<description>&lt;p&gt;Anthony Daniels discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anthony Daniels was born in London in 1949. He retired from medical practice except for medico-legal work in 2005. He has written several books, including an account of a journey across Africa by public transport, and under his pseudonym, Theodore Dalrymple, has written many essays for publications such as City Journal, some of which were collected in Life at the Bottom (2001), which has been translated into several languages. His new book is Buried But Not Quite Dead: Forgotten Writers of Père Lachaise. He divides his time between England and France.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2007/nov/01/thearsonistsstillburnsbrig"&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2007/nov/01/thearsonistsstillburnsbrig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Hospital Poems by WE Henley &lt;a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1931720414002025"&gt;https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1931720414002025&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;A Mother Peeling Apples by Pieter de Hooch &lt;a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-woman-peeling-apples-209233"&gt;https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-woman-peeling-apples-209233&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Melchior_de_Vog%C3%BC%C3%A9"&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Melchior_de_Vog%C3%BC%C3%A9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;That Le Corbusier was a fascist &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32546182"&gt;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32546182&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;That the poor are disproportionately the victims of crime &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/18/socialexclusion.crime"&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/18/socialexclusion.crime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;hr&gt; &lt;p&gt;This podcast is powered by &lt;a href="https://zencast.fm"&gt;ZenCast.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Better Known

Ivan Wise

Anthony Daniels

MAR 31, 202431 MIN
Better Known

Anthony Daniels

MAR 31, 202431 MIN

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Anthony Daniels discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Anthony Daniels was born in London in 1949. He retired from medical practice except for medico-legal work in 2005. He has written several books, including an account of a journey across Africa by public transport, and under his pseudonym, Theodore Dalrymple, has written many essays for publications such as City Journal, some of which were collected in Life at the Bottom (2001), which has been translated into several languages. His new book is Buried But Not Quite Dead: Forgotten Writers of Père Lachaise. He divides his time between England and France.

  1. The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2007/nov/01/thearsonistsstillburnsbrig

  2. The Hospital Poems by WE Henley https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1931720414002025

  3. A Mother Peeling Apples by Pieter de Hooch https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-woman-peeling-apples-209233

  4. Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Melchior_de_Vog%C3%BC%C3%A9

  5. That Le Corbusier was a fascist https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32546182

  6. That the poor are disproportionately the victims of crime https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/apr/18/socialexclusion.crime

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