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With Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes and Sarah Churchwell.
The Hay Festival
Ian McMillan is joined by John Lanchester, Hannah Sullivan, Rachel Parris and Nina Stibbe
Aldeburgh
Live from The Aldeburgh Festival with Lavinia Greenlaw, Fiona Sampson and Mark Padmore.
The Common or Vulgar Verb
with Philip Gross, Jacqueline Saphra, Cathy Rentzenbrink and Heather Phillipson.
The Sound of Translation
With Rowan Williams, Adam Thirlwell and Adania Shibli.
The Moon Verb
With Ocean Vuong, Kate Fox, Rob Drummond, Ira Lightman and Mary Jean Chan.
Molluscs
Ian McMillan and guests, including novelist Jill Dawson on molluscs, slime and writing.
Alone
The language and literature of loneliness with Kate Carr and DJ Taylor.
Novels that Shaped Our Language
With Tim Minchin, Elif Shafak, Geoff Dyer and Kit de Waal
German poetry after the Berlin Wall
Radio 3's weekly exploration of language and literature
To the Circus
The Verb goes to the circus.
Sports Writing
With Frank Skinner, Zaffar Kunial, Rob Drummond and Joseph Bond.
Christmas Nonsense
Ian McMillan celebrates nonsense writing with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The World of Poetry Publishing
With Michael Schmidt, Peter Sansom, Nell Nelson and Malachi McIntosh
Puns and Wordplay
Ian McMillan and his guests explore the power of puns and wordplay
Goodness
With Kelcey Wilson-Lee, Will Harris, Kate Fox and Toby Litt.
Native American Writing
Acclaimed poet Layli Long Soldier joins Ian McMillan to explore her poetry.
Hotel
With Eimear McBride, Andy Miller and Roger Luckhurst
The Language of Leaving
Ian McMillan explores the language of leaving.
Poetry and philosophy
Ian McMillan's guests are Raymond Antrobus and Helen Mort.
Obsolete
With William Gibson, Don Paterson and K峄嵦乴谩 T煤b峄嵦s煤n and Caro C
African Writing
With Maaza Mengiste, Ekow Eshun, Jennifer Makumbi and Ellah Wakatama.
Social
Boo Hewerdine and Kate Fox on how friendships change in difficult times.
17/04/2020
Ian McMillan is joined by guests including Alan Titchmarsh and Patience Agbabi.
Mirrors
Looking into the mirror with Rebecca Solnit and Ira Lightman.
Woods, Weeds and Wildflowers: Nature Poetry
With Alice Oswald and Fiona Sampson
Birdsong
With Sam Lee, Jen Hadfield and Richard Smyth.
Virtual Hay Festival
With Kapka Kassabova, James Shapiro and Inua Ellams
Language Lockdown
With Kate Clanchy, Rob Drummond and Julie Hesmondhalgh
Writers of the Caribbean diaspora
Roger Robinson, Malika Booker, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Ingrid Persaud.
The Octopus Verb
With Peter Godfey Smith, Matthew Welton, Kate Fox, Catherine Ayres and Tania Hershman.