Better Known

Morag Joss

23 Feb 2020

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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 te...

John Osborne

16 Feb 2020

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Writer John Osborne discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David Berman https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2019...

Olivia Fane

09 Feb 2020

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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 reas...

Margot Livesey

02 Feb 2020

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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 no...

Fiona Maddocks

26 Jan 2020

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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 Hi...

George Butler

19 Jan 2020

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Artist George Butler discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. George is an award winning artist and illustrator speciali...

Tarik O'Regan

12 Jan 2020

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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 Orc...

Emma Vandore

05 Jan 2020

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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 co...

Christina Gascoigne

29 Dec 2019

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Photographer, children’s book illustrator and potter Christina Gascoigne discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Gr...

Kathleen Alcott

22 Dec 2019

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Novelist Kathleen Alcott talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. Kathleen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Americ...

JJ Bola

15 Dec 2019

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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. Pedag...

Peter Blegvad

08 Dec 2019

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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-...

Catherine Johnson

01 Dec 2019

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Catherine Johnson discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Catherine has written over twenty books for children and teenagers. Her...

Alex Woolf

24 Nov 2019

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Composer Alex Woolf discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Sunday in the Park with George https://www.theguardian.com/stage/201...

Charlie Connelly

17 Nov 2019

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Writer Charlie Connelly discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. His books include Attention All Shipping: A Journey Rou...

Maya Jasanoff

10 Nov 2019

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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...

Petroc Trelawny

03 Nov 2019

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BBC Radio 3 Breakfast show presenter Petroc Trelawny discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Miklos Banffy's Transylva...

Jeremy Treglown

27 Oct 2019

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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 D...

Tess Morris

20 Oct 2019

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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....

Michael Blastland

13 Oct 2019

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Journalist Michael Blastland discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about Michael at https://pro...

Bobby Duffy

06 Oct 2019

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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 l...

Iain Burnside

29 Sep 2019

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Classical pianist Iain Burnside discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Find out more about Iain at https://www.askonas...

Joan Silber

22 Sep 2019

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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:/...

Joel Whitney

15 Sep 2019

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Joel Whitney talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Joel is the author of Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Bes...

Hugh Bicheno

08 Sep 2019

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Hugh Bicheno talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich...

Joe Thomas

01 Sep 2019

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Joe Thomas talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Joe's novels include Paradise City, Gringa and Playboy. The crime...

Wasfi Kani

25 Aug 2019

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Wasfi Kani of Grange Park Opera talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Ostia Antica https://www.ricksteves.com/watch...

Phil Shaw

18 Aug 2019

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Artist Phil Shaw discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can find out more about his work at https://www.rebeccahos...

Charles J Shields

11 Aug 2019

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Charles J Shields talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. His biographies include Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee...

Carl Rollyson

04 Aug 2019

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Carl Rollyson discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can read more about Carl and his books at www.carlrollyson.co...

JS Watts

28 Jul 2019

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The poet JS Watts talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Her books include The Submerged, Sea, Years Ago You Coloured Me an...

David Lough

21 Jul 2019

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David Lough discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. David is the author of Darling Winston and No More Champagne. Pris...

Matthew Sturgis

14 Jul 2019

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Matthew Sturgis, biographer of Oscar Wilde, talks to Ivan about six things which should be better known. Oscar Wilde’s duologues https://en.wikiped...

Geoff Dyer

07 Jul 2019

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Novelist Geoff Dyer discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. You can read more at www.geoffdyer.com. Joanna Hogg https...

Paul Anthony Jones

30 Jun 2019

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Paul Anthony Jones talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Paul's books include The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities a...

Clare Bucknell

23 Jun 2019

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Clare Bucknell discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. You can read her articles for the London Review of Books at www.lrb.co.uk/...

Gary Dexter

16 Jun 2019

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Gary Dexter discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The scourge of asthma www.asthma-international.org.uk The early...

Henriette van der Blom

09 Jun 2019

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Henriette van der Blom, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birming...

Irenosen Okojie

02 Jun 2019

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Novelist Irenosen Okojie talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing https://poetryschool...

Monisha Rajesh

26 May 2019

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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...

Lara Feigel

19 May 2019

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This week, Lara Feigel discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. A Foreign Affair https://directorsseries.net/2016/02/17/billy-wil...

Jane Dismore

12 May 2019

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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 ...

Tom Tivnan

05 May 2019

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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/...

Henry Hemming

28 Apr 2019

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This week, Henry Hemming discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Henry’s books include Misadventure in the Middle Ea...

Rishi Dastidar

21 Apr 2019

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This week, Rishi Dastidar discusses six things with Ivan which should be better known. The Bathers’ album Kelvingrove Baby: https://open.spotify.co...

Clare Mulley

14 Apr 2019

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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-...

Kerry Hudson

07 Apr 2019

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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 Guebr...

Conor Reid

31 Mar 2019

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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....

William Cook

24 Mar 2019

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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/...

Ann Kennedy Smith

17 Mar 2019

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This week, Ann Kennedy Smith discusses six things which she thinks should be better known Rathlin Island www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserve...

Better Unknown

10 Mar 2019

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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...

Mark Mason

03 Mar 2019

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This week, Mark Mason discusses with Ivan his six choices of things which should be better known. Apophenia www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/reality-p...

Sophie Ratcliffe

24 Feb 2019

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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 L...

Richard Barnett

17 Feb 2019

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This week, Dr Richard Barnett discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known. Russell Hoban’s Pilgermann www.nytimes.com/198...

Sam Dodson and Dan Sutherland

10 Feb 2019

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This week, Sam Dodson and Dan Sutherland from Nothing in the Rulebook discuss with Ivan six things which should be better known. The Future Library p...

Emma John

03 Feb 2019

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This week, Emma John discusses with Ivan her six choices which should be better known. The town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina https://vacationidea.c...

Imogen Russell Williams

27 Jan 2019

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This week, Imogen Russell Williams talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known. The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O’Shea...

Andy Reid

20 Jan 2019

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This week, Andy Reid talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. The Kingdom https://film.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-la...

Will Eaves

13 Jan 2019

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This week, Will Eaves discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known. The Gigue from Handel’s Suite No 1 in A major, for...

Henry Hitchings

06 Jan 2019

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This week, Henry Hitchings discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Theatre 503 www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities...

Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

17 Dec 2018

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This week, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Blackwing Pencils https://palominobrand...

Dave Pickering

09 Dec 2018

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This week, Dave Pickering talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known. Churchill’s crimes of empire https://crimesofbrita...

Alice Thwaite

02 Dec 2018

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This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known. Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want...

James Deacon

25 Nov 2018

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This week, James Deacon discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. How it Feels to be Attacked by a Shark by Michelle Hamer www.goo...

Ben Schott

18 Nov 2018

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This week, Ben Schott discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known. Stud cufflinks www.trendhim.co.uk/articles/the-cufflinks...

Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney

11 Nov 2018

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This week, Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney discusses six things which they think should be better known. The crime fiction of Celia Fremlin ...

Richard Canning

04 Nov 2018

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This week, Richard Canning discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. Ronald Firbank www.nytimes.com/1973/07/22/archives/prancing-n...

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

28 Oct 2018

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This week, Lucy Hughes-Hallett discusses six things which she thinks should be better known. The Deposition by Pontormo in the Church of Santa Felici...

Dan Benedictus

21 Oct 2018

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This week, Dan Benedictus discusses his six choices: Gorge Du Tarn https://about-france.com/tourism/tarn-gorge.htm Preserved Lemons for cooking https:...

Richard Walker

14 Oct 2018

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This week, Richard Walker discusses his six choices: Florida Southern College www.franklloydwrightatfsc.com The early films of Peter Greenaway - ‘T...

Catharine Morris

07 Oct 2018

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This week, Catharine Morris discusses her six choices. The role of an editor www.writersandartists.co.uk/writers/advice/151/self-publishing/editing/th...

Robjn Cantus

30 Sep 2018

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This week, Robjn discusses six things which he thinks should be better known. The London Canal Network www.bloomsbury.com/uk/maidens-trip-97814088012...

Laura Barton

23 Sep 2018

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This week, Laura Barton discusses six things that should be better known. Petrol tank arrow: very few drivers know about this handy tool - www.slate....

Peter Parker

08 Jul 2018

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This week, biographer Peter Parker discusses with Ivan his six choices of things which he thinks should be better known. Something for Everyone (1970...

Rachel Slade

01 Jul 2018

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This week, Rachel Slade discusses with Ivan her six choices of things which she thinks should be better known. The wild outdoors of North East London...

Joanne Harris

24 Jun 2018

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This week, Joanne Harris discusses her six choices of things which she thinks should be better known. The Breton kouign-amann www.bbc.com/food/recipe...

Will Ward

10 Jun 2018

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This week, Will Ward discusses his six choices of things which should be better known. Roald Dahl's adult short stories - https://www.newyorker.com/...

Benny Chastney

03 Jun 2018

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This week, Benny Chastney discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The Political Compass - https://www.politicalcompass....

Tess Read

27 May 2018

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This week, Tess Read discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Songs for Drella www.allmusic.com/album/songs-for-drella-...

Royal Family

20 May 2018

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This week, Andy Smith, Katie Kitney, Duncan Baldwin, Ed Cook, Will Ward, Tom Bucher, Josie Whitworth, Jonny Forbes and Colin Cliff discuss with Ivan a...

Jerry Hyde

13 May 2018

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This week, Jerry Hyde discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. This episode contains strong language and adult subject m...

Yuliya Smyk

06 May 2018

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This week, Yuliya Smyk discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. History of ethnic diversity of Kazakhstan https://astan...

Frances Turner

29 Apr 2018

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This week, Frances Turner discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Bonnington Cafe: a vegetarian restaurant in London r...

Christopher Fowler

22 Apr 2018

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This week, Christopher Fowler discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Spanish films http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/t...

Edward Cook

11 Mar 2018

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This week, Edward Cook discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. The microbiome: all the bacteria that live in your gut ...

Keir Shiels

04 Mar 2018

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This week, Keir Shiels discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known: Gervase Fen novels: detective stories by an Oxford prof...

Tom Newman

25 Feb 2018

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This week, Tom Newman discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known: The Beatles: largely forgotten 1960s beat combo - www.pa...

Thomas Williams

18 Feb 2018

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This week, Thomas Williams discusses six things which he thinks should be better known: Health economics: saving lives does not save money in the lon...

Maria Donovan and Anna Carlisle

11 Feb 2018

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This week, Maria Donovan and Anna Carlisle discuss with Ivan six things which should be better known. Edmund Dene Morel: political activist and reform...

Ivan Wise

04 Feb 2018

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This week, Ivan Wise discusses six things which he thinks should be better known Nothing Sacred: one of the finest film comedies, starring Carole Lom...

Ezekiel Jacob

28 Jan 2018

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This week, Ezekiel Jacob discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known: The evolution of powered flight in birds: why so...

David Singleton

21 Jan 2018

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This week, David Singleton talks to Ivan Wise about six things which he thinks should be better known. Tardigrades www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150313...

Jonny Forbes

14 Jan 2018

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This week, Jonny Forbes talks to Ivan Wise about six things which he thinks should be better known. Extreme heavy metal of the past thirty years - an...

Gregory Platten

07 Jan 2018

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This week, Gregory Platten discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known. Harris Gin: www.harrisdistillery.com/harris-gi...

Christmas Special

21 Dec 2017

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Ivan Wise talks to Edward Cook, Jonny Forbes, Will Ward, Alexis Meech, Rachel Slade, Duncan Baldwin, Katie Kitney, Ezekiel Jacob, Colin Cliff and Rick...

Andy Smith

17 Dec 2017

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This week, Andy Smith discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known. Spikeball: a sport with a trampoline-like net. http...

Matthew Brown

10 Dec 2017

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This week, Matthew Brown discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin: a science-fic...

Katie Kitney

03 Dec 2017

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Katie Kitney discusses with Ivan Wise six things which she thinks should be better known. Flowers for Algernon: science fiction novel by Daniel Keyes ...

Tania McCrea Steele

26 Nov 2017

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Tania McCrea Steele discusses with Ivan Wise six things which she thinks should be better known. The structures of UK governance www.parliament.uk/edu...

Trailer for Tania McCrea Steele

23 Nov 2017

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