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Better Known

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.

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29:28

Virginia Ironside

Better Known ·

2021/07/25

Virginia Ironside discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Virginia Ironside started off as a temporary secretary to Shirley Williams at the Fabian Society and then worked at Vogue, followed by the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail (as a rock columnist), Woman magazine, the Sunday Mirror, Today (as an agony columnist) and now with a column in the Oldie and the Idler. Since becoming sixty she has performed a show, Growing Old Disgracefully, all over the UK. Her website

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30:53

Sam Gilbert

Better Known ·

2021/07/18

Sam Gilbert discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Sam Gilbert is an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. An expert in data-driven marketing, he was employee number one and chief marketing officer at Bought By Many, an award-winning fintech start-up named as one of Wired’s hottest start-ups in Europe and ranked in the Sunday Times TechTrack100 list of the UK’s fastest growing companies. Previously, he was

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29:52

Michael Wood

Better Known ·

2021/07/11

Michael Wood discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Michael Wood is Professor in Public History at the University of Manchester. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday, and In Search of England. He has made well over one hundred documentary films, among them Art of the Western World, In Search of the Trojan War, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors and The Story of India –

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30:51

Helen Thompson

Better Known ·

2021/07/04

Helen Thompson discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. She is a columnist for the New Statesman and a regular contributor to the podcast Talking Politics. Arnold Bennett’s Clayhanger https://reading19001950.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/clayhanger-by-arnold-bennett-1910-2/ The Hoo Peninsula https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/discover-the-hoo-peninsula-7181064 Battlestar Galactica (the

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29:58

Dominic Sandbrook

Better Known ·

2021/06/27

Dominic Sandbrook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Dominic Sandbrook is the author of eight books of modern history, and is best known for his books on Britain since the 1950s. The first volume, Never Had It So Good, covers the late 1950s and early 1960s. The second book, White Heat, looks at Britain in the heyday of the 1960s, and was later used as the background for a BBC drama. The third and fourth volumes, State of Emergency and Seasons in the Sun, cover the

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29:50

John Kampfner

Better Known ·

2021/06/20

John Kampfner discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. John Kampfner is an award-winning author, broadcaster, commentator and cultural leader. His book Why The Germans Do It Better is Guardian, Economist and New Statesman Book of the Year and Waterstones Best Books of 2020. Find out more at www.jkampfner.net. People playing cricket in Chicago www.iplcc.com Cornwall's links with Mexico

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30:09

Oliver Sears

Better Known ·

2021/06/13

Oliver Sears discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Oliver Sears is a London-born Dublin-based art dealer & gallery owner. He is son of a Holocaust survivor & founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland. Formerly a trustee of Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, he is a frequent contributor to radio and newspapers including RTÉ and The Irish Times. He tells his family story ‘The Objects of Love’ through a collection of precious objects, documents and photographs,

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29:57

Meg Rosoff

Better Known ·

2021/06/06

Novelist Meg Rosoff discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, educated at Harvard and St Martin’s College of Art, and has lived in London since 1989. Her first novel, How I Live Now, sold more than a million copies worldwide and was made into a feature film starring Saoirse Ronan. She has won or been shortlisted for 24 international book prizes, including the Orange Prize, the Whitbread and the National Book Award in America, and is a

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30:10

Rosie Wilby

Better Known ·

2021/05/30

Comedian Rosie Wilby discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2018 and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Rosie’s new book The Breakup Monologues (Bloomsbury) is based on her podcast of the same name, which was

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29:51

Rosa Rankin-Gee

Better Known ·

2021/05/23

Novelist Rosa Rankin-Gee discusses six things which she thinks should be better known. Rosa Rankin-Gee is the author of two novels: The Last Kings of Sark, which won Shakespeare & Company’s Paris Literary Prize, and Dreamland, set in a near-future Margate, which has just come out with Scribner. She once tried to stop Brexit with 600 croissants. Insulated Mugs https://cheeki.com/blogs/news/8-reasons-to-buy-an-insulated-coffee-mug The first signs of anaphylaxis

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30:05

Alexandra Shulman

Better Known ·

2021/05/16

Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Alexandra Shulman was editor in chief of British Vogue, the longest serving editor in the history of the magazine. Her new book is Clothes and other things that matter. https://www.waterstones.com/book/clothes-and-other-things-that-matter/alexandra-shulman/9781788401999 Passion Flower capsules or tincture https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/calming-effects-of-passionflower Delayed

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30:11

David Runciman

Better Known ·

2021/05/09

David Runciman discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. This episode was recorded the day before the local elections. Professor David Runciman was Head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) from 2014 to 2018. His research interests are in twentieth century political thought, particularly ideas of democracy and crisis, and the role of technology in contemporary politics. David's new book is How Democracy Ends, published

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26:30

One in a Thousand

Better Known ·

2021/05/05

To celebrate 1000 Better Known choices, Ivan invites past guests to discuss their One in a Thousand, the choice which above all deserves to be better known. People: Caroline Eden discusses Sanmao Places: Eleanor Fitzsimons discusses the Sheep’s Head Peninsula and Barbara Scully discusses Southern Spain Objects: Lindsay Johns discusses the books of Alex LaGuma Stories: Christopher Fowler discusses Experiences: Alexis Sotiropoulos discusses the National Fruit Museum Ideas: Tarik O’Regan discusses

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28:27

Tracey Follows

Better Known ·

2021/05/02

Tracey Follows discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Tracey Follows is a futurist and author of The Future of You: Can Your Identity Survive 21st-Century Technology? She is the CEO of Futuremade, a futures consultancy advising global brands and specialising in the application of foresight to boost business. Charles Wareing Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1901) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59959/59959-h/59959-h.htm The Otaku

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28:31

Felicity Hayes-McCoy

Better Known ·

2021/04/25

Felicity Hayes-McCoy discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Felicity Hayes-McCoy, bestselling author of The Library at the Edge of The World, was born in Dublin, Ireland. She studied literature at UCD before training as an actress in London. Her work as a writer ranges from TV, radio drama and documentary, to screenplays, memoir, journalism and children's books. Her "Finfarran" novels, set in Ireland and featuring local librarian Hanna Casey, are widely read

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29:53

Dawood Gustave

Better Known ·

2021/04/18

Dawood Gustave discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Dawood Gustave is the founder of Reluctantly Brave and a global leader in bringing gamechanging imaginative thinking into the heart of businesses. He grew up on a council estate in Peckham in south London. Aged sixteen, he left school and home, spending the next 16 years finding a range of ways to survive and make a living. At 31, a series of disturbing personal events sparked a desire to change the course of his

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29:13

Armand D'Angour

Better Known ·

2021/04/11

Armand D’Angour discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Armand D’Angour is a Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor at Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the literature and culture of ancient Greece, and (as a former professional cellist) has conducted innovative research into reconstructing ancient Greek music. His books include The Greeks and the New (Cambridge: CUP, 2011) and Socrates in

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30:14

Sarah Carey

Better Known ·

2021/04/04

Sarah Carey discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Sarah Carey is a broadcaster, columnist and regular contributor Irish and international media. She is a columnist for The Irish Independent and has previously written for The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times and The Sunday Times. For six years she presented the critically praised Talking Point on Newstalk. Sarah has a degree in history from Trinity College, Dublin. She began her career in telecommunications and

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29:42

Samira Shackle

Better Known ·

2021/03/28

Samira Shackle discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Samira Shackle is a freelance writer and reporter based in London. She is the editor of the New Humanist magazine, and a regular contributor to the Guardian Long Read. Her first book, Karachi Vice, is a work of narrative nonfiction telling the story of five ordinary citizens of Pakistan's largest city. Private cities

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29:56

Sam Bowman

Better Known ·

2021/03/21

Sam Bowman discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Sam Bowman is director of competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, Portland. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, a Non-Executive Director of the drug policy think tank Volteface, and Founder of the Entrepreneurs Network. He was previously Executive Director of the Adam Smith Institute, an economic policy think tank in Westminster. PC Music

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