Better Known

Better Known


Latest Episodes

Kerry Shale
September 05, 2021

Kerry Shale discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known. Kerry Shale’s theatre appearances include Frost/Nixon, His Girl Friday, The Normal Heart and six self-written solo shows. Television work includes The Sandman (Netflix: 202

Rosita Boland
August 29, 2021

Rosita Boland discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Rosita Boland was born in County Clare in 1965 and lives in Dublin where she is Senior Features Writer at the Irish Times. She has published two collections of poems, Mu

Helen Thompson
July 04, 2021

Helen Thompson discusses Dolly Parton’s My Tennessee Mountain Home, Clayhanger and St Vitale

Dominic Sandbrook
June 27, 2021

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,

John Kampfner
June 20, 2021

John Kampfner discusses insect-based cuisine, Cornwall's links with Mexico and Why The Germans Do It Better

Oliver Sears
June 13, 2021

Art dealer Oliver Sears discusses Giorgio Perlasca, Helen Frankenthaler and Krowki

Meg Rosoff
June 06, 2021

Meg Rosoff discusses a song by The Who, a Woody Allen stand-up routine and the Galle to Kandy train

Rosie Wilby
May 30, 2021

Comedian Rosie Wilby discusses relationship anarchy, the films of Alex Ross Perry and the sitcom Home Time

Rosa Rankin-Gee
May 23, 2021

Novelist Rosa Rankin-Gee discusses Public Lending Right, why rollerblading disappeared and electric blankets

Alexandra Shulman
May 16, 2021

Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman discusses Delayed Gratification, Kiev and Where Stands a Winged Sentry