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 Lan...
Apr 12, 2020•30 min
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:...
Apr 05, 2020•30 min
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...
Mar 29, 2020•29 min
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...
Mar 22, 2020•28 min
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, Ch...
Mar 15, 2020•30 min
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...
Mar 08, 2020•29 min
Allison Dufosee discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Allison is the chief executive of World Bicycle Relief. World Bicycle Relief www.worldbicyclerelief.org Stem Cell Donation https://www.anthonynolan.org/ Barter Books https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/index.php Gary Rhodes Shepherd’s Pie https://www.amazon.com/New-British-Classics-Gary-Rhodes/dp/0563534117 The Ginstitute https://www.theginstitute.com/the-experience/ Full Fact www.fullfact.org This podcast is power...
Mar 01, 2020•27 min
Morag Joss discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Morag is the award-winning author of the Sara Selkirk novels and teaches Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University. Delfshaven https://www.asthebirdfliesblog.com/posts/photos-of-delfshaven-rotterdam Public Domain Review - https://publicdomainreview.org Itchy Coo Press http://www.itchy-coo.com/newtitles.html Eric Ravilious https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2015/07/16/modern-english-strange-eric-ravilious/ My Dad’s ...
Feb 23, 2020•30 min
Writer John Osborne discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David Berman https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2019/07/Actual-Air-in-the-Purple-Mountains-An-Interview-With-David-Berman The Greater Anglia Samaritans delay repay donation scheme https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/news-articles/samaritans-receives-boost-greater-anglia-passengers-through-delay The Just Joans https://thejustjoans.bandcamp.com/ The sprawling, empty beaches of east Angli...
Feb 16, 2020•30 min
Olivia Fane discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Olivia is the author of five novels and The Conversations, 66 reasons to start talking. Her new book is Why Sex Doesn't Matter. She is married with five sons, and lives in West Sussex. Armenia as a tourist destination https://www.regent-holidays.co.uk/country/armenia-holidays/ The poet Katrina Porteous www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/katrina-porteous Meister Eckhart www.eckhartsociety.org Marcus Aurelius Medit...
Feb 09, 2020•30 min
For the hundredth episode, Margot Livesey talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Margot Livesey is a novelist. Her novels include Homework, Eva Moves the Furniture and The Flight of Gemma Hardy. Her eighth novel, Mercury, was published in 2016. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. St. Kilda https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/st-kilda The Weir of Hermiston https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/11/the-double-life-of-robert-louis-ste...
Feb 02, 2020•30 min
Fiona Maddocks discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Fiona is music critic of the Observer and author of books on Hildegard of Bingen, Harrison Birtwistle and 20th century music. Her Music for Life (Faber) is now in paperback. Shandy Hall https://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/shandy-hall.php Peckham Peculiar and Bruton Dove https://peckhampeculiar.tumblr.com/ and http://thedovemagazine.blogspot.com/ Cumnock Tryst https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/13/cu...
Jan 26, 2020•29 min
Artist George Butler discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. George is an award winning artist and illustrator specialising in travel and current affairs. In 2014, with three friends, he set up the Hands Up Foundation. The aim was to remind the people they had met in Syria that they had not been forgotten. Find out more about George at www.georgebutler.org. The work of Ronald Searle https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n08/graham-hough/prisoners Evelyn the movie https:/...
Jan 19, 2020•30 min
Composer Tarik O'Regan discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Tarik O'Regan has written music for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal Opera House, London. He is currently working on a saxophone concerto, which has been commissioned for soloist Amy Dickson by the Presteigne Festival to be premiered during his tenure as Composer-in-Residence in 2020. Tarik O’Regan’s work, recognized with two GRA...
Jan 12, 2020•29 min
Emma Vandore discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Emma is a writer and journalist. She has reported from over 30 countries on six continents, published in all of them, and now focuses on thought leadership content. Her long form work includes Schizophrenie Francaise, a satirical take on French politics that Paris Match described as the book all presidential candidates should read. In 2016, an idea for a novel won her a place on Escalator talent development sche...
Jan 05, 2020•28 min
Photographer, children’s book illustrator and potter Christina Gascoigne discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Great River Race https://www.greatriverrace.co.uk/ The Other Final https://lesserspottedfootball.com/the-other-final-review/ Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures https://www.artfutura.org/v3/en/theo-jansen/ Helen Schjerfbeck https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/helene-schjerfbeck Muriel Herbert https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/09/muriel-herb...
Dec 29, 2019•28 min
Novelist Kathleen Alcott talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. Kathleen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels America Was Hard to Find, Infinite Home and The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets. You can find out more about her at www.kathleenalcott.com. The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin https://www.gutenberg.org/files/365/365-h/365-h.htm News From Home https://vimeo.com/47911048 Time of the Last Persecution https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review.php/817 Jam...
Dec 22, 2019•29 min
JJ Bola talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. JJ Bola is a writer, poet and author of Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined . Pedagogy of the oppressed by Paulo Freire https://beautifultrouble.org/theory/pedagogy-of-the-oppressed/ Crisis in Congo https://congojustice.org/ Paul Lewin art work https://www.instagram.com/paullewinart/ Karim Kamar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KCw-t3nkc United Borders and 4 Front http://unitedborders.org/ and https://www.4frontproject.org/ The Up...
Dec 15, 2019•29 min
Peter Blegvad discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Small presses in the UK https://www.thisissplice.co.uk/about-splice/small-presses-in-the-uk/ Amateurs https://fs.blog/2017/08/amateurs-professionals/ Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley https://siarchives.si.edu/history/featured-topics/stories/wilson-bentley-pioneering-photographer-snowflakes Lucia Berlin https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n23/patricia-lockwood/sex-on-the-roof Sally O’Reilly https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/learn/writer-...
Dec 08, 2019•29 min
Catherine Johnson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Catherine has written over twenty books for children and teenagers. Her most recent, Freedom, won the Little Rebels Book Award and was selected as the UK's IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Honor List title. She is also a screenwriter and has written for TV and film, including Bullet Boy. She is currently working on an adaptation of Miranda Kaufman's Black Tudors for TV and a computer game for a Bri...
Dec 01, 2019•27 min
Composer Alex Woolf discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sunday in the Park with George https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/27/sunday-in-the-park-with-george-review-jake-gyllenhall-sondheim Solfege http://www.southcalmusic.com/solfege.php Evensong https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/03/the-joy-of-evensong/ Louise Imogen Guiney http://essays.quotidiana.org/guiney/quiet_london/ English National Opera’s Access All Arias https://www.eno.org/your-visit/ways-to-save-offers/...
Nov 24, 2019•30 min
Writer Charlie Connelly discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. His books include Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecast, And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years Of British and Irish History and Our Man In Hibernia: Ireland, The Irish And Me. Read more about him at www.charlieconnelly.com. Noel Coward's poetry https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/09/saturday-poem-noel-coward Sheila Borrett https://audioboom.com/posts/927298-sheil...
Nov 17, 2019•30 min
Harvard historian Maya Jasanoff discusses with Ivan six things that she thinks should be better known. Find out more about Maya at https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/maya-jasanoff . Her most recent book is The Dawn Watch, which you can buy at https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Watch-Joseph-Conrad-Global/dp/0143111043/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr =. Albert Kahn global photo archive https://allthatsinteresting.com/albert-kahn-archives-of-the-planet Shakespeare Wallah http://www...
Nov 10, 2019•29 min
BBC Radio 3 Breakfast show presenter Petroc Trelawny discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Miklos Banffy's Transylvanian Trilogy https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/aug/05/writing-wall-miklos-banffy-summer-readings Call My Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_My_Agent ! Hungarian wine https://winefolly.com/review/hungarian-wines-for-the-win/ Limerick https://www.limerick.ie/limerick-insider/10-facts-you-didnt-know-about-limerick Lennox Berkeley h...
Nov 03, 2019•30 min
Jeremy Treglown talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Jeremy is chair of Arvon and has written biographies of Roald Dahl, Henry Green, VS Pritchett and John Hersey. He was editor of the Times Literary Supplement between 1981 and 1990. Carn Brea https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/redruth/carn_brea.htm Mozart’s Requiem in D minor with soloists taken from the chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiBZ2C725ns John Hersey’s Hiroshima https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/jer...
Oct 27, 2019•31 min
Screenwriter Tess Morris discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Watch the trailer for her film Man Up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22gEHzlaEQw Magic Mike XXL as feminist masterpiece https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gkbak/surprise-magic-mike-xxl-was-the-most-important-feminist-movie-of-2015 The Baked Potato https://thetakeout.com/the-perfect-method-to-make-a-baked-potato-1829350363 Dispelling the myth that you can't walk in LA https://www.lamag.com/cityth...
Oct 20, 2019•30 min
Journalist Michael Blastland discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about Michael at https://profilebooks.com/michael-blastland.html . The myth of nurture v nature https://www.nature.com/articles/421806a The uncertainty of public data https://medium.com/wintoncentre/has-uk-employment-gone-down-maybe-and-maybe-not-7b2e8fbdc7c5 Science’s replication crisis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-016-0021 The fallibility of medicines https://www....
Oct 13, 2019•29 min
Bobby Duffy discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Bobby is the director of the Policy Institute at King's College London. His latest book is The Perils of Perception . Negativity bias https://www.offgridsessions.com/2019/07/30/the-perils-of-perception/ The cohort effect https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/18/young-people-tory-grey-vote Proper definition of Polarisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqlDfPcHWM The Price by Arthur Miller https://www.ft.com/...
Oct 06, 2019•29 min
Classical pianist Iain Burnside discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Find out more about Iain at https://www.askonasholt.com/artists/iain-burnside/ . The Scottish composer FG Scott https://signumrecords.com/product/songs-of-fg-scott-moonstruck/SIGCD096/ Sally Clarke’s spicy sweetcorn soup https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/masters-of-modern-cookery-1-sally-clarke-the-soup-kitchen-1142406.html The website www.borrowmydoggy.com Molly Keane’s novel Go...
Sep 29, 2019•29 min
Novelist and short story writer Joan Silber talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Find out more about Joan at http://joansilber.net/ . Luang Prabang, Laos https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/oct/12/luang-prabang-laos-three-day-holiday-itinerary David Malouf https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/david-malouf The Mighty Clouds of Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeM-VMkhFdM Charles Baxter https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/charles-baxter/ Walking i...
Sep 22, 2019•28 min
