The Verb Podcast
Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.
Episodes to download
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Last Lines
Fri 17 Feb 2023
Ian McMillan enjoys last lines with Stuart Maconie, Caroline Bird, and Sin茅ad Morrissey.
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Seductive Places
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Luke Wright's guests are Helen Mort, Kate Fox, Anita Sethi and Martin Rowson.
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Writing Childhood
Fri 3 Feb 2023
Ian McMillan is joined by Don Paterson, Sally Bayley and Donovan McAbee
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The Verb TS Eliot Prize
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Join Ian McMillan for a celebration of the collections shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.
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The Festive Verb
Fri 16 Dec 2022
Join Ian McMillan and his guests for a festive edition of The Verb.
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First Drafts
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Joining Ian at the drawing board are Denise Mina, Toby Litt, Paul Tran and Polly Paulusma.
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麻豆社 Centenary - Radio and Poetry
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Celebrating 100 years of poetry on the 麻豆社 with Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word.
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Liberation Narratives
Fri 21 Oct 2022
What does it mean to be free? Ian McMillan and guests consider Liberation Narratives.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Ian McMillan presents an extended interview with poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah.
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Harvest
Fri 7 Oct 2022
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
Fri 30 Sep 2022
The Verb celebrates 40 years of spoken word poetry with Apples and Snakes.
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Birmingham Contains Strong Language
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Ian McMillan's cabaret of the word, recorded at Birmingham Contains Strong Language.
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From Contains Strong Language
Fri 16 Sep 2022
with Linton Kwesi Johnson, Isabelle Baafi, Romalyn Ante, Luke Kennard and Linda France
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Games Day
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Ian McMillan hosts games day with Rhianna Pratchett, Philip Terry and Louise Blain.
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Michael Longley
Fri 8 Jul 2022
An extended interview with poet Michael Longley at his home in Belfast.
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Old Age
Fri 1 Jul 2022
Ian McMillan and guests explore the language, poetry and perceptions of old age.
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Music and Words
Fri 17 Jun 2022
From Sir Paul McCartney to Fat White Family - when words and music collide.
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The Verb at Hay
Fri 10 Jun 2022
Ian McMillan is joined by Jennifer Egan, Gurnaik Johal and Allie Esiri.
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The Verb at Hay
Fri 3 Jun 2022
Ian McMillan's guests are Lemn Sissay, Monica Ali, Tishani Doshi and Daniel Morden.
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The Queen's Library, Windsor Castle
Fri 27 May 2022
Ian McMillan with Simon Armitage, Grace Nichols, Stella Panayotova and Theresa Lola.
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Books and Pens
Fri 13 May 2022
Ian McMillan's guests Emma Smith, Naush Sabah and Gerry Cambridge celebrate books and pens
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The Verb: Something New 鈥� The Poems
New poems commissioned by The Verb for the 麻豆社 centenary.
35 Years of Spoken Word
A season of Poetry and Performance from Hull.
麻豆社 Arts
Explore the 麻豆社 Arts website and discover the best of British art and culture.
The Dylan Thomas Collection
Listen to programmes, poetry readings and commentary from Radio 3's Dylan Thomas Day.
