The Christmas Verb

Song and storytelling with Simon Armitage, Joanne Harris and Owen Roberts

• 47 mins

Synesthesia

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

• 48 mins

TS Eliot Prize Readings

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

• 59 mins

Don Paterson

An extended conversation with poet Don Paterson.

• 47 mins

The Subjunctive Verb

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

• 49 mins

John Ruskin

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

• 44 mins

Nightclubs

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

• 44 mins

Between Two Countries

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

• 49 mins

How to write out sexism

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

• 48 mins

Myths Re-imagined

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

• 49 mins

Writing the Gap

Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature

• 44 mins

Insects and Language

Ian McMillan and guests explore writing about insects.

• 52 mins

Speaking of Violence

With Mark Haddon, Kate Fox and Rachael Allen.

• 44 mins

Along The River

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

• 50 mins

America

With Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes and Sarah Churchwell.

• 44 mins

The Hay Festival

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

• 44 mins

Aldeburgh

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

• 46 mins

The Common or Vulgar Verb

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

• 50 mins

The Sound of Translation

With Rowan Williams, Adam Thirlwell and Adania Shibli.

• 44 mins

The Moon Verb

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

• 50 mins

Molluscs

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

• 44 mins

Alone

The language and literature of loneliness with Kate Carr and DJ Taylor.

• 44 mins

Novels that Shaped Our Language

With Tim Minchin, Elif Shafak, Geoff Dyer and Kit de Waal

• 44 mins

German poetry after the Berlin Wall

Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature

• 46 mins

To the Circus

The Verb goes to the circus.

• 49 mins

Sports Writing

With Frank Skinner, Zaffar Kunial, Rob Drummond and Joseph Bond.

• 50 mins

Christmas Nonsense

Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

• 44 mins

The World of Poetry Publishing

With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh

• 45 mins

Puns and Wordplay

Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay

• 46 mins

Goodness

With Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Will Harris, Kate Fox and Toby Litt.

• 47 mins