

Better Known
Ivan Wise
Each week, a guest makes a series of recommendations of things which they think should be better known. Our recommendations include interesting people, places, objects, stories, experiences and ideas which our guest feels haven't had the exposure that they deserve.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 1, 2020 • 27min
Allison Dufosee
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
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Feb 23, 2020 • 30min
Morag Joss
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
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Feb 16, 2020 • 30min
John Osborne
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
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Feb 9, 2020 • 30min
Olivia Fane
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
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Feb 2, 2020 • 30min
Margot Livesey
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
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Jan 26, 2020 • 29min
Fiona Maddocks
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
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Jan 19, 2020 • 30min
George Butler
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/
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Jan 12, 2020 • 29min
Tarik O'Regan
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
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Jan 5, 2020 • 28min
Emma Vandore
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
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Dec 29, 2019 • 28min
Christina Gascoigne
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/
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