Five years after the first episode of Better Known, Ivan Wise talks again to previous guests Richard Elwes, Wasfi Kani and Kerry Shale. They discuss previous choices that they agree (and disagree with) and new choices which they think should be better known.
Richard Elwes is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, where he has taught courses on Geometry, Number Theory, Algebraic Topology, Combinatorics, Logic, History of Maths and Computational Mathematics. Find out more at www.richardelwes.co.uk.
Wasfi Kani is the founder of Grange Park Opera. Wasfi Kani is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She received a CBE in the 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to music. She received an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List 2002 for her work in bringing her second opera company, Pimlico Opera, into prisons. Find out more at www.grangeparkopera.co.uk.
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, Dr. Who and The Trip. Films include Batgirl and Angel Has Fallen. For BBC radio, he has won three Sony Awards for acting and writing. His latest play, an adaptation of Yentl The Yeshiva Boy, will be broadcast early in 2023. He co-presents the podcast Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/is-it-rolling-bob-talking-dylan/id1437321669. Find out more at www.kerryshale.com.
Mark Sykes and the exhumed coffin http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7617968.stm
The Minoan civilisation https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2009/08/13/knossos-fakes-facts-and-mystery/
Steven Appleby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Appleby

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