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Claudia Rankine - Experiments in Living
Ian McMillan is joined by the American poet Claudia Rankine to explore her writing.
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Landscape & Language: Experiments in Living
Record at the Contains Strong Language Festival.
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Wordsworth: Experiments in Living at Contains Strong Language
The Verb comes from Grasmere to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth's birth.
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Nature Poetry: Experiments in Living
With Simon Armitage, Moniza Alvi and Jade Cuttle
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Salman Rushdie
Ian McMillan talks to Salman Rushdie about his writing process and 'cancel culture'.
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Domestic Violence - in language, myths, and fairy stories
Ian McMillan and guests on the language and myths of domestic violence.
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The Ledbury Festival
With Carolyn Forch茅, Kaveh Akbar, Juana Adcock and Sandeep Parmar.
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Fatherhood, Dictionaries and Ghosts
With Joyce Carol Oates, Eley Williams, Yomi Sode and Lucy Burke.
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The Octopus Verb
With Peter Godfey Smith, Matthew Welton, Kate Fox, Catherine Ayres and Tania Hershman.
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Writers of the Caribbean diaspora
Roger Robinson, Malika Booker, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Ingrid Persaud.
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Language Lockdown
With Kate Clanchy, Rob Drummond and Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Woods, Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature Poetry
With Alice Oswald and Fiona Sampson
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Virtual Hay Festival
With Kapka Kassabova, James Shapiro and Inua Ellams
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Birdsong
With Sam Lee, Jen Hadfield and Richard Smyth.
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Carys Bray, Jacqueline Saphra, Jo Neary and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi
Ian McMillan and guests explore the world of language and literature
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Mirrors
Looking into the mirror with Rebecca Solnit and Ira Lightman.
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17/04/2020
Ian McMillan is joined by guests including Alan Titchmarsh and Patience Agbabi.
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Social
Boo Hewerdine and Kate Fox on how friendships change in difficult times.
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African Writing
With Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama.
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Obsolete
With William Gibson, Don Paterson and K峄嵦乴谩 T煤b峄嵦s煤n and Caro C
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Poetry and philosophy
Ian McMillan's guests are Raymond Antrobus and Helen Mort.
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The Language of Leaving
Ian McMillan explores the language of leaving.
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Hotel
With Eimear McBride, Andy Miller and Roger Luckhurst
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Native American Writing
Acclaimed poet Layli Long Soldier joins Ian McMillan to explore her poetry.
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Goodness
With Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Will Harris, Kate Fox and Toby Litt.
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Puns and Wordplay
Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay
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T. S. Eliot Prize
Ian McMillan shares highlights of the T.S. Eliot Prize readings at the Royal Festival Hall
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The World of Poetry Publishing
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
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Christmas Nonsense
Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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Sports Writing
With Frank Skinner, Zaffar Kunial, Rob Drummond and Joseph Bond.