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

Birdsong

With Sam Lee, Jen Hadfield and Richard Smyth.

• 53 mins

Virtual Hay Festival

With Kapka Kassabova, James Shapiro and Inua Ellams

• 44 mins

Language Lockdown

With Kate Clanchy, Rob Drummond and Julie Hesmondhalgh

• 48 mins

Writers of the Caribbean diaspora

Roger Robinson, Malika Booker, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Ingrid Persaud.

• 46 mins

The Octopus Verb

With Peter Godfey Smith, Matthew Welton, Kate Fox, Catherine Ayres and Tania Hershman.

• 49 mins

The Ledbury Festival

With Carolyn Forché, Kaveh Akbar, Juana Adcock and Sandeep Parmar.

• 48 mins

Domestic Violence - in language, myths, and fairy stories

Ian McMillan and guests on the language and myths of domestic violence.

• 44 mins

Salman Rushdie

Ian McMillan talks to Salman Rushdie about his writing process and 'cancel culture'.

• 52 mins

Nature Poetry: Experiments in Living

With Simon Armitage, Moniza Alvi and Jade Cuttle

• 45 mins

Wordsworth: Experiments in Living at Contains Strong Language

The Verb comes from Grasmere to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth's birth.

• 44 mins

Landscape & Language: Experiments in Living

Record at the Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 44 mins

Claudia Rankine - Experiments in Living

Ian McMillan is joined by the American poet Claudia Rankine to explore her writing.

• 44 mins