Better Known

Lucy Jones discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Lucy Jones is a writer and journalist. She previously worked at NME and the Daily Telegraph, and her writing on culture, science and nature has been published in BBC Earth, BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman. She is the author of Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild (Allen Lane) and Foxes Unearthed (Elliott & Thompson). The psychological aspect of our relationship to nature https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305463/losing-eden/9780241441534.html Matrescence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsX_HnJtHU A Woman in a Polar Night by Christiane Ritter https://www.pushkinpress.com/product/a-woman-in-the-polar-night/ Sophie Mason https://www.sophiemason.co/ Dream of the Rood http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/literature/dor/medora1.html National Trust venues on car journeys https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/calm-places-to-pause This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ali Thurm discusses six things with Ivan which she thinks should be better known. Ali is a novelist, poet and teacher. After balancing a career in primary teaching with writing part time, she was taken on by the literary agency Emily Sweet Associates in 2016. Her debut novel, One Scheme of Happiness was published in February 2020 by Retreat West Books. Find out more about Ali on her blog: https://alithurm.com and on Twitter @alithurm. You can buy One Scheme of Happiness by Ali Thurm at https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Scheme-Happiness-compelling-triangle/dp/1916069320 Community gardening https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/community-gardening/Resources/community-garden Quiet by Susan Cain https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0141029196/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr Pink grapefruit marmalade https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/17/nigel-slater-marmalade-recipes Mimi Khalvati http://www.mimikhalvati.co.uk/ Charles Blondin https://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Blondin-Charles.html Loose leaf tea https://leafteashop.co.uk/benefits/ and https://www.wikihow.com/Brew-Loose-Leaf-Tea This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Ivan Wise discusses six things which he thinks should be better known, on the theme of Stories about Writers. The rehearsals for Pygmalion https://www.stuckinabook.com/the-truth-about-pygmalion-by-richard-huggett/ Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing by Arthur Koestler https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/02/10/the-afterlife-of-arthur-koestler/ Writers' pseudonyms https://lithub.com/the-surprising-stories-behind-the-pen-names-of-10-famous-authors/ The obscenity trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/11/19/the-lady-at-the-old-bailey Park Bench: Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/robert-benchleys-legacy-in-an-era-of-fraught-comedy Literary collectors http://airshipdaily.com/blog/01162014-author-collections This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Daisy Dunn discusses six things with Ivan which she thinks should be better known. Daisy is a classicist and critic and author of, mostly recently, In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece & Rome, and Homer: A Ladybird Expert Book. Find out more about Daisy at www.daisydunn.co.uk. Hesiod http://www.impossibleobjectsmarfa.com/fragments-2/early-greek-philosophy and https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/01/18/hesiod-doggish-translation/ Spelt http://thespeltbakers.ca/what-is-spelt/ The Warburg Institute Library https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/library-collections/library Rodin at the V&A http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135954/the-young-mother-relief-rodin-auguste/ and https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/auguste-rodin Henry Green https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Henry-Green/Loving/141101 Shorthand https://www.troab.co.uk/history-of-shorthand This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Private Eye journalist and novelist Adam Macqueen discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find more about Adam at https://adammacq.wordpress.com. Adam’s political thriller Beneath the Streets is available now. If you type RINKA at the checkout at http://eye-books.com/books/beneath-the-streets, you can get 30% off and free P&P within the UK. His non-fiction books include The Prime Minister’s Ironing Board and other State Secrets and The Lies of the Land: An Honest History of Political Deceit. The RNLI https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2016/sep/06/rnli-photo-essay-graeme-robertson Dan Rhodes https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/dan-rhodes-revenge-is-why-i-write-1888523.html The Crystal Palace dinosaurs https://www.southlondonclub.co.uk/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-crystal-palace-dinosaurs Marcia Falkender https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/16/lady-falkender-obituary-marcia-williams The Hammer House of Horror TV series http://londonhorrorsociety.co.uk/five-best-episodes-of-hammer-horror-tv-series/ The New Creation https://tedium.co/2017/01/09/countering-the-counterculture/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Timandra Harkness talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Timandra is a presenter, writer and comedian. She has presented BBC Radio 4 documentaries including Divided Nation and the FutureProofing series. Her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter? was published in 2016. Find out more about Timandra at https://timandraharkness.com/. Kingdom Coming (aka Year of Jubilo) by George Melly https://civilwarfolkmusic.com/2013/02/23/1862-kingdom-coming-work/ Anchovy paste https://www.gq.com/story/anchovy-paste-use-secret-ingredient Crossness Pumping Station www.crossness.org.uk Archy and Mehitabel by Dom Marquis http://www.librarything.com/work/29840/reviews/72394368 Pineau de Charentes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/courtneyschiessl/2019/03/19/pineau-des-charentes-cognac-go-to/ Data can tell a lot about WHAT you are but not who you are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdilkRC4YVw This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Find out more about Lindsay at www.lindsayjohns.com The novels of Alex La Guma https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qcyy0 Archibald Motley, Jr https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f6xd To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence by James Elroy Flecker https://beta.spectator.co.uk/article/why-james-elroy-flecker-deserves-our-attention The Martinican film Rue Cases - Negres (1983) http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2013/08/honoring_the_french_film_rue_casesnegres/ Platelet donation http://www.blood.co.uk/platelets/ and https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00074hj Crispy Bamboo Village https://foursquare.com/v/crispy-bamboo-village/4bf348fce5eba593c8711e90/menu This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Aceil Haddad talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. British seaside towns https://www.roughguides.com/special-features/britains-30-best-seaside-towns/ Charity Shops for sustainable fashion https://www.charityretail.org.uk/charity-shops-the-ethical-and-sustainable-alternative-to-fast-fashion/ Maternity and Pregnancy discrimination https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/ Split Ticketing https://www.splitticketing.com/ The importance of intuition http://theconversation.com/is-it-rational-to-trust-your-gut-feelings-a-neuroscientist-explains-95086 The value of friendships https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/19/adult-friendships-can-be-effortful-and-elastic-thats-what-makes-them-special This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Susannah Clapp, theatre critic of The Observer, discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Francis Wyndham https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/09/francis-wyndham-obituary Beatbox Academy https://www.bac.org.uk/content/39748/whats_on/whats_on/events_and_workshops/bac_beatbox_academy Dressing Gowns https://fiveminutehistory.com/10-victorian-dressing-gowns/ Armenian postcards https://armenianweekly.com/2011/07/05/old-armenian-postcards-preserve-the-past/ Pallant Gallery, Chichester https://pallant.org.uk/ Building a Library https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fv78szmZmvB73p2bstPVTT/building-a-library-living-with-the-pathetique This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Jim Shepard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jim has written seven novels, including The Book of Aron, which won the Sophie Brody Medal for Jewish Literature, the PEN/New England Award for Fiction, and the Clark Fiction Prize, and five story collections, including Like You’d Understand, Anyway, a finalist for the National Book Award and Story Prize winner. Seven of his stories have been chosen for the Best American Short Stories, two for the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and two for Pushcart Prizes. He’s also won the Library of Congress/ Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction and the ALEX Award from the American Library Association. He teaches at Williams College. Paestum http://www.amalficoastdrivers.com/paestum.asp Muddy Waters' album Fathers and Sons https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/fathers-sons-90263/ Maria Beig https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/16/no-judgment-no-message-no-mercy/ Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/books/review/command-and-control-by-eric-schlosser.html Writer's Tears http://walshwhiskey.com/writers-tears-copper-pot/ Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/02/24/stompin-at-the-savoy/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm