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The NHS at 70
The Verb celebrates the NHS at 70.
The Verb at the Proms
Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Palin, Anne Dudley, Jason Singh and Mojdeh Stoakley.
Latitude Festival
Join Ian and guests at the Latitude Festival's Speakeasy stage
Contains Strong Language festival
The Verb at Contains Strong Language with Jackie Kay, Gruff Rhys and Louise Wallwein
Young Poets
The Verb at the 'Contains Strong Language' festival in Hull with the Foyle Young Poets
Failure for Writers
The Verb on 'failure' with Kate Fox, Mohammed Hanif, Scanner and Bryony Kimmings
Into The Forest
The Verb explores the forest as metaphor with Terry Deary and Pascale Petit
Instagram Poetry
featuring Yrsa Daley-Ward
Writing The Midlands
The Verb on The Midlands with Jonathan Coe, Liz Berry, Polar Bear
Unwritten
The Verb presents 'Unwritten: Caribbean Poems After The First World War'
Unwritten Poems - Verb Podcast Extra
A chance to hear the poems from the Unwritten event at 'Contains Strong Language' in full
Uncertainty
Shaun Usher, Jo Neary and Jude Rogers are in the late-night language lock-in.
What's in a name?
With Iain Sinclair, Kate Fox, Sam Illingworth and Marilyn Hacker
07/12/2018
With Will Eaves, Ben Schott, Selina Nwulu and Jeremy Noel-Tod
Sleepless Nights
With Al Kennedy, Amy Liptrot, Marina Benjamin and Bridget Minamore.
The Christmas Verb
Song and storytelling with Simon Armitage, Joanne Harris and Owen Roberts
Synesthesia
Hearing colours and tasting words with Hannah Silva, LJ Rich, Rob Drummond and Ruth Padel
TS Eliot Prize Readings
Ian McMillan comperes at the annual TS Eliot Prize readings at the Royal Festival Hall.
Don Paterson
An extended conversation with poet Don Paterson.
The Subjunctive Verb
With Toby Litt, Holly Pester, Menna Elfyn and Rob Drummond.
John Ruskin
Ian McMillan and guests celebrate writer, artist and critic John Ruskin.
Nightclubs
Dave Haslam, Geraldine Quigley, Rachael Young and Chris Green.
Between Two Countries
Ian McMillan spends time with Patrick McGuinness, Kate Fox, Basia Howard and Nick Makoha.
How to write out sexism
The Verb on sexism and language with Ann Oakley, Siri Hustvedt, Salena Godden, Ingrid Plum
Myths Re-imagined
With Richard Scott, Fiona Benson, Jack Bernhardt and Jenny Lewis
Writing the Gap
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature
Insects and Language
Ian McMillan and guests explore writing about insects.
Speaking of Violence
With Mark Haddon, Kate Fox and Rachael Allen.
Along The River
With Alan Hollinghurst, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Jude Rogers and MacGillivray
America
With Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes and Sarah Churchwell.
The Hay Festival
Ian McMillan is joined by John Lanchester, Hannah Sullivan, Rachel Parris and Nina Stibbe
