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Seductive Places
Luke Wright's guests are Helen Mort, Kate Fox, Anita Sethi and Martin Rowson.
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Writing Childhood
Ian McMillan is joined by Don Paterson, Sally Bayley and Donovan McAbee
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The City Verb
Ian McMillan and guests on writing the city.
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The Verb TS Eliot Prize
Join Ian McMillan for a celebration of the collections shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.
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Breath
Ian McMillan and his guests take in the literary air.
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The Festive Verb
Join Ian McMillan and his guests for a festive edition of The Verb.
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Ghost Writers
Ian McMillan explores ghostly presences in writing.
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First Drafts
Joining Ian at the drawing board are Denise Mina, Toby Litt, Paul Tran and Polly Paulusma.
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Playwrighting
This week on The Verb Ian McMillan raises the curtain on playwriting.
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成人快手 Centenary - Radio and Poetry
Celebrating 100 years of poetry on the 成人快手 with Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word.
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The Verb Narrators
Ian McMillan and guests explore the voice of the narrator.
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Verbatim Speech
Ian McMillan and guests celebrate the rhythms of everyday speech.
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Liberation Narratives
What does it mean to be free? Ian McMillan and guests consider Liberation Narratives.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Ian McMillan presents an extended interview with poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah.
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Harvest
An ode to autumn with Melissa Harrison, Amy Jeffs, Rebecca May Johnson and Joelle Taylor.
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40 years of Apples and Snakes
The Verb celebrates 40 years of spoken word poetry with Apples and Snakes.
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Birmingham Contains Strong Language
Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word, recorded at Birmingham Contains Strong Language.
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From Contains Strong Language
with Linton Kwesi Johnson, Isabelle Baafi, Romalyn Ante, Luke Kennard and Linda France
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Games Day
Ian McMillan hosts games day with Rhianna Pratchett, Philip Terry and Louise Blain.
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Michael Longley
An extended interview with poet Michael Longley at his home in Belfast.
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Old Age
Ian McMillan and guests explore the language, poetry and perceptions of old age.
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Man Talk
Ian McMillan explores the language and complexities of male friendship.
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Music and Words
From Sir Paul McCartney to Fat White Family - when words and music collide.
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The Verb at Hay
Ian McMillan is joined by Jennifer Egan, Gurnaik Johal and Allie Esiri.
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The Verb at Hay
Ian McMillan's guests are Lemn Sissay, Monica Ali, Tishani Doshi and Daniel Morden.
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The Queen's Library, Windsor Castle
Ian McMillan with Simon Armitage, Grace Nichols, Stella Panayotova and Theresa Lola.
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Hidden
With Mick Herron, Kayo Chingonyi, Hannah Lowe and Sarah Howe.
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Books and Pens
Ian McMillan's guests Emma Smith, Naush Sabah and Gerry Cambridge celebrate books and pens
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The Sea
Ian McMillan talks to Maggie Gee about her new novel The Red Children.
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Ancient and Modern
Ian McMillan is joined Lucy Mercer, Glyn Maxwell, Nick Chater and Tice Cin.