Better Known

Rosita Boland discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Rosita Boland was born in County Clare in 1965 and lives in Dublin where she is Senior Features Writer at the Irish Times. She has published two collections of poems, Muscle Creek and Dissecting the Heart. She has travelled extensively, most recently in South East Asia and her travel books include Sea Legs: Hitch-hiking the Coast of Ireland Alone (1992), A Secret Map of Ireland (2005), Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel (2019) and Comrades: A Lifetime of Friendships (2021). She won the Hennessy Award for First Fiction in 1997. Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker https://hbr.org/2005/01/managing-oneself My Kitchen Rules Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Kitchen_Rules The Nazca Lines https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/nazca-lines The Guinness Book of Records 1967 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/60/publishing.html The musical toy pig held at Greenwich Maritime Museum https://londonist.com/london/secret/titanic-collection-greenwich-kidbrooke The Derrynaflan Chalice https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/The-Treasury/Artefact/Derrynaflan-Chalice/a3e7607b-4582-4f95-a861-313d1c0b5f0e This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

David Benedict discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David Benedict is a culture critic and broadcaster. He read drama at Hull University, spent ten years as an actor, singer and director and was artistic director of the U.K.’s national lesbian and gay theatre company, Gay Sweatshop. He joined The Independent in 1993, becoming a daily arts columnist and associate editor. The former arts editor of The Observer, he is the London critic of Variety and a weekly columnist for The Stage and divides his time between criticism, arts journalism and broadcasting. He is writing the authorised biography of Stephen Sondheim and also plays Tristram Hawkshaw on The Archers. Better Things https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/28/better-things-gets-better-pamela-adlon-triumphs-without-louis-ck Betty MacDonald https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/looking-for-betty-macdonald-finds-comedy-and-tragedy/ The Cloud-Capp’d Towers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKzB359qAuM It’s Only Fair Weather https://takeonecinema.net/2020/focus-on-its-always-fair-weather/ Dungeness https://www.timeout.com/kent/things-to-do/best-things-to-do-in-dungeness The Robber Hotzenplotz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robber_Hotzenplotz This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Beaty Rubens discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. A BBC Radio producer for 35 years, Beaty Rubens has collaborated with some of the great names in broadcasting, the arts and academia. Her many documentaries have focussed on the arts, history and the lives of women and children. Some high-points include working with Lyse Doucet, Katya Adler and James Naughtie, Professor Mary Beard, Professor Emma Smith and Professor Thomas Dixon, dancers Akram Khan and Marianela Nunez, poets Seamus Heaney, Alice Oswald, Sean O’Brien and Sasha Dugdale, writers Michael Morpurgo, David Almond, Shirley Hughes and Anna Pavord. She has won the radio category of the prestigious One World Media Award, the Glenfiddich Award and The BP Arts Journalism Award. In 2021 she left the BBC and now works as an independent producer and writer. Particularly happy in the Aegean, Beaty is also a passionate three-season swimmer in the Thames near where she lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and daughter. Journey to the River Sea https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdn6dp3 Celia Pym http://celiapym.com/ Charlotte Green giggling on air https://soundcloud.com/greville-suitcase/charlotte-green-radio-4-today Wet-Sox https://www.wetsuitwearhouse.com/wetsuits/category/worn.html 5.Rameau's Les Inde Galante - Les Sauvages - played on the cello by Christian Pierre La Marca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2MJ-QrF90k A beach in the SE of the Peloponnese in Greece which I am not going to name https://drinkteatravel.com/best-beaches-peloponnese-greece/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Alexei Sayle discusses with Ivan both things which he thinks should be better known and a number of things which he thinks are terrible. Alexei Sayle is a comedian and writer. He was the original MC of the Comedy Store in London when it opened in 1979 and was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He is best known for his performances in the BBC TV programmes The Young Ones, The Comic Strip and Alexei Sayle’s Stuff. He has written three novels and two volumes of autobiography: Stalin Ate My Homework and Thatcher Stole My Trousers. The Bride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_(1985_film) The Supergrass https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090102/ Whoops Apocalypse https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083502/ Lenin of the Rovers https://archive.org/details/leninoftherovers1-2 Socialism https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2020/01/30/socialism-understanding Derry Girls https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/19/derry-girls-channel-4-the-funniest-thing-on-tv-lisa-mcgee Motherland https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/motherland-review-bbc-b1844797.html Louis CK https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/10/can-louis-ck-spin-his-troubles-into-art Predator 2 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/21/hear-me-out-why-predator-2-isnt-a-bad-movie Movie sequels better than the original https://time.com/5353143/sequels-better-than-original/ Charles Spencer https://charles-spencer.com/about/ Carry On Columbus https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/carry-on-columbus-and-the-failed-attempt-to-revive-a-comedy-series/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Author Francis Spufford discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Francis Spufford’s novel Light Perpetual has been longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. His first novel Golden Hill was published in 2016 and won the Costa First Novel Award.He is the author of five celebrated books of non-fiction. The most recent, Unapologetic, has been translated into three languages; the one before, Red Plenty, into nine. In 2007 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The leafy hills of South London https://www.southlondonclub.co.uk/blog/2016/10/14/8-secret-leafy-getaways-to-visit-this-autumn-in-south-london The Pilot G-Tec C4 fine-line pen https://www.penandpaper.co.uk/product/pilot-microtip-rollerball-g-tec-c4/ Crisp Green Williams pears sliced thin, and eaten with Italian blue cheese https://www.bertolli.co.uk/recipes/warm-pearblue-cheese-crostini-180506 The works of Elizabeth Knox https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/25/the-absolute-book-by-elizabeth-knox-review-an-instant-classic The Church of England https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-defence-of-the-church-of-england The entire genre of science fiction https://www.salon.com/1999/05/25/sfdefense/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Virginia Ironside discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Virginia Ironside started off as a temporary secretary to Shirley Williams at the Fabian Society and then worked at Vogue, followed by the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail (as a rock columnist), Woman magazine, the Sunday Mirror, Today (as an agony columnist) and now with a column in the Oldie and the Idler. Since becoming sixty she has performed a show, Growing Old Disgracefully, all over the UK. Her website is www.virginiaironside.org Anna Kavan https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/the-curious-creation-of-anna-kavan Isle of Sheppey www.sdpt.org.uk Hippodrome Circus, Yarmouth hippodromecircus.co.uk A House in Bayswater www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZlBYJ0_uY&t=43s Anne Acheson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Acheson Motherhood https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/sep/03/familyandrelationships.features10 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Sam Gilbert discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Sam Gilbert is an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. An expert in data-driven marketing, he was employee number one and chief marketing officer at Bought By Many, an award-winning fintech start-up named as one of Wired’s hottest start-ups in Europe and ranked in the Sunday Times TechTrack100 list of the UK’s fastest growing companies. Previously, he was head of strategy and development at the data company Experian and head of consumer finance at Santander. He lives in Copenhagen. West Highland Line: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotland-by-rail/great-scenic-rail-journeys/west-highland-line-glasgow-oban-and-fort-williammallaig AnswerThePublic.com: https://answerthepublic.com/ Danish Summerhouses: https://www.howtoliveindenmark.com/podcasts/danish-summerhouse-dollhouse-expect-youre-invited-danish-summer-home/ The Zuckerberg Files: https://zuckerbergfiles.org/ Judith Shklar's Liberalism of Fear: https://philpapers.org/archive/SHKTLO.pdf Novels of Magnus Mills: https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/magnus-mills This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Michael Wood discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Michael Wood is Professor in Public History at the University of Manchester. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday, and In Search of England. He has made well over one hundred documentary films, among them Art of the Western World, In Search of the Trojan War, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors and The Story of India – all of which were accompanied by bestselling books. Du Fu https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/10/08/du-fu-li-bai-poems/ Tamil Nadu landscape and culture https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/tamil-nadus-landscapes-and-ancient-poetry/ Debate on Universal Human Rights in Valladolid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valladolid_debate Hadrian the African https://www.historyextra.com/period/anglo-saxon/hadrian-clerk-libya-african-who-anglo-saxon-england/ Sven Lindqvist https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/22/sven-lindqvist-life-in-writing Ethos https://www.duvarenglish.com/ethos-has-put-us-all-in-the-therapists-office-and-asked-us-to-speak-article-55126 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Helen Thompson discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. She is a columnist for the New Statesman and a regular contributor to the podcast Talking Politics. Arnold Bennett’s Clayhanger https://reading19001950.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/clayhanger-by-arnold-bennett-1910-2/ The Hoo Peninsula https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/discover-the-hoo-peninsula-7181064 Battlestar Galactica (the Ronald Moore version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)) Dolly Parton’s My Tennessee Mountain Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG2kL4ojylk St Vitale, Ravenna https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/medieval-europe-islamic-world/v/justinian-and-his-attendants-6th-century-ravenna Gregor von Rezzori’s The snows of yesteryear https://notevenpast.org/snows-yesteryear-2008/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Dominic Sandbrook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Dominic Sandbrook is the author of eight books of modern history, and is best known for his books on Britain since the 1950s. The first volume, Never Had It So Good, covers the late 1950s and early 1960s. The second book, White Heat, looks at Britain in the heyday of the 1960s, and was later used as the background for a BBC drama. The third and fourth volumes, State of Emergency and Seasons in the Sun, cover the 1970s, and were adapted for television as the BBC documentary series The 70s. The fifth volume, Who Dares Wins, covers the early 1980s, including the first Thatcher administration, the Falklands War, the New Romantics, the birth of home computers and the tragic decline of Wolverhampton Wanderers. His new book series Adventures in Time, aimed at young readers, focuses on the six wives of Henry VIII and the Second World War. He has a weekly podcast, The Rest is History, with his fellow historian Tom Holland. The Weather Islands of Sweden https://www.vastsverige.com/en/tanum/produkter/the-weather-islands/ The Good Soldier https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/07/fiction.julianbarnes The Byzantine Empire https://www.livescience.com/42158-history-of-the-byzantine-empire.html Stan Cullis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Cullis Bridgnorth https://www.mccartneys.co.uk/pages/bridgnorth-area-guide The Dark is Rising sequence https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/dec/08/season-s-readings-the-dark-is-rising This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm