

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

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

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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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