Better Known

Ivan Wise
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May 26, 2019 • 29min

Monisha Rajesh

This week, Monisha Rajesh discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/books/review/fahrenheit-451-ray-bradbury.html How easy it is to donate to local charities www.theguardian.com/money/2012/may/15/best-ways-give-charity-without-donating-money The British Empire should be taught in schools www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n14/linda-colley/multiple-kingdoms Emergency SOS dial on iPhones https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208076 How important it is to travel to places of contention www.bloomsbury.com/uk/around-the-world-in-80-trains-9781408869758/ Chocolate Guinness cake at Brett and Bailey at Crystal Palace market http://www.brettandbailey.co.uk/news/2016-04-12-we-make-londons-best-chocolate-guinness-cake
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May 19, 2019 • 28min

Lara Feigel

This week, Lara Feigel discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. A Foreign Affair https://directorsseries.net/2016/02/17/billy-wilders-a-foreign-affair-1948/ Martha Gellhorn’s Point of No Return www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n09/jeremy-harding/no-one-leaves-her-place-in-line Kensal Green cemetery https://londonist.com/2016/10/things-you-didn-t-know-about-kensal-green-cemetery The Ivan Juritz Prize http://www.ivanjuritzprize.co.uk/ Doris Lessing’s The Four Gated City https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/doris-lessing/four-gated-city/ Suffolk estuary near Boyton https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/boyton-and-hollesley-marshes/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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May 12, 2019 • 29min

Jane Dismore

This week, Jane Dismore discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Jane Dismore is a biographer and a freelance writer of history and heritage. Her latest book is Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II (2018), pub. USA (Lyons Press) and UK (Thistle). Her website is: https://janedismore.com/ The beauty of Northumberland https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/hidden-beauty-spots-northumberland-nine-13096075 Lady Dorothy Mills, novelist, explorer and early woman Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society: my feature for Eastern Daily Press: https://janedismore.com/2014/12/10/lady-dorothy-mills-nee-walpole/ Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, suffragist: my feature for Dorset Life: https://janedismore.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/2018-dorset-life-article.pdf The Cavendish Bentinck Library at the LSE is named for her. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/11/the-water-babies-fairytale-social-change-richard-coles-documentary Public archives https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/guides/introduction/ Original 78 rpm records http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/history/p20_4_6.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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May 5, 2019 • 29min

Tom Tivnan

This week, Tom Tivnan of The Bookseller discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Patrick O’Brian www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/the-next-great-tv-show-if-only-someone-will-make-it/403837/ Great Molasses Flood of 1919 www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2019/01/09/the-great-molasses-flood-was-boston-strangest-disaster/VawySumFUf5vKCibM9PLtJ/story.html Dark www.theverge.com/2017/12/1/16724852/netflix-dark-review-first-german-streaming-series Chester Himes www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n08/adam-shatz/writing-absurdity The People’s Almanac https://www.amazon.com/The-Peoples-Almanac-David-Wallechinsky/dp/0385040601 Scottish Borders www.visitscotland.com/blog/family-2/days-out-south-scotland/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Apr 28, 2019 • 30min

Henry Hemming

This week, Henry Hemming discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Henry’s books include Misadventure in the Middle East and M. Every day life in Iran www.lonelyplanet.com/iran/background/other-features/5dfe99c7-3ffb-4664-a7de-4ba79bcc016d/a/nar/5dfe99c7-3ffb-4664-a7de-4ba79bcc016d/361011 Eric Maschwitz https://spartacus-educational.com/SPYmaschwitz.htm The dishwasher https://medium.com/@rogergathmann/on-washing-the-dishes-dfec4cddd5c6 The reality of Britain standing alone against Nazi Germany, pre-Pearl Harbor www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/aug/19/military.secondworldwar Grand Designs www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/interiors/design-news/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-kevin-mcclouds-grand-designs-series-a124961.html Hands off parenting https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/28/614386847/what-kind-of-parent-are-you-carpenter-or-gardener?t=1556477867458 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Apr 21, 2019 • 29min

Rishi Dastidar

This week, Rishi Dastidar discusses six things with Ivan which should be better known. The Bathers’ album Kelvingrove Baby: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Kbj8WGU786XtVHHEDUZUf Estorick Collection www.estorickcollection.com Hotellings Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotelling%27s_law Philly cheesesteak www.passyunk.co.uk Robert Elms’ In Search of The Crack https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Crack-Robert-Elms/dp/0670823287 Sarah Manguso www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/01/09/from-300-arguments/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Apr 14, 2019 • 29min

Clare Mulley

This week, Clare Mulley talks to Ivan about six things that should be better known. Eglantyne Jebb www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Woman-Who-Saved-the-Children--A-Biography-of-Eglantyn/23450779 Melitta Schiller von Stauffenberg www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Women-Who-Flew-for-Hitler--The-True-Story-of-Hitlers-Valkyries/21401991 Ecosia www.ecosia.org Diversity within British history https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/people-nation-empire The range of services of local councils https://awards.lgcplus.com/2018-winners The achievements (and diversity) of female special agents https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Clare-Mulley/The-Spy-Who-Loved--the-secrets-and-lives-of-one-of-Britai/14277647 Clare Mulley is the award-winning author of three books. The Woman Who Saved the Children won the Daily Mail Biographers' Club Prize, and The Spy Who Loved, now optioned by Universal Studios, led to Clare being decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito. Clare's third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, is a dual biography of two extraordinary women at the heart of the Third Reich, but who ended their lives on opposite sides of history. A regular contributor to TV and radio, Clare recently gave a TEDx talk at Stormont, wrote last year's BBC Reith Lecture quiz, and lectures in London and Paris on wartime female special agents. She also reviews non-fiction for the Telegraph, Spectator and History Today. Clare was chair of the judges for the Historical Writers Association 2017 Non-Fiction Prize, and has recently become an honorary patron of the Wimpole History Festival. www.claremulley.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Apr 7, 2019 • 29min

Kerry Hudson

This week, Kerry Hudson discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. The music of Blick Bassy and Emahoy Tsegue-Mayam Guebruo www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJHXlc7Afzk The joy of travelling in the country Georgia www.traveldrafts.com/50-things-you-need-to-know-before-traveling-to-georgia/ Vintage Delia Smith cookery programmes on the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p05rml64/delia-smiths-cookery-course Bus rides in Bangkok www.keepcalmandtravel.com/bangkok-by-bus-a-cheap-alternative-way-to-visit-the-city/ Ironopolis by Glen James Brown www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/16/ironopolis-by-glen-james-brown-review Night terrors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Mar 31, 2019 • 28min

Conor Reid

This week, Conor Reid of the Words to that Effect podcast (www.wttepodcast.com) discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The works of Edgar Rice Burroughs www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/06/xenophic-hack-or-master-storyteller-the-wild-world-of-edgar-rice/ The city of Turin as a tourist destination http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2013/11/10-reasons-why-turin-should-be-on-your-italy-bucket-list/ The song Four Ethers by Serpentwithfeet www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4N_lOAieA Brown bread ice-cream www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/irish-brown-bread-ice-cream-1958 The album Night Train by Oscar Peterson https://musicophilesblog.com/2016/02/02/oscar-petersons-night-train/ The work of China Mieville www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/fiction/china-mieville-brief-introduction-books-start-read This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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Mar 24, 2019 • 30min

William Cook

This week, William Cook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The plays of Joe Orton www.nybooks.com/articles/1987/09/24/changeling/ The stories of Charles Bukowski www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/03/14/smashed The beach resorts of the Baltic Coast www.roughguides.com/article/the-10-best-baltic-beach-resorts/ The paintings of Robert Colquhoun & Robert MacBryde, aka The Two Roberts www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2hscrfQSYK2BrFvHXbNhW5b/the-two-roberts-love-paint-and-poverty The journalism of Auberon Waugh www.lrb.co.uk/v07/n21/ian-hamilton/the-waugh-between-the-diaries The music of Dudley Moore www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-VL6cNeEz8 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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