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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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