Better Known
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Julius Taranto
Novelist Julius Taranto discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Julius Taranto is the author of a novel, How I Won a Nobel Prize, which is available at https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/julius-taranto/how-i-won-a-nobel-prize/978103
Faye Begeti
Faye Begeti discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Dr Faye Begeti is a practising neurology doctor and neuroscientist at Oxford University Hospitals. She completed her medical degree and PhD at Cambridge, and currently conducts resea
Kelly Link
Kelly Link discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Kelly Link is the author of White Cat, Black Dog; Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction; Magic for Beginners; Stranger Things Happen; and Pretty Monsters. Her s
Alice Kinsella
Alice Kinsella discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Alice Kinsella is a poet from Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland. She is the author of Sexy Fruit (Broken Sleep, 2018) and editor of Empty House: poetry and prose on the climate c
Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Robert McCrum is a writer and editor whose most recent book, Shakespearean was published to great acclaim in 2021. Formerly the editor-in-chief of Faber & Faber, and literary e
Less well known
Ivan looks back at previous discussions with a variety of guests and picks out the things which they think should be less well known. Foregoing the normal positivity, guests rant, complain and moan about famous people, books, television shows, sports, ide
Matthew Rice
Matthew Rice discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Matthew Rice paints, writes and runs courses in the summer which utilise his garden, which is the focus of the rest of his time. Over his career he has published 11 books on archite
Richard Mills
Richard Mills discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Dr Richard Mills is Associate Professor in English Literature and Popular Culture at St Marys University, London. He has been programme director for the Film and Popular Culture,
Noreen Masud
Noreen Masud discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Noreen Masud is a Lecturer in Twentieth Century Literature at the University of Bristol, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 2020. Her first book for non-academic audiences is A
Bob Cryer
Bob Cryer discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.Bob Cryer is an actor and writer best known for Coronation Street and Hollyoaks. He is the youngest child of Barry Cryer. He collaborated with his father on Barry's book of anecdotes,