virginia-rodrigues-the-diva-of-the-favelas-63902.html Spaghetti caccio-pepe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AztjQDIi3Sw Fitzrovia Chapel www.fitzroviachapel.org Sickert’s late works https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04107/walter-richard-sickert

Novelist Geoff Dyer discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can read more at www.geoffdyer.com. Joanna Hogg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/joanna-hoggs-self-portrait-of-a-lady Steve Gunn https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steve-gunn-the-unseen-in-between-interview-777194/ Eve Babitz https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/rare-interview-eve-babitz-long-sober-cool-author Lomer shoes http://www.lomer.it/en-UK/ Luigi Ghiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ghirri Calabash literature festival in Jamaica https://www.vogue.com/article/calabash-literary-festival-in-jamaica-is-the-islands-best-kept-secret

Paul Anthony Jones talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Paul's books include The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and Around The World in 80 Words. There is more information at www.paulanthonyjones.com/books. John Atkinson Grimshaw https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/atkinson-grimshaw-227 The Sage Gateshead https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/5285/Sage-Gateshead Wait Until Dark www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wait-until-dark-1968 Eric Partridge’s slang dictionaries https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/dec/07/highereducation.referenceandlanguages James Gordon Bennett Jr http://mentalfloss.com/article/64130/fabulously-eccentric-life-james-gordon-bennett-jr Tori Amos’ 2011 album Night of Hunters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Hunters

Clare Bucknell discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. You can read her articles for the London Review of Books at www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/clare-bucknell. Female grand tourists in the late eighteenth century https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt2bz968nw/qt2bz968nw.pdf Real tennis https://www.irtpa.com/real-tennis-general-information/ Travelling in Austria (apart from skiing) https://globalgrasshopper.com/destinations/europe/10-beautiful-places-visit-austria/ The satirist John Wolcot, aka Peter Pindar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolcot Nighty Night https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/13/nighty-night-box-set-review-julia-davis TH White’s The Sword in the Stone https://barbarah.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/book-review-the-sword-in-the-stone/

Gary Dexter discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The scourge of asthma www.asthma-international.org.uk The early albums of Queen www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/queen-the-first-five-albums The continuing threat of nuclear war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock Japanese religious syncretism https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/07/how-japan-rubs-along-with-two-religions-plus-fake-christian-weddings/ The novels of Bernard Malamud www.nybooks.com/articles/1984/01/19/the-shaman-and-the-schlemiel/ The international space station and its achievements www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/15_ways_iss_benefits_earth/

Henriette van der Blom, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. The oratory of Julius Caesar https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/oratory-and-political-career-in-the-late-roman-republic/0FF23CFD58211BCB8085B9F75664CD72 Ancient rhetoric http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/cor The work and legacy of the Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann https://videnskab.dk/naturvidenskab/inge-lehmann-og-de-usynlige-danske-videnskabskvinder The classical derivation of English words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_of_Greek_origin Limiting the overuse of modern antibiotics http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170607-how-we-can-stop-antibiotic-resistance Learning a new language is good for you https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/does-being-bilingual-make-you-smarter

Novelist Irenosen Okojie talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing https://poetryschool.com/reviews/review-electric-arches-by-eve-ewing/ Autograph Gallery http://www.autograph.org.uk Black in The Day www.instagram.com/blkintheday/ Eve's Bayou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%27s_Bayou The Bunker Theatre www.bunkertheatre.com New Daughters of Africa Anthology edited by Margaret Busby www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/review-new-daughters-of-africa/

This week, Monisha Rajesh discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/books/review/fahrenheit-451-ray-bradbury.html How easy it is to donate to local charities www.theguardian.com/money/2012/may/15/best-ways-give-charity-without-donating-money The British Empire should be taught in schools www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n14/linda-colley/multiple-kingdoms Emergency SOS dial on iPhones https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208076 How important it is to travel to places of contention www.bloomsbury.com/uk/around-the-world-in-80-trains-9781408869758/ Chocolate Guinness cake at Brett and Bailey at Crystal Palace market http://www.brettandbailey.co.uk/news/2016-04-12-we-make-londons-best-chocolate-guinness-cake

This week, Lara Feigel discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. A Foreign Affair https://directorsseries.net/2016/02/17/billy-wilders-a-foreign-affair-1948/ Martha Gellhorn’s Point of No Return www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n09/jeremy-harding/no-one-leaves-her-place-in-line Kensal Green cemetery https://londonist.com/2016/10/things-you-didn-t-know-about-kensal-green-cemetery The Ivan Juritz Prize http://www.ivanjuritzprize.co.uk/ Doris Lessing’s The Four Gated City https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/doris-lessing/four-gated-city/ Suffolk estuary near Boyton https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/boyton-and-hollesley-marshes/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Jane Dismore discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Jane Dismore is a biographer and a freelance writer of history and heritage. Her latest book is Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II (2018), pub. USA (Lyons Press) and UK (Thistle). Her website is: https://janedismore.com/ The beauty of Northumberland https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/hidden-beauty-spots-northumberland-nine-13096075 Lady Dorothy Mills, novelist, explorer and early woman Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society: my feature for Eastern Daily Press: https://janedismore.com/2014/12/10/lady-dorothy-mills-nee-walpole/ Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, suffragist: my feature for Dorset Life: https://janedismore.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/2018-dorset-life-article.pdf The Cavendish Bentinck Library at the LSE is named for her. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/the-water-babies-fairytale-social-change-richard-coles-documentary Public archives https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/guides/introduction/ Original 78 rpm records http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/history/p20_4_6.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Tom Tivnan of The Bookseller discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Patrick O’Brian www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/the-next-great-tv-show-if-only-someone-will-make-it/403837/ Great Molasses Flood of 1919 www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2019/01/09/the-great-molasses-flood-was-boston-strangest-disaster/VawySumFUf5vKCibM9PLtJ/story.html Dark www.theverge.com/2017/12/1/16724852/netflix-dark-review-first-german-streaming-series Chester Himes www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n08/adam-shatz/writing-absurdity The People’s Almanac https://www.amazon.com/The-Peoples-Almanac-David-Wallechinsky/dp/0385040601 Scottish Borders www.visitscotland.com/blog/family-2/days-out-south-scotland/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Henry Hemming discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Henry’s books include Misadventure in the Middle East and M. Every day life in Iran www.lonelyplanet.com/iran/background/other-features/5dfe99c7-3ffb-4664-a7de-4ba79bcc016d/a/nar/5dfe99c7-3ffb-4664-a7de-4ba79bcc016d/361011 Eric Maschwitz https://spartacus-educational.com/SPYmaschwitz.htm The dishwasher https://medium.com/@rogergathmann/on-washing-the-dishes-dfec4cddd5c6 The reality of Britain standing alone against Nazi Germany, pre-Pearl Harbor www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/19/military.secondworldwar Grand Designs www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/interiors/design-news/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-kevin-mcclouds-grand-designs-series-a124961.html Hands off parenting https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/28/614386847/what-kind-of-parent-are-you-carpenter-or-gardener?t=1556477867458 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Rishi Dastidar discusses six things with Ivan which should be better known. The Bathers’ album Kelvingrove Baby: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Kbj8WGU786XtVHHEDUZUf Estorick Collection www.estorickcollection.com Hotellings Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotelling%27s_law Philly cheesesteak www.passyunk.co.uk Robert Elms’ In Search of The Crack https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Crack-Robert-Elms/dp/0670823287 Sarah Manguso www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/01/09/from-300-arguments/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Clare Mulley talks to Ivan about six things that should be better known. Eglantyne Jebb www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Woman-Who-Saved-the-Children--A-Biography-of-Eglantyn/23450779 Melitta Schiller von Stauffenberg www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Women-Who-Flew-for-Hitler--The-True-Story-of-Hitlers-Valkyries/21401991 Ecosia www.ecosia.org Diversity within British history https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/people-nation-empire The range of services of local councils https://awards.lgcplus.com/2018-winners The achievements (and diversity) of female special agents https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Spy-Who-Loved--the-secrets-and-lives-of-one-of-Britai/14277647 Clare Mulley is the award-winning author of three books. The Woman Who Saved the Children won the Daily Mail Biographers' Club Prize, and The Spy Who Loved, now optioned by Universal Studios, led to Clare being decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito. Clare's third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, is a dual biography of two extraordinary women at the heart of the Third Reich, but who ended their lives on opposite sides of history. A regular contributor to TV and radio, Clare recently gave a TEDx talk at Stormont, wrote last year's BBC Reith Lecture quiz, and lectures in London and Paris on wartime female special agents. She also reviews non-fiction for the Telegraph, Spectator and History Today. Clare was chair of the judges for the Historical Writers Association 2017 Non-Fiction Prize, and has recently become an honorary patron of the Wimpole History Festival. www.claremulley.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Kerry Hudson discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. The music of Blick Bassy and Emahoy Tsegue-Mayam Guebruo www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJHXlc7Afzk The joy of travelling in the country Georgia www.traveldrafts.com/50-things-you-need-to-know-before-traveling-to-georgia/ Vintage Delia Smith cookery programmes on the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p05rml64/delia-smiths-cookery-course Bus rides in Bangkok www.keepcalmandtravel.com/bangkok-by-bus-a-cheap-alternative-way-to-visit-the-city/ Ironopolis by Glen James Brown www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/16/ironopolis-by-glen-james-brown-review Night terrors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Conor Reid of the Words to that Effect podcast (www.wttepodcast.com) discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The works of Edgar Rice Burroughs www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/06/xenophic-hack-or-master-storyteller-the-wild-world-of-edgar-rice/ The city of Turin as a tourist destination http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2013/11/10-reasons-why-turin-should-be-on-your-italy-bucket-list/ The song Four Ethers by Serpentwithfeet www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4N_lOAieA Brown bread ice-cream www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/irish-brown-bread-ice-cream-1958 The album Night Train by Oscar Peterson https://musicophilesblog.com/2016/02/02/oscar-petersons-night-train/ The work of China Mieville www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/fiction/china-mieville-brief-introduction-books-start-read This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, William Cook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The plays of Joe Orton www.nybooks.com/articles/1987/09/24/changeling/ The stories of Charles Bukowski www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/03/14/smashed The beach resorts of the Baltic Coast www.roughguides.com/article/the-10-best-baltic-beach-resorts/ The paintings of Robert Colquhoun & Robert MacBryde, aka The Two Roberts www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2hscrfQSYK2BrFvHXbNhW5b/the-two-roberts-love-paint-and-poverty The journalism of Auberon Waugh www.lrb.co.uk/v07/n21/ian-hamilton/the-waugh-between-the-diaries The music of Dudley Moore www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-VL6cNeEz8 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Ann Kennedy Smith discusses six things which she thinks should be better known Rathlin Island www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/rathlin-island BBC Pronunciation guides of the 1930s www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2016/jun/07/marjerine-or-marg-arine-how-the-bbc-taught-us-to-talk-proper The Cambridge Ladies Dining Society 1890-1914 https://akennedysmith.com/about-2/ EM Forster’s biography of M Thornton https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Marianne_Thornton.html?id=UE8rAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y 5.The 2019 campaign for adult education www.wea.org.uk/news-events/news/1919-centenary-commission-launches Cruikshank’s Worship of Bacchus www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cruikshank-the-worship-of-bacchus-n00795 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, in a reversal of the normal positivity, Richard Elwes discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks we would be better off without. Smooth jazz and Kenny G www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm English language films www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films The Golden Ratio www.fastcompany.com/3044877/the-golden-ratio-designs-biggest-myth Bridge (the card game) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571194/Bridge-tables-hit-by-unpleasantness.html The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Music Grade Exams) https://crosseyedpianist.com/2016/08/31/exams-dont-make-musicians/ Superstars www.uvm.edu/pdodds/files/papers/others/1981/rosen1981a.pdf This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Mark Mason discusses with Ivan his six choices of things which should be better known. Apophenia www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/reality-play/201207/being-amused-apophenia Heartlands film http://film.britishcouncil.org/heartlands Apollo 12 https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo12.cfm Train in the Distance by Paul Simon www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFTHhcvRT0 Joe Swail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Swail Selling Hitler by Robert Harris www.lrb.co.uk/v08/n06/alan-milward/holy-relics This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Sophie Ratcliffe talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. You can buy Sophie's book The Lost Properties of Love at www.waterstones.com/book/the-lost-properties-of-love/sophie-ratcliffe/9780008225902. The classified sections of The Times newspaper for the year 1875 www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/opinion/14epstein.html John Brewer photography workshops www.johnbrewerphotography.com What GPs actually do https://drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/10-insider-tips-i-bet-you-dont-know-about-your-gp/ The manifold ways people respond to death and grief www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201702/the-ways-we-grieve The benefits of having a disco ball in your kitchen www.thespruce.com/decorate-with-disco-balls-4155801 Hull www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40041884/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-hull-ahead-of-radio-1s-big-weekend This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Dr Richard Barnett discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known. Russell Hoban’s Pilgermann www.nytimes.com/1983/05/29/books/exiled-from-wisdom.html Kedgeree www.coop.co.uk/recipes/quick-and-spicy-kedgeree Wittgenstein’s service in World War One www.military-history.org/articles/thinkers-at-war-wittgenstein.htm Tarbat Discovery Centre in Portmahomack www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk Simon Munnery https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jun/27/simon-munnery-hello-comedy-gold John Fahey’s On the Banks of the Owchita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJghX8bInXY This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Sam Dodson and Dan Sutherland from Nothing in the Rulebook discuss with Ivan six things which should be better known. The Future Library project in Norway www.futurelibrary.no Dr Chuck Tingle Professor of Massage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Tingle The bad sex in fiction awards www.literaryreview.co.uk/bad-sex-in-fiction-award No Alibis book shop www.noalibis.com Richard Serra's "portend I slugten" at the Louisiana art gallery in Denmark http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/richard-serra-porten-i-slugten Josh Spiller's IF comic book anthology on superheroes www.joshspillercomics.tumblr.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Emma John discusses with Ivan her six choices which should be better known. The town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina https://vacationidea.com/destinations/best-things-to-do-in-chapel-hill-nc.html Tom Selleck’s Jesse Stone movies https://mommybearmedia.com/correct-order-jesse-stone-movies/ The Lord Peter Wimsey novels of Dorothy L Sayers https://robertarood.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/dorothy-l-sayers-and-the-lord-peter-wimsey-novels/ The musicals of Jason Robert Brown https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8486801/jason-robert-brown-interview-broadway-composer Bluegrass music http://www.lonelyheartstringband.com/ Nate DiMeo’s podcast The Memory Palace http://thememorypalace.us/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Imogen Russell Williams talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-hounds-of-the-morrigan/ Carpe diem www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxFTmBbrIk Knightmare www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Knightmare Susan Price’s Sterkarm Trilogy www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview31 The role of libraries and librarians in schools www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/soapbox/article/77275-the-importance-of-school-librarians.html Dyslexia and its impact www.jkp.com/jkpblog/2015/08/the-lifelong-social-and-emotional-effects-of-dyslexia/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Andy Reid talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. The Kingdom https://film.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-lars-von-triers-the-kingdom-1798214674 Nestle milk boycott http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree Nuts in May www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/mike-leigh-nuts-may-alison-steadman The Hare with Amber Eyes www.edmunddewaal.com/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/about The Greasy Strangler www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/04/greasy-strangler-jim-hosking Necrotising enterocolitis www.gosh.nhs.uk/medical-information/search-medical-conditions/necrotising-enterocolitis This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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

This week, Henry Hitchings discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Theatre 503 www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/Theatre503 Germany as a tourist destination www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/germany/articles/reasons-why-we-love-germany/ Etivaz cheese www.cheesesfromswitzerland.com/cheese-assortment/letivaz-aop.html Fanny Burney www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjk OV Wright www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmS2Te06do Hans Baldung Grien https://art.famsf.org/hans-baldung-hans-baldung-grien This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Blackwing Pencils https://palominobrands.com/blackwing/ The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930 www.distillerytrail.com/blog/10-classic-cocktails-savoy-cocktail-book-infographic/ Marfa, Texas www.vogue.com/article/city-dwellers-guide-to-marfa-texas Clay Felker, New York Magazine & the School of New Journalism https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/clayfelker.html The Films of Hal Ashby https://variety.com/2018/film/news/hal-ashby-documentary-director-amy-scott-harold-and-maude-being-there-1202925246/ Edith Wharton’s Glimpses of the Moon https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-glimpses-of-the-moon-edith-wharton-1922/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Dave Pickering talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Churchill’s crimes of empire https://crimesofbritain.com/2016/09/13/the-trial-of-winston-churchill/ Walking in London www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/Londons-best-walks/ The Moomin Books by Tove Jansson www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review The Will to Change: Men, masculinity and love by bell hooks https://endofcapitalism.com/2009/01/20/review-of-the-will-to-change-men-masculinity-and-love/ The Expanse www.netflix.com/gb/title/80029822 The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived podcast www.theboywhohasntlived.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want diversity of thought? https://echochamber.club/why-we-should-sometimes-silence-others/ Our actions do not necessarily define our character www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html Our reality doesn't just come from Facebook http://theconversation.com/the-myth-of-the-echo-chamber-92544 Jaco Pistorius www.thestacksreader.com/who-killed-jaco-pastorius/ Travel isn't just about going to the amazing places that everyone has been to before www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/6d4eo0/travelling_is_overrated/ This Country www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09twr53/episodes/player This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, James Deacon discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. How it Feels to be Attacked by a Shark by Michelle Hamer www.goodreads.com/book/show/1954299.How_it_Feels_to_Be_Attcked_by_a_Shark Simon Lyons https://simonlyonsauthor.com/ Neighbourhood Bakes https://www.neighbourhoodbakes.com/ Nice and Nicely Done by The Spinto Band https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7829-nice-and-nicely-done/ Club 85 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire http://www.club-85.co.uk/ Desert Island Dicks Podcast www.acast.com/desert-island-dicks-podcast This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Ben Schott discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known. Stud cufflinks www.trendhim.co.uk/articles/the-cufflinks-your-ultimate-guide Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari The photomontage artist John Heartfield www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/393 The graphic design of movie poster billing blocks https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/24/opinion/sunday/ben-schott-movies-billing-blocks.html?hp The "Celestial Empire of Benevolent Knowledge” https://garagemca.org/en/event/lecture-by-andrey-velikanov-jorge-luis-borges-the-garden-of-forking-paths-the-analytical-language-of-john-wilkins-chora-the-archaeology-of-knowledge The secret codes of calling cards http://www.faena.com/aleph/articles/on-victorian-cards-for-secret-flirtations/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney discusses six things which they think should be better known. The crime fiction of Celia Fremlin www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/invisible-ink-no-249-celia-fremlin-9847533.html Barreiro www.atlaslisboa.com/abandoned-lisboa-the-comboio-graveyard-in-barreiro/ Emma Hardinge Britten www.ehbritten.org Anne Sharp https://austenprose.com/2008/06/07/jane-austens-dearest-friendship-with-miss-sharp-still-resonates-today/ The Japanese countryside https://donnykimball.com/countryside-travel-5c8e789c3fad The history of children with learning disabilities https://langdondownmuseum.org.uk/the-history-of-learning-disability/social-history-of-learning-disability/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Richard Canning discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. Ronald Firbank www.nytimes.com/1973/07/22/archives/prancing-novelist-the-fixer-of-modern-camp-a-defence-of-fiction-in.html Nils Dardel http://dardel.info/famille/artistes/NilsDardel/NilsDardelE.php The Bathers https://peterross.scot/articles/the-bathers/ Karol Szymanowski http://www.roh.org.uk/people/karol-szymanowski The Comeback www.hbo.com/the-comeback Tigre https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/visit-tigre-buenos-aires%E2%80%99-waterside-getaway This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Lucy Hughes-Hallett discusses six things which she thinks should be better known. The Deposition by Pontormo in the Church of Santa Felicita, Florence http://arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com/2018/05/jacopo-pontormos-deposition-of-christ.html The beach at Covehithe, Suffolk www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/jul/14/beach.suffolk Rosa Alba Celestial www.classicroses.co.uk/celestial-shrub-rose.html The Immortal Dinner by Penelope Hughes-Hallett www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/23/classics.johnmullan Angelo and Rosaline, by Bettina www.goodreads.com/book/show/3931718-angelo-and-rosaline The island of Veliki Brijuni www.istria-culture.com/en/national-park-brijuni-i119 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Dan Benedictus discusses his six choices: Gorge Du Tarn https://about-france.com/tourism/tarn-gorge.htm Preserved Lemons for cooking https://www.bbc.com/food/preserved_lemons Using V8 Vegetable juice instead of tomato juice in a Bloody Mary https://v8juice.co.uk/recipes/classic-v8-bloody-mary/ Narwhals www.worldwildlife.org/stories/unicorn-of-the-sea-narwhal-facts The film closer to the edge – a documentary about the Isle of Man TT www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/21/tt3d-closer-to-the-edge The album OK Cowboy by Vitalic https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8538-ok-cowboy/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Richard Walker discusses his six choices: Florida Southern College www.franklloydwrightatfsc.com The early films of Peter Greenaway - ‘The Falls’ and other oddities www.thehorsehospital.com/archive/past/kinokulture-past/peter-greenaway-the-falls Michael Hurley - American folk troubadour surrealist www.snockonews.net Robin Noscoe - 20th Century Renaissance man and inspirational art teacher http://www.compusmall.co.uk/benedictsark/index.php/stephen-batty/95-that-blysful-place Sardinia - a hidden jewel in the Mediterranean www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/19/sardinia-sad-song-lost-opportunity Elephant and Castle - as a desirable destination www.anadventurousworld.com/elephant-and-castle/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Catharine Morris discusses her six choices. The role of an editor www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/advice/151/self-publishing/editing/the-role-of-an-editor Structured procrastination www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-ProcrastinateStill/93959 Simon Gray’s memoirs www.chaseside.org.uk/books/simon_gray_memoirs.html Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird https://ideas.ted.com/14-writing-tips-from-beloved-teacher-anne-lamott/ Benefits of having an older father www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/26/fatherhood-benefits-leaving-late Pipedown www.furious.com/perfect/pipedown.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Robjn discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. The London Canal Network www.bloomsbury.com/uk/maidens-trip-9781408801253/ Brain Candy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KidsintheHall:BrainCandy 99% Invisible https://99percentinvisible.org Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DervlaMurphy#FullTiltandotherearlywritings Michael Rothenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MichaelRothenstein The Fry Gallery and Bridge End Gardens www.fryartgallery.org This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

This week, Laura Barton discusses six things that should be better known. Petrol tank arrow: very few drivers know about this handy tool - www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/05/09/dashboard_gas_gauge_arrows_what_do_theyindicate.html Oat milk tequila coffee: a drink that does not yet exist online, but is an alcohol variant of one that does - www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/why-youll-soon-be-adding-oat-milk-to-your-morning-coffee-832261.html The Shivers: a New York band - www.theshivers.bandcamp.com The National Fruit Collection: Faversham’s finest - www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk Midwestern cities: Dubuque, Muscatine, Cairo, quad cities, McGregor, Iowa - www.traveldubuque.com The history of barbed wire: how it took over the world - www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40448594 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm