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

Native American Writing

Acclaimed poet Layli Long Soldier joins Ian McMillan to explore her poetry.

• 44 mins

Hotel

With Eimear McBride, Andy Miller and Roger Luckhurst

• 48 mins

The Language of Leaving

Ian McMillan explores the language of leaving.

• 46 mins

Poetry and philosophy

Ian McMillan's guests are Raymond Antrobus and Helen Mort.

• 49 mins

Obsolete

With William Gibson, Don Paterson and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún and Caro C

• 43 mins

African Writing

With Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama.

• 50 mins

Social

Boo Hewerdine and Kate Fox on how friendships change in difficult times.

• 44 mins

17/04/2020

Ian McMillan is joined by guests including Alan Titchmarsh and Patience Agbabi.

• 44 mins

Mirrors

Looking into the mirror with Rebecca Solnit and Ira Lightman.

• 44 mins

Woods, Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature Poetry

With Alice Oswald and Fiona Sampson

• 44 mins