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  • Historian Alice Loxton discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Alice Loxton is a 28 year old history broadcaster and writer with over two million followers on social media (@history_alice). She has appeared on many channels including Sky Arts, Channel 5, BBC News and History Hit, and has worked with a wide array of organisations to bring history to mainstream audiences, including Christie’s, Meta, The National Trust, 10 Downing Street, The Royal Collection Trust, The National Portrait Gallery and The National Gallery. UPROAR! Satire, Scandal and Printmaking in Georgian London is Alice’s first book. Her second book, Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives, comes out in August 2024.

    James Gillray https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n12/peter-campbell/at-tate-britain

    The fact that Napoleon wasn’t short https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short

    Landmark Trust https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/may/12/how-a-derelict-scottish-tower-was-turned-into-a-sumptuous-retreat

    The French House, Soho https://www.timeout.com/london/bars-and-pubs/french-house

    Parish churches https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/days-out/britains-most-beautiful-churches

    The London Library https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v13/n18/john-sutherland/sod-off-readers

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  • Charlie Russell discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Charlie Russell she/her. Creative Associate and co-founder at Mischief. Trained at LAMDA. Work with Mischief includes Groan Ups (West End); The Play That Goes Wrong (UK Tour, West End, Broadway); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Pleasance, West End, BBC1 adaptation, Broadway); The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End); The Goes Wrong Show (BBC Sitcom); Improviser, Mischief Movie Night (West End, UK Tour), Austentatious, Yes Queens. Charlie wrote and performed a run of her first solo show, Charlie Russell Aims To Please, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022. Other acting work includes Kat in Kite Strings (Short Film), Doctors (BBC 1), And Then There Were None (BBC1 & Mammoth Screen) #FindTheGirl (BBC3 Online) and A Twist Of Dahl (BBC Radio 4). Charlie can next be seen starring in Fanny at The Watermill Theatre in May 2024.

    500 Acts of Kindness group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2074795452542346/

    Fanny Mendelssohn https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/23/arts/music-review-fanny-mendelssohn-was-audacious-too.html

    The game Worldle https://thinkygames.com/reviews/worldle-a-treasure-trove-for-geography-nerds/

    Improv https://www.hooplaimpro.com/improv-comedy-club-london-bridge.html

    A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr. https://www.gscene.com/arts/books/book-review-a-short-history-of-queer-women-by-kirsty-loehr/

    Therapy https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/benefits-of-talking-therapies/

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  • Sunny Singh discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Sunny Singh is a writer, novelist, public intellectual, and a champion for decolonisation and inclusion across all aspects of society. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Hotel Arcadia, With Krishna’s Eyes, and Nani’s Book of Suicides, a study of Amitabh Bachchan for the BFI’s film star series, and the recent, A Bollywood State of Mind: A Journey into the World’s Biggest Cinema. She has recently completed a collection of stories linked by the theme of war and is currently working on a new novel, and a non-fiction book about writing ethically. In 2017 she launched the celebrated Jhalak Prize. She is also a founder of the Jhalak Foundation that focuses on a range of literary, artistic and literacy initiatives in the UK and beyond. Sunny lives in London where she is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the London Metropolitan University.

    Bollywood movies https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/a-bollywood-state-of-mind-a-journey-into-the-worlds-biggest-cinema-by-sunny-singh/

    Backpacking https://nomadsworld.com/6-reasons-backpacking-good/

    Intersectionality https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

    Senegal http://hipafrica.com/features/9-reasons-visit-senegal/

    Open water swimming (and adult swimming lessons) https://www.brighton.ac.uk/news/2023/is-open-water-swimming-good-for-you

    The excellence and range of literature by British writers of colour https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/03/akala-bernardine-evaristo-ben-okri-and-more-pick-20-classic-books-by-writers-of-colour

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  • Alexandra Tolstoy discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Alexandra Tolstoy is an Anglo-Russian mother, adventurer, author and TV presenter. She organises adventurous horse riding holidays in Kyrgyzstan, and runs The Tolstoy Edit, a curated shop of her favourite interiors discoveries.

    Kyrgyzstan https://alexandratolstoytravel.com/

    Ronald Welch https://foxedquarterly.com/ronald-welch-carey-novels-telegraph-review/

    Darning and patching https://pieceworkmagazine.com/your-guide-to-mending/

    Ivan Bilibin http://textualities.net/jennie-renton/the-art-of-ivan-bilibin

    19th century European novels https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2021/06/14/review-the-semi-detached-house-by-emily-eden/

    Victoria sponges https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/grannys-victoria-sponge

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  • Novelist Julius Taranto discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Julius Taranto is the author of a novel, How I Won a Nobel Prize, which is available at https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/julius-taranto/how-i-won-a-nobel-prize/9781035006830. His other writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Phoebe. He attended Yale Law School and Pomona College. He lives in New York.

    Cynthia Ozick https://centerforfiction.org/interviews/cynthia-ozick-interviewed-by-alessandra-farkas/

    The Spirit of Liberty by Learned Hand https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2013/12/05/judge-who-shaped-our-law/

    Jon Brion https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/01/17/jon-brion-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/

    Polite Society https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/26/polite-society-review-fun-action-comedy-mashes-jane-austen-and-the-chuckle-brothers

    American Civil War battlefields and history tourism https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/defining-battles-civil-war/

    Peter Carey https://play.acast.com/s/talkingpolitics/petercarey

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  • Faye Begeti discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Dr Faye Begeti is a practising neurology doctor and neuroscientist at Oxford University Hospitals. She completed her medical degree and PhD at Cambridge, and currently conducts research into Parkinson’s disease alongside seeing her neurology patients. Her Instagram account @the_brain_doctor was started to share her knowledge more widely and has since amassed a community of over 134K followers. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two young daughters. Her new book is The Phone Fix at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phone-Fix-Brain-Focused-Building-Breaking/dp/1803285567

    Our phones are not addictive https://technosapiens.substack.com/p/smartphoneaddiction

    Habits are stored in a subconscious part of our brain https://www.npr.org/2012/03/05/147192599/habits-how-they-form-and-how-to-break-them

    We don’t have unlimited mental energy https://www.dayagrant.com/blog/how-the-brain-leaks-energy

    Chronic stress can lead to physical symptoms https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/stress/signs-and-symptoms-of-stress/

    A good night’s sleep starts in the morning https://hr.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1421/2023/02/A-Healthy-Nights-Sleep-Starts-the-Moment-You-Wake-Up.pdf

    Building cognitive reserve reduces the risk of dementia https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/mind-body/staying-sharp/thinking-skills-change-with-age/cognitive-reserve/

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  • Kelly Link discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Kelly Link is the author of White Cat, Black Dog; Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; Magic for Beginners; Stranger Things Happen; and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have been published in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. She is also the co-owner of Book Moon, an independent bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The Book of Love is her debut novel.

    Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-love-9781804548431/Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Love-Kelly-Link/dp/1804548456/Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-love-kelly-link/7508595?ean=9781804548455Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-book-of-love/kelly-link/9781804548455

    Kathryn Davis https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/kathryn-davis

    Dorothy https://dorothyproject.com/

    Winterpills https://www.winterpills.com/

    Kiva www.kiva.org

    CCATE www.ccate.org

    Street Books www.streetbooks.org

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  • Alice Kinsella discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Alice Kinsella is a poet from Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland. She is the author of Sexy Fruit (Broken Sleep, 2018) and editor of Empty House: poetry and prose on the climate crisis (Doire Press, 2021). Milk (Picador, 2023) is her debut book of prose. She is an Arts Council of Ireland Next Generation Artist.

    The Loneliest Whale in the Worldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwDXwcF3iw

    Happy Tummy Company https://www.thehappytummyco.com/

    Mosab Abu Toha https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/a-palestinian-poets-perilous-journey-out-of-gaza

    Polycystic Ovary Syndrome https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/polycystic-ovary-syndrome

    County Mayo's Whaling past https://iwdg.ie/end-of-our-whaling-era/

    Being wrong https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/french-parliament-passes-law-giving-citizens-the-right-to-make-mistakes

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  • Robert McCrum discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Robert McCrum is a writer and editor whose most recent book, Shakespearean was published to great acclaim in 2021. Formerly the editor-in-chief of Faber & Faber, and literary editor of the Observer, he is also the author of Wodehouse: A Life (2004), and a classic memoir, My Year Off (1998).

    From 1980 to 1996, McCrum was editor-in-chief of Faber & Faber, where he published Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Milan Kundera, Peter Carey, Danilo Kis, Paul Auster, Marilynne Robinson, Lorrie Moore, Adam Phillips, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jayne Anne Phillips, Orhan Pamuk, and Adam Mars-Jones. At the same time, he wrote seven novels, and co-authored the BBC TV series, The Story Of English, for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1986, followed by a Peabody Prize in 1987.

    In July 1995, McCrum suffered a serious stroke, a personal crisis he described in My Year Off, a book now regarded as an essential study in the understanding of the condition.

    He was literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2010. Globish (2010) was an international bestseller. In 2024, he will publish The Penalty Kick: The Story of A Game-changer with Notting Hill Editions.

    The Lost Art of Silence by Sarah Anderson https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/animal-emotions/202312/the-art-and-power-of-connecting-to-the-sounds-of-silence

    The River Granta https://www.wildlifebcn.org/news/river-granta-gets-wiggle

    The invention of the penalty kick in football https://epicchq.com/story/william-mccrum-the-irish-inventor-of-the-penalty-kick/

    Alfred the Great https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n09/tom-shippey/what-did-he-think-he-was

    Kindness https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-enthralled-a-generation/

    Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqrzmdevQSI

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  • Ivan looks back at previous discussions with a variety of guests and picks out the things which they think should be less well known. Foregoing the normal positivity, guests rant, complain and moan about famous people, books, television shows, sports, ideas and 90s dances which they find deeply tiresome. The guests and topics are:

    James Runcie on Lord of the RingsHelen Thompson on The West WingPaul Willetts on Meghan MarkleMatthew Parris on Alistair CampbellIrenosen Okojie on The SunDaisy Dunn on Whats appJon Glover on the word “like”Dominic Sandbrook on historyEmma Smith on ShakespeareKate Mosse on Nigel FarageHenry Hemming on Formula OneSubhadra Das on Charles DarwinAndy Smith on Macarena

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  • Matthew Rice discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Matthew Rice paints, writes and runs courses in the summer which utilise his garden, which is the focus of the rest of his time. Over his career he has published 11 books on architecture, designed many millions of mugs for the business he ran with his then wife Emma Bridgewater, and illustrated for Country Life magazine. His interests in architecture have led to a series of charity roles in that area. Matthew grew up in a household of designers and now lives in Oxfordshire where he paints and writes.

    Matthew Rice, educated at Bedales, studied painting and theatre design at Chelsea and Central Schools of Art, is an honorary doctor of Keele and Staffordshire Universities and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Matthew has four children and one grandson.

    His books include Village Buildings of Britain, Building Norfolk, Rice’s Architectural Primer, The Lost City of Stoke-on-Trent, Rice’s Church Primer, Oxford, Pat Albeck Queen of the Tea Towel, Rice’s Language of Buildings, Venice A Sketchbook Guide and Rome A Sketchbook Guide.

    During the summer, Matthew runs a variety of painting and gardening courses in addition to opening his garden at his home in west Oxfordshire. Further details are available at www.matthewricewatercolours.co.uk.

    His 2024 courses include:Tuesday 30th April – Vegetable & Cut Flower Growing CourseWednesday 15th & Thursday 16th May – Botanical Drawing CourseWednesday 29th & Thursday 30th May – Sketchbook CourseWednesday 5th & Thursday 6th June – Sketchbook CourseWednesday 19th & Thursday 20th June – Botanical Drawing CurseWednesday 10th & Thursday 11th July – Architectural Drawing Course

    His 2024 Open Garden dates are: Sunday 2nd June, Sunday 21st July an Sunday 8th September.

    Poundbury https://poundbury.co.uk/

    Landmark trust https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/

    Choral evensong https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/

    The Grant Museum https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/grant-museum-zoology

    Zinnias https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-zinnias/

    Silver Birch https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/silver-birch/

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  • Richard Mills discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Dr Richard Mills is Associate Professor in English Literature and Popular Culture at St Mary’s University, London. He has been programme director for the Film and Popular Culture, Cultural Studies and Irish Studies degrees. He has published extensively on popular music, Irish literature and culture, film, fashion and British television. Mills is the author of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia (Bloomsbury 2019). He is co-editor of Mad Dogs and Englishness (Bloomsbury 2017) and The Beatles and Humour (Bloomsbury 2023). He is author of the forthcoming The Beatles and Black Music: Post-colonial Theory, Musicology and Remix Culture (Bloomsbury 2024) Richard is a regular contributor to BBC4’s Last Word, Sky News, RTE, Portobello Radio and BBC Live and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Beatles Studies.

    Bedazzled https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/32e4e509-795e-5e0d-b70b-681f67bde3c8/bedazzled

    The black artists who influenced the Beatles' music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqp2h65BAs8 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGLGzRXY5Bw

    Deep End https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_End_(film)

    Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disturbing-Peace-Vintage-Classics-Richard/dp/0099518554

    Dining at the Dunbar by Maurice Leitch https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/13/maurice-leitch-obituary

    Claire Keegan's stories and novels https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/claire-keegan

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  • Noreen Masud discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Noreen Masud is a Lecturer in Twentieth Century Literature at the University of Bristol, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 2020. Her first book for non-academic audiences is A Flat Place (2023): a memoir-travelogue about the beauty of flat places, and how they might help us relate to each other.

    The beauty of flat landscapes https://theartsdesk.com/books/noreen-masud-flat-place-reflective-landscapesThe history of non-white British MPs https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01156/Deep canvassing https://www.vox.com/2020/1/29/21065620/broockman-kalla-deep-canvassingW. S. Graham https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-s-grahamThe proper use of prepositions and conjunctions https://content.byui.edu/file/b8b83119-9acc-4a7b-bc84-efacf9043998/1/Grammar-1-2-1.htmlHow to make elderly carrots less bendy https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-revive-limp-vegetables/

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  • Bob Cryer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Bob Cryer is an actor and writer best known for Coronation Street and Hollyoaks. He is the youngest child of Barry Cryer. He collaborated with his father on Barry's book of anecdotes, Butterfly Brain, in 2010. Shortly afterwards, they created the book series Mrs Hudson's Diaries, which was adapted into a play for Wilton's Music Hall. Mrs Hudson's Radio Show soon followed for Radio 4 in 2018. Their joint podcast, Now Where Were We?, launched just before Barry's death in January 2022. Bob's new book is Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow?: The Life and Laughs of a Comedy Legend.

    Black filter coffee https://majestycoffee.com/blogs/posts/americano-vs-drip-coffee

    Phyllis Pearsall https://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/post/the-real-story-of-a-z-maps-by-phyllis-pearsall

    Barry Cryer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34041501

    Raymond Carver https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/12/24/rough-crossings

    The Felice Brothers https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/23/the-felice-brothers-life-in-the-dark-new-album

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-review/

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  • Martin Knight discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Martin Knight is a British author. He has written autobiographies with footballers George Best, Dave Mackay, Peter Osgood and Charlie Cooke also Alan Longmuir founder member of the Bay City Rollers.

    In addition he has authored true crime titles and novels. His latest book Justice Killer is released in November 2023. His collaboration with ex-criminal Ronnie Field Nefarious will be published by Harper Collins in 2024.

    Bird identification apps https://birda.org/best-birdwatching-apps-uk/

    Letter writing https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/26/from-me-with-love-lost-art-letter-writing

    Non-league and lower league football https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/23260993.support-non-league-football/

    The Small Faces https://medium.com/the-riff/the-tragic-story-of-the-small-faces-8830946625b9

    The Footage Detectives https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/Playlist/Footage-Detectives?id=1ce12be2-3de3-4c50-a784-a8ceb1083fb0

    Hastings https://www.ellieandco.co.uk/2022/02/7-secret-highlights-of-a-weekend-in-hastings-east-sussex.html

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  • To mark the 300th episode of Better Known, actor Henry Lewis discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Henry Lewis is a power house creative: writer, actor, director and puzzle genius. He is the Artistic Director of Mischief and writes, produces and performs for the company. His work with Mischief includes: The Play that Goes Wrong (Broadway, West End, UK & International Tours), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1, West End & UK Tours), The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End & UK Tour), The Goes Wrong Show (BBC1 & Amazon), Magic Goes Wrong (created with magicians Penn & Teller, West End), Groan Ups (West End), Mischief Movie Night (West End & UK Tour). Henry's work has earned him five Olivier Nominations including a win for Best New Comedy for The Play that Goes Wrong, and his writing has been performed in over thirty countries worldwide. His new book is The Museum Heist, available at https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-museum-heist/henry-lewis/9781408728499.

    Royal Institution www.rigb.org

    I am Mother https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-genre-string-20190620-story.html

    Paxos https://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/paxos/

    John Duffin https://www.johnduffin.co.uk/

    Tony’s Chocolate https://tonyschocolonely.com/uk/en

    The Mystery Agency https://themysteryagency.com/

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  • Lucy Eaton discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Lucy Eaton’s theatre credits include: The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Trafalgar Studios), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Donmar Warehouse), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Southwark Playhouse), Daisy Pulls it Off (Park Theatre), Khadija is 18 (Finborough Theatre) and Almost, Maine (Park Theatre).

    TV credits include BBC1's lockdown smash comedy Staged, alongside David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and Netflix US’ Murder Maps.

    Alongside her acting, Lucy co-runs Go People, a production company specialising in uplifting escapism on an intimate scale. She is also Founding Director of Revels in Hand, an internationally renowned luxury events service that offers world class theatre productions in clients’ private homes. Revels in Hand has been featured in Tatler, The Guardian, Forbes, The Telegraph and Vogue.

    Greek food https://greekreporter.com/2012/03/05/top-10-strange-greek-foods-you-may-like-or-not/

    How actors learn their lines https://theactorsplace.org/how-actors-memorize-lines-part-1/

    Colons and semi-colons https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/colonandsemi/semi

    The pursuit of happiness https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/a_better_way_to_pursue_happiness

    The best theatres in London https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/top-london-theatre-venues-chosen-by-you

    You can hire theatre for your home https://www.revelsinhand.com/

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  • Simon Garfield discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Simon Garfield was born in London in 1960. He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. He is a trustee of Mass Observation, and is the editor of several books of diaries from the archive, including Our Hidden Lives and A Notable Woman. His recent books include Timekeepers, In Miniature, and All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia.

    The Interrogatory Mood by Padget Powell https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/07/padgett-powell-interrogative-mood-review

    The complete works of Tracy Kidder https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1981/10/08/modern-times/

    The Albertus typeface https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/simon-garfield/albertus/9781399609258/

    Backlisted podcast https://www.backlisted.fm/

    Yallah Coffee bar in St Ives https://yallahcoffee.co.uk

    New Wave - Elvis Costello’s collaboration with the Slovenian Eurovision entrants Joker Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKcxldNZYQA

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  • Leah Morgan discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Leah Morgan is a project engineer and science communicator working in fusion energy research. She makes science and engineering videos on her YouTube channel Leah Morgan and gives talks all about the energy of the future! You can find her at www.leahmorgan.co.uk and on TikTok, Youtube, and Instagram @LeahLoveScience.

    Fusion energy research https://www.iaea.org/topics/fusionDame Jocelyn Bell Burnell https://scientificwomen.net/women/bell-jocelyn-14Melodeons https://hobgoblin.com/instruments/instrument/melodeonThe King of Rome https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/nostalgia/meet-derbys-king-rome-worlds-5932317The dubious origins of English folk songs https://biblio.uottawa.ca/omeka1/silentfilmmusiccanada/exhibits/show/folk-music/cecil-sharpThe value of opportunity https://opportunitynetwork.org/about/

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  • Max Décharné discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

    Max Décharné‘s new book Teddy Boys – Post-war Britain and the First Youth Revolution is published by Profile Books on 25 January 2024. He was the drummer of the band Gallon Drunk, and has been the singer and songwriter with The Flaming Stars since 1994. An authority on the 1950s and 1960s counterculture, his other books include Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of British Slang, A Rocket in My Pocket, Hardboiled Hollywood and King’s Road: The Rise and Fall of the Hippest Street in the World. He lives in London.

    Frank Key https://foxedquarterly.com/andrew-nixon-frank-key-hooting-yard-stories-literary-review/

    Annette Hanshaw https://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/JazzRemembered/AnnetteHanshaw.html

    Jonathan Latimer https://mysteryfile.com/Latimer/Latimer.html

    What's On in London https://vintagemagazinecompany.co.uk/collections/whats-on-in-london

    The Jacobites https://soundcloud.com/jacobites/i-miss-you

    Coup de Torchon http://www.frenchfilms.org/review/coup-de-torchon-1981.html

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