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Mona Bani

Mona Bani discusses with Ivan Wise her six choices of things which she thinks should be better known.

1. Political dissidents from the Iranian Revolution www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/dec/17/iran-problem-human-rights-not-nuclear-programme

2. Lilleskoler http://vingelilleskole.dk/uf/110000_119999/119908/1158e31ca22831534d8dca6438457d0f.pdf

3. Deptford Market www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wdzadm/london-deptford-market

4. Taarof www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161104-the-persian-art-of-etiquette

5. Hip Hop Garden http://www.mayproject.org/hip-hop-garden

6. Christiania www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/culture/alternative-christiania

Suman Biswas

Suman Biswas discusses his six choices of things which should be better known.

Oink! http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/19841/1/the-secret-history-of-oink
Life in an operating theatre http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/12/secret-life-anaesthetist-surgery-doctor
Up to Something http://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/up_to_something/
Unusual units of measurement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement
Baby names http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/07/notes-from-a-baby-names-obsessive
Demo versions http://tonedeaf.com.au/14-early-demos-classic-songs/

Richard Elwes

Richard Elwes discusses six things with Ivan Wise which he thinks should be better known.

St Wilgefortis http://themedievalworld.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/bearded-lady-legend-of-saint.html
The Machine Stops by EM Forster http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36289890
The World War One Fractalists http://www.historickilmun.org/stories/lewis-fry-richardson
Nudist Colony of the Dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsZJOtnspVk
Toshiko Akiyoshi https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=mqr;c=mqr;c=mqrarchive;idno=act2080.0043.307;rgn=main;view=text;xc=1;g=mqrg
Micromotives and Macrobehaviour https://www.scribd.com/document/361117697/Thomas-Schelling-Micromotives-and-Macrobehavior-pdf