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.

1. The author John Buchan and his writing https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2lWTsMM9FyLFMSTgCtrl91k/john-buchan

2. Ave Maria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_(Vavilov)

3. Haggis https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-haggis

4. The Campaign for Freedom of Information https://www.cfoi.org.uk/

5. The Writers Museum in Edinburgh https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/venue/writers-museum

6. House histories http://www.londonhousehistories.co.uk/index.php?lang=en-

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