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Better Known


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JD Dickey
May 15, 2022

Historian JD Dickey discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. J.D. Dickey has for more than 20 years been observing and writing about American history, society and culture. Of his book, Rising in Flames, Harold Holzer in the Wall Street

Rory Sutherland
May 08, 2022

Rory Sutherland discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Rory is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, an attractively vague job title which has allowed him to co-found a behavioural science practice within the agency. Before founding

Andy West
May 01, 2022

Philosopher Andy West discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Andy West is philosopher in residence at HMP Pentonville, London. His writing has been published in The Guardian, Aeon, The Big Issue, 3AM Magazine and Lito. He is the auth

Katja Hoyer
April 24, 2022

Katja Hoyer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Katja Hoyer is an Anglo-German historian and journalist. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She writes about Ger

Jenny Kleeman
April 17, 2022

Jenny Kleeman discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Jenny Kleeman is a journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker. She hosts the weekend Breakfast show on Times Radio and writes for the Guardian, the Sunday Times and The New Stat

Nicola Horlick
April 10, 2022

Nicola Horlick discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Nicola Horlick is CEO of Money&Co. She has been a leading fund manager in the City of London for over thirty years. During that time, she has set up and managed several invest

James Runcie
April 03, 2022

James Runcie discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. James Runcie is an award-winning film-maker, playwright and literary curator. He is the author of twelve novels that have been translated into twelve languages, including the seven

Lias Saoudi
March 27, 2022

Musician Lias Saoudi discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Lias Kaci Saoudi is a writer, artist and musician, and the front man of genre-bending iconoclasts Fat White Family. Born to a British mother and Algerian father, he grew up

Justine Waddell
March 20, 2022

Justine Waddell is a writer, producer and actor. Through her production company, Asterisk Films, she has just picked up the 2021 Golden Prague Czech Television Award for her documentary feature film Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari. She has also pro

Roisin Kiberd
March 13, 2022

Roisin Kiberd discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Roisin Kiberd's essays have been published in the Dublin Review, the White Review, the Stinging Fly and Winter Papers. She has written features on technology and culture for public