

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
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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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Mar 17, 2019 • 28min
Ann Kennedy Smith
This week, Ann Kennedy Smith discusses six things which she thinks should be better known
Rathlin Island www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/rathlin-island
BBC Pronunciation guides of the 1930s www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2016/jun/07/marjerine-or-marg-arine-how-the-bbc-taught-us-to-talk-proper
The Cambridge Ladies Dining Society 1890-1914 https://akennedysmith.com/about-2/
EM Forster’s biography of M Thornton
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Marianne_Thornton.html?id=UE8rAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
5.The 2019 campaign for adult education www.wea.org.uk/news-events/news/1919-centenary-commission-launches
Cruikshank’s Worship of Bacchus www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cruikshank-the-worship-of-bacchus-n00795
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Mar 10, 2019 • 29min
Better Unknown
This week, in a reversal of the normal positivity, Richard Elwes discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks we would be better off without.
Smooth jazz and Kenny G www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm
English language films www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181029-the-100-greatest-foreign-language-films
The Golden Ratio www.fastcompany.com/3044877/the-golden-ratio-designs-biggest-myth
Bridge (the card game) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571194/Bridge-tables-hit-by-unpleasantness.html
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Music Grade Exams) https://crosseyedpianist.com/2016/08/31/exams-dont-make-musicians/
Superstars www.uvm.edu/pdodds/files/papers/others/1981/rosen1981a.pdf
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Mar 3, 2019 • 30min
Mark Mason
This week, Mark Mason discusses with Ivan his six choices of things which should be better known.
Apophenia www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/reality-play/201207/being-amused-apophenia
Heartlands film http://film.britishcouncil.org/heartlands
Apollo 12 https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo12.cfm
Train in the Distance by Paul Simon www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFTHhcvRT0
Joe Swail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Swail
Selling Hitler by Robert Harris www.lrb.co.uk/v08/n06/alan-milward/holy-relics
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Feb 24, 2019 • 29min
Sophie Ratcliffe
This week, Sophie Ratcliffe talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. You can buy Sophie's book The Lost Properties of Love at www.waterstones.com/book/the-lost-properties-of-love/sophie-ratcliffe/9780008225902.
The classified sections of The Times newspaper for the year 1875 www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/opinion/14epstein.html
John Brewer photography workshops www.johnbrewerphotography.com
What GPs actually do https://drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/10-insider-tips-i-bet-you-dont-know-about-your-gp/
The manifold ways people respond to death and grief www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201702/the-ways-we-grieve
The benefits of having a disco ball in your kitchen www.thespruce.com/decorate-with-disco-balls-4155801
Hull www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40041884/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-hull-ahead-of-radio-1s-big-weekend
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Feb 17, 2019 • 29min
Richard Barnett
This week, Dr Richard Barnett discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known.
Russell Hoban’s Pilgermann www.nytimes.com/1983/05/29/books/exiled-from-wisdom.html
Kedgeree www.coop.co.uk/recipes/quick-and-spicy-kedgeree
Wittgenstein’s service in World War One www.military-history.org/articles/thinkers-at-war-wittgenstein.htm
Tarbat Discovery Centre in Portmahomack www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk
Simon Munnery https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jun/27/simon-munnery-hello-comedy-gold
John Fahey’s On the Banks of the Owchita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJghX8bInXY
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