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Supporting Content

• The Verb: Something New – The Poems

  New poems commissioned by The Verb for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ centenary.

  

• 35 Years of Spoken Word

  A season of Poetry and Performance from Hull.

  

• Ten brand new poems by contemporary poets

  Poetry commissioned specially for Radio 3's Three Score and Ten series.

  

• Explore the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arts website and discover the best of British art and culture.

  

• Listen to programmes, poetry readings and commentary from Radio 3's Dylan Thomas Day.

  

• Miranda Keeling and Ian tweet from opposite sides of the Tyne in Gateshead.

  

• Ghost In The Machine

  Written by Karen Featherstone from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers Access Group.

  Duration: 8:05

• No Smoking In the Ground

  Written by Matthew Smith from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers Voices development group.

  Duration: 10:41

• Something Borrowed

  Written by Alan Flanagan from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers Scripted development group.

  Duration: 7:59

• Kissing With Tongues

  Written by Amy Arnold (from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Writers Voices and Scripted development groups).

  Duration: 6:42
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• The Verb at Contains Strong Language 2018

• The Verb at Latitude 2018

• The Verb at Latitude 2018

• The Verb at Free Thinking 'The Many'
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• The Verb Manifesto

  Ian McMilllan has always loved the idea of Ìý‘the manifesto’, even when he was a little boy and they featured things like ‘No adults allowed in the den’ and ‘We demand endless crisps!’.

  Now he’s launching The Verb’s very own ‘Writing Manifesto’ – a list of six rules for writing inspired by a year of interviews with guests like Margaret Atwood, Simon Armitage, Gabriel Byrne, Claudia Rankine, Floella Benjamin, Greg James and Yanis Varoufakis, and with poets and writers at the very start of their careers.

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  Discover our six new rules in this specially commissioned animation:

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