Ivan Wise

04/02/2018 29 min
Ivan Wise

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This week, Ivan Wise discusses six things which he thinks should be better known

Nothing Sacred: one of the finest film comedies, starring Carole Lombarde - http://sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/nothing-sacred/


Charles Lamb: essayist and author of Tales from Shakespeare - www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44519/the-old-familiar-faces


Rosewood Thieves: American folk-rock band - www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARPHwygl8A


Takin’ Home the Asylum: BBC drama about mental health, and David Tennant's first starring role - www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jun/04/mentalhealth


Parkinson’s Law of Triviality: how committees spend most of their time on trivia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality


Cyrus Field: the man behind the transatlantic cable - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/books/the-cable-guy.html

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