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The Verb

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  BBC Radio 4  

Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.

Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.

 

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#266

Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor

Ian McMillan's guests include the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage with poetry from his latest... more

16 Nov 2025

41 MINS

41:39

16 Nov 2025

#265

Train Poetry with Don Paterson, Bella Hardy, Carmen Marcus, Patrick McGuinness

Ian McMillan enjoys the language of the iconic 'Night Mail' poem by W.H. Auden, invites us... more

09 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:33

09 Nov 2025

#264

Shaun Usher, Katrina Naomi, Amani Saeed, Fran Edwards and Jennifer Jones

Shaun Usher's Letters of Note project became a cultural empire spanning multiple books, st... more

26 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:02

26 Oct 2025

#263

Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Slu...

Ian McMillan celebrates an iconic poem that inspired a generation of poets and readers - T... more

19 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:37

19 Oct 2025

#262

Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, DM Black

Writer and poet Maria Popova on taking inspiration from 19th century ornithological studie... more

12 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:59

12 Oct 2025

#261

The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford

Ian McMillan presents The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford - with poets Imti... more

05 Oct 2025

41 MINS

41:44

05 Oct 2025

#260

The Adverb

Testament presents poetry in performance from Daljit Nagra, Kate Fox, Andrew McMillan and ... more

19 Sep 2025

56 MINS

56:38

19 Sep 2025

#259

The Adverb from the Ledbury Poetry Festival

Ian McMillan presents poetry in performance with Jackie Kay, Hollie McNish and Michael Ped... more

12 Sep 2025

56 MINS

56:22

12 Sep 2025

#258

Forrest Gander, Laurie Bolger, SJ Fowler, Rachel Segal Hamilton

Pulitzer prize-winning poet Forrest Gander discusses the Academy of American Poets Laureat... more

29 Jun 2025

41 MINS

41:44

29 Jun 2025

#257

Harriet Walter, Jason Singh, Gillian Allnutt, Glacier Poetry

Ian McMillan is joined by actor and writer Harriet Walter, sound artist Jason Singh, poet ... more

22 Jun 2025

41 MINS

41:51

22 Jun 2025

#256

Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, Yvonne Lyon, Eartoon

Ian McMillan welcomes poetry about fathers, songs celebrating the things that fall out of ... more

15 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:04

15 Jun 2025

#255

Poetry and performance with Ian McMillan

On this week’s edition of The Verb: Ian McMillan basks in the glow of a Neon Line explaine... more

08 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:05

08 Jun 2025

#254

Hedges and poetry

Ian McMillan's guests celebrate hedges, with poetry from Alison Brackenbury and Testament,... more

01 Jun 2025

41 MINS

41:46

01 Jun 2025

#253

Peter Mackay, Tishani Doshi, Scanner, Lorna Goodison

Ian McMillan's guests are the Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, a... more

25 May 2025

42 MINS

42:09

25 May 2025

#252

Rebecca Watts, Brian Bilston, Cristina Rivera Garza, Deryn Rees-Jones

Rebecca Watts has just published her third poetry collection - The Face In The Well. She d... more

23 Feb 2025

41 MINS

41:27

23 Feb 2025

#251

Reeta Chakrabarti, Fred D'Aguiar, Ella Frears, Edward Wilson-Lee

Flames and poetry - what poetry tell us about the Los Angeles fires, the pleasure the poet... more

02 Feb 2025

41 MINS

41:57

02 Feb 2025

#250

Joelle Taylor, Anthony Joseph, Luke Wright, Accents

How does it feel to be adopted? How does naming things affect experience? Why does a myste... more

26 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:57

26 Jan 2025

#249

TS Eliot Prize Readings - highlights of a year in poetry

Ian McMillan presents highlights from the TS Eliot Prize Readings - extraordinary poetry f... more

19 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:23

19 Jan 2025

#248

Richard Dawkins, Gwyneth Lewis, Kate Fox, Eartoon

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins tells Ian McMillan about the influence of poetry on... more

12 Jan 2025

41 MINS

41:59

12 Jan 2025

#247

The Morecambe Poetry Festival

The Morecambe Poetry festival hosts Ian McMillan and the Verb at the Morecambe Winter Gard... more

03 Jan 2025

57 MINS

57:00

03 Jan 2025

#246

A special recording of The AdVerb at The Hackney Empire

A special recording of The AdVerb at The Hackney Empire . Ian McMillan introduces six uniq... more

27 Dec 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:00

27 Dec 2024

#245

Isy Suttie, Pascale Petit, Deryn Rees Jones, Alan Connor

Ian McMillan is joined by four guests for more poetry and performance . After a year char... more

03 Nov 2024

42 MINS

42:07

03 Nov 2024

#244

Wendy Cope, Theresa Lola , Susie Dent, Ira Lightman

On this week's edition of The Verb, Ian McMillan gathers together - Wendy Cope - the poet... more

27 Oct 2024

42 MINS

42:08

27 Oct 2024

#243

Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond, Kate Fox

This week on The Verb Ian McMillan is joined by Paul Farley, author of the bird-centred 20... more

20 Oct 2024

42 MINS

42:02

20 Oct 2024

#242

Margaret Atwood and Alice Oswald

Ian McMillan talks to Margaret Atwood and Alice Oswald about how we write poetry, and thei... more

13 Oct 2024

42 MINS

42:13

13 Oct 2024

#241

The Verb in Australia

BBC Contains Strong Language 2024 took place in Sydney Australia in partnership with Red R... more

06 Oct 2024

51 MINS

51:36

06 Oct 2024