The Verb Episodes Available now
Puns and Wordplay
Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay
The World of Poetry Publishing
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
Christmas Nonsense
Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Sports Writing
With Frank Skinner, Zaffar Kunial, Rob Drummond and Joseph Bond.
To the Circus
The Verb goes to the circus.
German poetry after the Berlin Wall
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature
Novels that Shaped Our Language
With Tim Minchin, Elif Shafak, Geoff Dyer and Kit de Waal
Alone
The language and literature of loneliness with Kate Carr and DJ Taylor.
Molluscs
Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.
The Moon Verb
With Ocean Vuong, Kate Fox, Rob Drummond, Ira Lightman and Mary Jean Chan.
