The Verb Episodes Episode guide
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Fatherhood, Dictionaries and Ghosts
With Joyce Carol Oates, Eley Williams, Yomi Sode and Lucy Burke.
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The Octopus Verb
With Peter Godfey Smith, Matthew Welton, Kate Fox, Catherine Ayres and Tania Hershman.
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Writers of the Caribbean diaspora
Roger Robinson, Malika Booker, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Ingrid Persaud.
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Language Lockdown
With Kate Clanchy, Rob Drummond and Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Woods, Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature Poetry
With Alice Oswald and Fiona Sampson
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Virtual Hay Festival
With Kapka Kassabova, James Shapiro and Inua Ellams
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Birdsong
With Sam Lee, Jen Hadfield and Richard Smyth.
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Carys Bray, Jacqueline Saphra, Jo Neary and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi
Ian McMillan and guests explore the world of language and literature
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Mirrors
Looking into the mirror with Rebecca Solnit and Ira Lightman.
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17/04/2020
Ian McMillan is joined by guests including Alan Titchmarsh and Patience Agbabi.
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Social
Boo Hewerdine and Kate Fox on how friendships change in difficult times.
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African Writing
With Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama.
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Obsolete
With William Gibson, Don Paterson and K峄嵦乴谩 T煤b峄嵦�s煤n and Caro C
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Poetry and philosophy
Ian McMillan's guests are Raymond Antrobus and Helen Mort.
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The Language of Leaving
Ian McMillan explores the language of leaving.
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Hotel
With Eimear McBride, Andy Miller and Roger Luckhurst
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Native American Writing
Acclaimed poet Layli Long Soldier joins Ian McMillan to explore her poetry.
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Goodness
With Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Will Harris, Kate Fox and Toby Litt.
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Puns and Wordplay
Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay
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T. S. Eliot Prize
Ian McMillan shares highlights of the T.S. Eliot Prize readings at the Royal Festival Hall
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The World of Poetry Publishing
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
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Christmas Nonsense
Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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Sports Writing
With Frank Skinner, Zaffar Kunial, Rob Drummond and Joseph Bond.
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To the Circus
The Verb goes to the circus.
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The Male Body
Ian McMillan with David Baddiel, Joanna Bourke, Wayne Holloway Smith and Rob Drummond.
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German poetry after the Berlin Wall
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature
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Novels that Shaped Our Language
With Tim Minchin, Elif Shafak, Geoff Dyer and Kit de Waal
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Alone
The language and literature of loneliness with Kate Carr and DJ Taylor.
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The Verb on Deep Time
Ian McMillan on the writing of deep time - with poets Kathleen Jamie and Denise Riley.
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Molluscs
Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.
