This week, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.

Kelleigh’s first novel Swan Song was chosen as one of The Times’ Books of 2018.

1. Blackwing Pencils https://palominobrands.com/blackwing/

2. The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930 http://www.distillerytrail.com/blog/10-classic-cocktails-savoy-cocktail-book-infographic/

3. Marfa, Texas http://www.vogue.com/article/city-dwellers-guide-to-marfa-texas

4. Clay Felker, New York Magazine & the School of New Journalism https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/clayfelker.html

5. The Films of Hal Ashby https://variety.com/2018/film/news/hal-ashby-documentary-director-amy-scott-harold-and-maude-being-there-1202925246/

6. Edith Wharton’s Glimpses of the Moon https://heavenali.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-glimpses-of-the-moon-edith-wharton-1922/

This week, Dave Pickering talks to Ivan about six things which he thinks should be better known.

1. Churchill’s crimes of empire https://crimesofbritain.com/2016/09/13/the-trial-of-winston-churchill/

2. Walking in London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/Londons-best-walks/

3. The Moomin Books by Tove Jansson http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/tove-jansson-life-words-westin-review

4. The Will to Change: Men, masculinity and love by bell hooks https://endofcapitalism.com/2009/01/20/review-of-the-will-to-change-men-masculinity-and-love/

5. The Expanse http://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80029822

6. The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived podcast http://www.theboywhohasntlived.com/

This week, Alice Thwaite talks to Ivan about six things she thinks should be better known.

1. Do we want consensus in our public dialogue, or do we want diversity of thought? https://echochamber.club/why-we-should-sometimes-silence-others/

2. Our actions do not necessarily define our character http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html

3. Our reality doesn’t just come from Facebook http://theconversation.com/the-myth-of-the-echo-chamber-92544

4. Jaco Pistorius http://www.thestacksreader.com/who-killed-jaco-pastorius/

5. Travel isn’t just about going to the amazing places that everyone has been to before http://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/6d4eo0/travelling_is_overrated/

6. This Country http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09twr53/episodes/player

This week, James Deacon discusses six things which he thinks should be better known.

1. How it Feels to be Attacked by a Shark by Michelle Hamer http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1954299.How_it_Feels_to_Be_Attcked_by_a_Shark

2. Simon Lyons https://simonlyonsauthor.com/

3. Neighbourhood Bakes https://www.neighbourhoodbakes.com/

4. Nice and Nicely Done by The Spinto Band https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/7829-nice-and-nicely-done/

5. Club 85 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire http://www.club-85.co.uk/

6. Desert Island Dicks Podcast http://www.acast.com/desert-island-dicks-podcast

This week, Ben Schott discusses six things with Ivan which he thinks should be better known.

1. Stud cufflinks http://www.trendhim.co.uk/articles/the-cufflinks-your-ultimate-guide

2. Polari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari

3. The photomontage artist John Heartfield http://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/393

4. The graphic design of movie poster billing blocks https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/24/opinion/sunday/ben-schott-movies-billing-blocks.html?hp

5. The “Celestial Empire of Benevolent Knowledge” https://garagemca.org/en/event/lecture-by-andrey-velikanov-jorge-luis-borges-the-garden-of-forking-paths-the-analytical-language-of-john-wilkins-chora-the-archaeology-of-knowledge

6. The secret codes of calling cards http://www.faena.com/aleph/articles/on-victorian-cards-for-secret-flirtations/

This week, Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney discusses six things which they think should be better known.

1. The crime fiction of Celia Fremlin http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/invisible-ink-no-249-celia-fremlin-9847533.html

2. Barreiro http://www.atlaslisboa.com/abandoned-lisboa-the-comboio-graveyard-in-barreiro/

3. Emma Hardinge Britten http://www.ehbritten.org

4. Anne Sharp https://austenprose.com/2008/06/07/jane-austens-dearest-friendship-with-miss-sharp-still-resonates-today/

5. The Japanese countryside https://donnykimball.com/countryside-travel-5c8e789c3fad

6. The history of children with learning disabilities https://langdondownmuseum.org.uk/the-history-of-learning-disability/social-history-of-learning-disability/

This week, Richard Canning discusses six things which he thinks should be better known.

1. Ronald Firbank http://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/22/archives/prancing-novelist-the-fixer-of-modern-camp-a-defence-of-fiction-in.html

2. Nils Dardel http://dardel.info/famille/artistes/NilsDardel/NilsDardelE.php

3. The Bathers https://peterross.scot/articles/the-bathers/

4. Karol Szymanowski http://www.roh.org.uk/people/karol-szymanowski

5. The Comeback http://www.hbo.com/the-comeback

6. Tigre https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/visit-tigre-buenos-aires%E2%80%99-waterside-getaway

This week, Lucy Hughes-Hallett discusses six things which she thinks should be better known. The episode was produced by Oliver Morris at Whistledown Studios in London.

1. The Deposition by Pontormo in the Church of Santa Felicita, Florence http://arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com/2018/05/jacopo-pontormos-deposition-of-christ.html

2. The beach at Covehithe, Suffolk
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/jul/14/beach.suffolk

3. Rosa Alba Celestial http://www.classicroses.co.uk/celestial-shrub-rose.html

4. The Immortal Dinner by Penelope Hughes-Hallett http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/23/classics.johnmullan

5. Angelo and Rosaline, by Bettina http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3931718-angelo-and-rosaline

6. The island of Veliki Brijuni http://www.istria-culture.com/en/national-park-brijuni-i119

This week, Dan Benedictus discusses his six choices:

1. Gorge Du Tarn https://about-france.com/tourism/tarn-gorge.htm
2. Preserved Lemons for cooking https://www.bbc.com/food/preserved_lemons
3. Using V8 Vegetable juice instead of tomato juice in a Bloody Mary https://v8juice.co.uk/recipes/classic-v8-bloody-mary/
4. Narwhals www.worldwildlife.org/stories/unicorn-of-the-sea-narwhal-facts
5. The film closer to the edge – a documentary about the Isle of Man TT www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/21/tt3d-closer-to-the-edge
6. The album OK Cowboy by Vitalic https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8538-ok-cowboy/

This week, Richard Walker discusses his six choices:

1. Florida Southern College http://www.franklloydwrightatfsc.com
2. The early films of Peter Greenaway – ‘The Falls’ and other oddities http://www.thehorsehospital.com/archive/past/kinokulture-past/peter-greenaway-the-falls
3. Michael Hurley – American folk troubadour surrealist http://www.snockonews.net
4. Robin Noscoe – 20th Century Renaissance man and inspirational art teacher http://www.compusmall.co.uk/benedictsark/index.php/stephen-batty/95-that-blysful-place
5. Sardinia – a hidden jewel in the Mediterranean http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/19/sardinia-sad-song-lost-opportunity
6. Elephant and Castle – as a desirable destination http://www.anadventurousworld.com/elephant-and-castle/