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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Uncertainty
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Shaun Usher, Jo Neary and Jude Rogers are in the late-night language lock-in.
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Unwritten Poems - Verb Podcast Extra
Fri 9 Nov 2018
A chance to hear the poems from the Unwritten event at 'Contains Strong Language' in full
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Writing The Midlands
Fri 2 Nov 2018
The Verb on The Midlands with Jonathan Coe, Liz Berry, Polar Bear
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Into The Forest
Fri 19 Oct 2018
The Verb explores the forest as metaphor with Terry Deary and Pascale Petit
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Failure for Writers
Fri 12 Oct 2018
The Verb on 'failure' with Kate Fox, Mohammed Hanif, Scanner and Bryony Kimmings
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Young Poets
Fri 5 Oct 2018
The Verb at the 'Contains Strong Language' festival in Hull with the Foyle Young Poets
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Contains Strong Language festival
Fri 28 Sep 2018
The Verb at Contains Strong Language with Jackie Kay, Gruff Rhys and Louise Wallwein
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The Verb at the Proms
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Palin, Anne Dudley, Jason Singh and Mojdeh Stoakley.
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Michael Ondaatje
Fri 15 Jun 2018
Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Ondaatje for a special edition of The Verb.
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The Verb at the Hay Festival.
Fri 1 Jun 2018
Ian McMillan talks resilience with The Last Poets, Michael Morpurgo and Helen Mort.
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The Festival Verb
Fri 25 May 2018
Ian McMillan's guests include Murray Lachlan Young, Louise Welsh, and William Letford.
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Autism: poetry, language and writing
Fri 4 May 2018
With Henry Normal, Kate Fox, James McGrath and Alicia Kopf.
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Night Meetings - Japan
Fri 27 Apr 2018
The Verb meets the language of night-time Japan - in comedy, poetry and 'the blues'.
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W.S. Graham
Fri 6 Apr 2018
The Verb visits Cornwall to celebrate the centenary of the poet W.S. Graham.
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The Local Verb
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Sarah Hall, Hollie McNish & Vanessa Kisuule, Ari Eldjarn, and Rob Drummond.
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Notes on The Verb
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Writer Toby Litt and journalist Jude Rogers take notes with Ian McMillan.
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Poetry Book Club with Douglas Dunn
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Ian McMillan and the Poetry Book Club audience are joined by Douglas Dunn.
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Fighting Talk
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Willy Vlautin, Ben Crystal and Ross Sutherland get physical with language.
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Kerry Andrew, Danez Smith, Hollie McNish and Jenni Fagan
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish present the best in new poetry.
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Lord Fox, David Crystal and Jenny Colgan
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Ian McMillan's guests are David Crystal, poet Mike Garry and novelist Jenny Colgan.
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Chest of Drawers
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Ian McMillan's guests are Ron Padgett, Hollie McNish, Harry Giles, and Laurie Bolger.
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The Verb's 'Out of this World' Christmas Special
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish and Abandoman join Ian McMillan for a sci-fi Christmas.
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.
