The Verb Podcast
Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.
Episodes to download
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African Writing
Fri 3 Apr 2020
With Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama.
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Native American Writing
Fri 7 Feb 2020
Acclaimed poet Layli Long Soldier joins Ian McMillan to explore her poetry.
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Puns and Wordplay
Fri 24 Jan 2020
Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay
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The World of Poetry Publishing
Fri 10 Jan 2020
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
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Christmas Nonsense
Fri 20 Dec 2019
Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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German poetry after the Berlin Wall
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature
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Novels that Shaped Our Language
Fri 8 Nov 2019
With Tim Minchin, Elif Shafak, Geoff Dyer and Kit de Waal
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Molluscs
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.
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The Moon Verb
Fri 19 Jul 2019
With Ocean Vuong, Kate Fox, Rob Drummond, Ira Lightman and Mary Jean Chan.
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The Common or Vulgar Verb
Fri 5 Jul 2019
with Philip Gross, Jacqueline Saphra, Cathy Rentzenbrink and Heather Phillipson.
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Aldeburgh
Fri 7 Jun 2019
Live from The Aldeburgh Festival with Lavinia Greenlaw, Fiona Sampson and Mark Padmore.
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The Hay Festival
Fri 31 May 2019
Ian McMillan is joined by John Lanchester, Hannah Sullivan, Rachel Parris and Nina Stibbe
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Along The River
Fri 17 May 2019
With Alan Hollinghurst, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Jude Rogers and MacGillivray
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How to write out sexism
Fri 8 Mar 2019
The Verb on sexism and language with Ann Oakley, Siri Hustvedt, Salena Godden, Ingrid Plum
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Between Two Countries
Fri 1 Mar 2019
Ian McMillan spends time with Patrick McGuinness, Kate Fox, Basia Howard and Nick Makoha.
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The Verb: Something New 鈥� The Poems
New poems commissioned by The Verb for the 蜜芽传媒 centenary.
35 Years of Spoken Word
A season of Poetry and Performance from Hull.
蜜芽传媒 Arts
Explore the 蜜芽传媒 Arts website and discover the best of British art and culture.
The Dylan Thomas Collection
Listen to programmes, poetry readings and commentary from Radio 3's Dylan Thomas Day.
