The Verb Presented by Ian McMillan

Writing at Home - Experiments in Living

Ian McMillan on how \'writing at home\' inspires, constrains and infuses language and...

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The Great Gatsby

This year, F Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby enters the public domain. What will this...

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Gratitude - Experiments in Living

In a world of daily pleases and thank-yous, obligatory thank-you notes, and polite appreciation...

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Language, Fashion and Textiles - Experiments in Living

This week, Ian and his guests examine writing about fashion and explore the language woven into...

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Crime

Guilty pleasure. Airport novel. Holiday reading. The language used to describe crime fiction...

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The Walk

You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk? At The Verb, we do both, as Ian McMillan is...

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T.S. Eliot Prize

Join Ian McMillan for a celebration of remarkable poets and poetry as he presents readings from...

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Writing the Weather - Experiments in Living

Ian McMillan and guests including Jenny Offill, Alice Oswald and Wayne Binitie discuss weather...

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The Verb on Deep Time

Ian McMillan on the writing of deep time - with poets Kathleen Jamie and Denise Riley.

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Optimism in Stories for Children - Experiments in Living

How do you give hope to children when you're not feeling hopeful? What's the difference between...

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Christmas Lights Verb - Experiments in Living

Ian McMillan and his guests explore the ‘language’ of light this Christmas. He’s joined by...

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Brazil - Experiments in Living

This week Ian McMillan dives into the word 'Brazil' and 'Brazilian', discovering irony, fusion...

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Margaret Atwood - Experiments in Living

Ian McMillan welcomes the Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood, who joins The Verb from...

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Zero-Growth Writing - Experiments in Living

What might a zero-growth world mean for writers? The Verb offers this provocation to this week's...

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Jan Morris

In a special extended conversation with Ian McMillan, the travel writer Jan Morris looks back...

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Zero-Growth Writing - Experiments in Living

This week Ian McMillan and guests explore 'Zero-Growth Writing'. With Yanis Varoufakis, Patrick...

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Green Memoir - Experiments in Living

The Verb on 'green' memoir - with the actor and writer Gabriel Byrne, and the poets...

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The Changing Language of Veganism: Experiments in Living

Are you what you eat? The way we talk and think about food has changed a lot in recent years,...

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Comedy writing in difficult times: Experiments in Living

This week Ian McMillan and guests are turning to humour to help us get through difficult times....

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The Poetry of Walls: Inside Out at the Southbank Centre

Ian McMillan introduces new poetry that takes its cue from the limestone, fossils and concrete of...

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