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The Verb Episodes

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    Molluscs

    Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.

  2. The Verb from the Contains Strong Language Festival

    Ian McMillan presents The Verb from Hull with Stuart Maconie and other guests.

  3. The Verb from the Contains Strong Language Festival

    Ian McMillan explores translating and argumentation with Clare Pollard and other guests.

  4. The Verb at Contains Strong Language

    Ian McMillan is joined by Simon Armitage and other poets live from Hull.

  5. The Verb at The Proms

    Recorded at the 2019 蜜芽传媒 Proms.

  6. The Moon Verb

    With Ocean Vuong, Kate Fox, Rob Drummond, Ira Lightman and Mary Jean Chan.

  7. The Sound of Translation

    With Rowan Williams, Adam Thirlwell and Adania Shibli.

  8. The Common or Vulgar Verb

    with Philip Gross, Jacqueline Saphra, Cathy Rentzenbrink and Heather Phillipson.

  9. Silences and Poetry

    Ian is joined by poets Ilya Kaminsky, Simon Armitage and Julia Copus.

  10. Nice

    With Tessa Hadley, Brian Bilston and Jesse Schwenk.

  11. Young Artists - The Verb Takes Five

    With Jardel Rodrigues, Yandass Ndlovu, Willow Mirza, Alice Gretton and Jack Bernhardt.

  12. Aldeburgh

    Live from The Aldeburgh Festival with Lavinia Greenlaw, Fiona Sampson and Mark Padmore.

  13. The Hay Festival

    Ian McMillan is joined by John Lanchester, Hannah Sullivan, Rachel Parris and Nina Stibbe

  14. America

    With Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes and Sarah Churchwell.

  15. Along The River

    With Alan Hollinghurst, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Jude Rogers and MacGillivray

  16. Speaking of Violence

    With Mark Haddon, Kate Fox and Rachael Allen.

  17. Insects and Language

    Ian McMillan and guests explore writing about insects.

  18. Writing the Gap

    Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature

  19. Romantic Dialogue

    With Kate Fox, Jenny Colgan, Matthew Ingram, Jarlath Killeen and Kiru Taye.

  20. Free Thinking - A Writer's Emotions

    Writing emotions with Aidan Moffat, RM Hubbert, Raymond Antrobus, Tara Bergin, Denise Mina

  21. Free Thinking - Leonard Cohen

    The emotional language of Leonard Cohen: loneliness, longing, desire and celebration.

  22. Myths Re-imagined

    With Richard Scott, Fiona Benson, Jack Bernhardt and Jenny Lewis

  23. How to write out sexism

    The Verb on sexism and language with Ann Oakley, Siri Hustvedt, Salena Godden, Ingrid Plum

  24. Between Two Countries

    Ian McMillan spends time with Patrick McGuinness, Kate Fox, Basia Howard and Nick Makoha.

  25. Nightclubs

    Dave Haslam, Geraldine Quigley, Rachael Young and Chris Green.

  26. John Ruskin

    Ian McMillan and guests celebrate writer, artist and critic John Ruskin.

  27. The Subjunctive Verb

    With Toby Litt, Holly Pester, Menna Elfyn and Rob Drummond.

  28. Don Paterson

    An extended conversation with poet Don Paterson.

  29. TS Eliot Prize Readings

    Ian McMillan comperes at the annual TS Eliot Prize readings at the Royal Festival Hall.

  30. Synesthesia

    Hearing colours and tasting words with Hannah Silva, LJ Rich, Rob Drummond and Ruth Padel

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