What's In A Name? The Verb podcast

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Nightclubs44:36

19h ago44:36

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Ian McMillan looks at language after dark and writing about nightlife with guests Dave Haslam, Geraldine Quigley, Rachael Young and Chris Green. Dave Haslam is a writer, broadcaster and Dj and the author of 'Life After Dark', a comprehensive history of nightlife in Britain. Geraldine Quigley's debut novel 'Music Love Drugs War' follows a group ...…

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John Ruskin44:22

8d ago44:22

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Ian McMillan celebrates the bicentenary of writer, artist and critic John Ruskin, alongside US fiction writer Kristen Roupenian (author of 'Cat Person' - a story which went viral after being published in The New Yorker), Professor Dinah Birch, and Sarala Estruch. He also introduces a new commission inspired by Ruskin's fascination with geology ...…

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The Subjunctive Verb49:53

15d ago49:53

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Ian McMillan gets into the subjunctive mood with brand new writing from Toby Litt, a new poetry commission from Holly Pester, on the subjunctive in welsh with Menna Elfyn and Rob Drummond explains why the subjunctive is dying out amongst the young...Presenter: Ian McMillanProducer: Cecile Wright

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Don Paterson47:03

22d ago47:03

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The Verb this week is an extended conversation with the poet, editor, mentor, teacher and aphorist Don Paterson. Don Paterson first came to prominence in the early 90s, winning the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection for ‘Nil Nil’ in 1993. The following year he was selected as one of the Poetry Society’s ‘New Generation Poets’ alongs ...…

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W.S. Graham44:11

29d ago44:11

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The Verb celebrates the centenary of the poet W.S. Graham - exploring his language and his relationship with Cornwall. Ian McMillan presents new poetry inspired by Graham from Rachael Boast and Penelope Shuttle, songs inspired by the Cornish landscape from Gwenno, specially commissioned work from Gerry Diver ('The Speech Project') and a collabo ...…

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TS Eliot Prize Readings59:24

1M ago59:24

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Join Ian McMillan as he comperes a special evening of some of the very best poetry published over the last year - at the annual T.S.Eliot Prize readings, recorded in front of an audience at the Royal Festival Hall. All the short-listed poets will be featured, including the U.S. Laureate Tracy K Smith, Terrance Hayes, Nick Laird, Zaffar Kunial, ...…

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Synesthesia48:43

1M ago48:43

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We're crossing senses on The Verb this week, examining Synesthesia, with musician LJ Rich, linguist Rob Drummond, and poetry from Ruth Padel, Abi Palmer and Hannah Silva.For musician, broadcaster and synesthete LJ Rich, the world is drenched in music. With the help of a piano, she lets us inside her experience of the world, where tastes, colour ...…

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The Christmas Verb47:52

2M ago47:52

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Merry Verb Christmas! We're at Vinyl Tap in Huddersfield for a festive evening of storytelling and song with brand new writing from poet, Simon Armitage, Joanne Harris and her Storytime Band and Owen Roberts.Presenter: Ian McMillanProducer: Faith Lawrence

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Sleepless Nights44:14

2M ago44:14

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Ian McMillan and guests examine the language of sleeplessness.How does AL Kennedy's insomnia inform her prose? Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun presents excerpts from her diary of motherhoood, there's brand new poetry from Bridget Minnamore on her experience of disordered sleep, and Marina Benjamin on her new book 'Insomnia'Producer Cecile Wright…

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07/12/201849:00

2M ago49:00

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With Will Eaves, Ben Schott, Selina Nwulu and Jeremy Noel-Tod

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What's in a name?47:06

3M ago47:06

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with Iain Sinclair, Kate Fox, Sam Illingworth and Marilyn Hacker

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Uncertainty44:28

3M ago44:28

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This week the late-night language lock-in is feeling uncertain with Shaun Usher, Jo Neary and Jude Rogers.

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Barbara Kingsolver47:17

3M ago47:17

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An extended interview with the acclaimed American author Barbara Kingsolver, who has just published her new novel ‘Unsheltered’ (Faber). Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. Before becoming a published author, Barbara worked as a biologist. She has lived and worked in Europe, Africa and South America, all experienc ...…

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Unwritten Poems - Verb Podcast Extra45:36

3M ago45:36

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To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, The Verb presents ‘Unwritten’, a special edition of the programme telling the neglected stories of those who fought in the British West Indian Regiment, and the stories of those they left behind, through a series of new poems. The Verb recorded Unwritten in front of an audience at the BBC ...…

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Unwritten59:04

3M ago59:04

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To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, The Verb presents ‘Unwritten’, a special edition of the programme telling the neglected stories of those who fought in the British West Indian Regiment, and the stories of those they left behind, through a series of new poems. 15,600 men from the Caribbean served everywhere from Messines t ...…

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Writing The Midlands49:56

4M ago49:56

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The Verb explores 'The Midlands' - with the novelist Jonathan Coe - on using the Midlands 'to think with' in his new book 'Middle England' , the poet Liz Berry on Black Country language, the writer and performer Steven Camden ( AKA Polar Bear) on the different influences on his 'voice' - and musician Ben Walker and researcher Bethany Whalley of ...…

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Instagram Poetry49:44

4M ago49:44

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The Verb on Instagram Poetry, and the pleasures of writing on social media. Ian McMillan, and writer and cartoonist Moose Allain, explore the bittersweet language of the grapefruit, the 'oo' in festoon, and the 'bone' in trombone - for a brand new Twitter word game called 'The Word Service'. Poets Yrsa Daley-Ward, Mandy Kahn, and Johnathan Rice ...…

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Into The Forest45:29

4M ago45:29

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The Verb heads into the forest as part of Radio 3's season exploring the enchantment, escape and magical danger of forests.We explore the forest as metaphor with Terry Deary, Pascale Petit, with music and poetry from Claire Trévien and Kate Arnold, and Jack Bernhardt reminds us why teenagers should never go into the woods in horror films...Pres ...…

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Failure for Writers51:33

4M ago51:33

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The Verb on 'failure' with Kate Fox, Mohammed Hanif, Scanner and Bryony Kimmings

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Young Poets49:28

4M ago49:28

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Recorded at the Contains Strong Language Festival of poetry and performance in Hull, this week The Verb is examining young poets and young writing and celebrating 20 years of the Foyle Young Poet Award.Ian is joined by three previous winners of the the award. Phoebe Stuckes published her debut pamphlet Gin & Tonic in 2017, is a Barbican Young P ...…

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Contains Strong Language festival53:30

5M ago53:30

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The Verb at the 'Contains Strong Language' festival in Hull with Jackie Kay, Gruff Rhys, Louise Wallwein, Joe Hakim and work inspired by 'Palgrave's Golden Treasury'.

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Latitude Festival54:27

5M ago54:27

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The Verb headed down to the Latitude Festival in Suffolk and popped up at their 'Speakeasy' spoken word stage. Joining Ian McMillan are:Luke WrightLatitude Festival veteran Luke Wright, who ran the Poetry Tent at the festival for eleven years. Luke performs from his new show 'Luke Wright@ Poet Laureate', and explains how he keeps his performanc ...…

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The Verb at the Proms44:01

5M ago44:01

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Ian McMillan is joined by Michael Palin on the language of 19th century Naval officers (drunk and sober), ‘Rule Britannia’, and a remarkable ship called ‘Erebus’, He's also joined by beatboxer Jason Singh who uses his voice to create an astonishing maritime soundscape, by Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley who celebrates the yearning of First W ...…

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The NHS at 7053:59

7M ago53:59

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The Verb celebrates the NHS at 70, exploring the language of the body, and the way bodies communicate when words fall short. So much care given in hospitals and GPs' surgeries is non-verbal, but how do we talk about and pass on expertise that lacks a lexicon? Ian introduces an NHS tribute poem, a brand new commission for The Verb from nurse Mol ...…

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Northern Rocks48:50

8M ago48:50

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The Verb explores the language and literature inspired by northern rocks - with Benjamin Myers, Bella Hardy, M. John Harrison, Kate Davis and Simon Bainbridge.

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Michael Ondaatje44:20

8M ago44:20

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In an extended interview, the Booker Prize winning poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje sits down with Ian McMillan to discuss the pleasure of naming characters, dark houses as settings, listeners in his fiction, his re-shaping of forms, and the enduring inspiration of music, along with other aspects of his writing process.Michael is best known f ...…

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The Verb at the Hay Festival.47:16

9M ago47:16

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Ian McMillan talks resilience in the BBC Tent with The Last Poets, Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Morden and Helen MortPresenter: Ian McMillanProducer: Jessica Treen.

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The Festival Verb54:12

9M ago54:12

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Ian McMillan peers into the pop-up tent that is 'festival' writing with Murray Lachlan Young - he introduces new fiction from Louise Welsh, new poetry from William Letford and Hollie McNish joins the programme to explore, in conversation with Dr Peter Mackay, the kind of festive language and rituals associated with Scots Gaelic literature. Ian ...…

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Jan Morris45:58

9M ago45:58

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In a special extended conversation with Ian McMillan, the travel writer Jan Morris looks back over a career in writing that has spanned seven decades and explains what it is that keeps her returning to her writing desk every day at the age of 91. Jan Morris has just published 'Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony' (Pallas Athene) - it's ...…

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Autism: poetry, language and writing50:03

10M ago50:03

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Examining autism, and the experience of being autistic through comedy, poetry, fiction and footnotes with guests Henry Normal, James McGrath, Kate Fox, and Alicia Kopf.Producer: Faith LawrencePresenter: Ian McMillan.

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Night Meetings - Japan55:09

10M ago55:09

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Ian McMillan and guests explore Japanese night-time language, poetic encounters and musical collisions - and uncanny meetings that happen in the dark.The programme is part of Radio 3's 'Night Blossoms' - a week exploring the unexpected, the shadows and the counter-cultural in Japanese music and arts. Producer: Faith LawrencePresenter: Ian McMillan.…

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Algorithms43:28

10M ago43:28

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Can algorithms help writers think more clearly and create innovative work ? On this week's 'Algorithm Verb' Ian McMillan is joined by Helen Arney, who performs a brand new love-song (written for the programme) using search engine algorithms, by Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician and pianist who is passionate about ridding the world of 'math-phobia' ...…

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Pitching Your Work55:04

10M ago55:04

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How do you get your work made? We hear from actor and writer Ruth Jones on how to pitch sitcom and novels, Hollie McNish and Raymond Antrobus ask how you sell a poem.Producer: Faith LawrencePresenter: Ian McMillan.

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Writing and Psychoanalysis44:01

11M ago44:01

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The writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips is the author of 'On Kindness', and 'On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored' amongst other works of non-fiction. He is also a regular contributor to the London Review of Books. Adam invited The Verb into his west-London consulting room to discuss the rules and significance of Freud's concept of 'free ass ...…

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The Local Verb47:53

12M ago47:53

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This week on the verb we are turning our attention to Local language. Joining Ian McMillan are the linguist Rob Drummond who has been studying Manchester Voices and identifying new youth dialects, the Icelandic stand up comedian Ari Eldjárn on performing comedy in a city where everyone really does know everyone else and the novelist Sarah Hall ...…

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Notes on The Verb47:45

12M ago47:45

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Taking notes with Ian are Toby Litt and Jude Rogers.Presenter: Ian McMillanProducer: Cecile Wright.

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The Verb on Return44:43

12M ago44:43

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This week we're looking the possibilities of looking back. Joining Ian McMillan are...Novelist and essayist Tim Winton has been twice shortlisted for the Booker prize for his novels 'The Riders' and 'Dirt Music'. In his most recent book, 'The Boy Behind the Curtain', he returns to his childhood. The comedian Stewart Lee has honed the art of the ...…

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Poetry Book Club with Douglas Dunn44:53

1y ago44:53

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Ian McMillan and our Poetry Book Club audience are joined by Douglas Dunn to discuss his debut collection 'Terry Street', and his latest, 'The Noise of a Fly' (Faber) Douglas Dunn, the author of over ten poetry collections, is in conversation with Ian McMillan. He published his debut in 1969, whilst working in the Brynmor Jones Library at Hull ...…

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Fighting Talk44:56

1y ago44:56

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How do you write a fight? Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish are joined by Ross Sutherland, Ben Crystal, Willy Vlautin and Theresa Lola to talk about punching with a pen.Willy Vlautin is an American novelist and musician. He is the lead singer for Richmond Fontaine, and his latest novel 'Don't Skip out on Me' (Faber), follows a young man who dreams ...…

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The Wellbeing Verb48:20

1y ago48:20

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January is a month of resolutions and fresh starts, of gyms and diets. This week Ian McMillan and guests tackle the language of Wellbeing and Self-Care.Poets are not generally known for their physical prowess, but in George Szirtes new collection 'Thirty Poets Go To The Gym' (Candlestick). What happens when famous poets from Lord Byron to John ...…

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Kerry Andrew, Danez Smith, Hollie McNish and Jenni Fagan49:39

1y ago49:39

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Ian McMillan and Hollie McNish present the best in new poetry. Joining them this week are Remi Adefesysian, Jenni Fagan, Kerry Andrew and Danez SmithPresenter: Ian McMillanProducer: Cecile Wright.

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Lord Fox, David Crystal and Jenny Colgan49:59

1y ago49:59

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On the programme this week, linguist David Crystal is looking at pronunciation - what does is mean to have a 'friendly accent'? Inspired by David's writing is a brand new poem from Mike Garry which plays with 'Approximants' - consonants that sound like vowels and are often seen as being friendly. In 'Spandex and the City' (Orbit), novelist Jenn ...…

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Chest of Drawers49:13

1y ago49:13

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The Verb welcomes January's fresh starts and clear-outs with poems on empty drawers and new beginnings. Ron Padgett, Hollie McNish, Laurie Bolger, Lennox Cato and Harry Giles join Ian McMillan.

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The Verb's 'Out of this World' Christmas Special52:07

1y ago52:07

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Joining Ian McMillan for a sci-fi themed Christmas party are Carol Ann Duffy, Hollie McNish, Abandoman, Paul Magrs, Katy Manning and Verb New Voice Laura Potts. Recorded in front of a studio audience at Media City.

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The Scrolling Verb49:10

1y ago49:10

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How has the scrolling we do on social media changed writers and readers, and what does it have in common with ancient scrolls? Join Ian McMillan as he uses the power of poetry and performance to answer these questions - with the actor and writer David Schneider, poet Ira Lightman, artist Vicki Bennett, and scroll unrollers Roberta Mazza and Ric ...…

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How do you choose a mentor?49:17

1y ago49:17

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This week on The Verb we're looking at writing mentors. How much different can a mentor make, how can we learn from their writing, and what kind of language should a mentor use? Joining Ian is the comedian Margaret Cho, who was profoundly influenced by her friend and mentor Joan Rivers. Margaret is a groundbreaking American comic who has been E ...…

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The Verb Celebrates 35 Years of Spoken Word1:42:15

1y ago1:42:15

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Ian McMillan presents a special extended edition of Radio 3's The Verb recorded as part of Contains Strong Language, a season of poetry and performance from Hull, UK City of Culture 2017.Ian McMillan is joined by a host of spoken word talent to celebrate the story of spoken-word performance in the UK on the 35th anniversary of 'Apples and Snake ...…

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The Stoic Verb48:28

1+ y ago48:28

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What does it mean to live a Stoic life in 2017? With the current resurgence of interest in Stoic ideas,, The Verb investigates.Helping Ian is the philosopher Angie Hobbs, technology writer Tom Chatfield, Coralie Bickford Smith, Ned Boulting and John Osborne.Producer: Faith Lawrence.

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The Tense Verb49:21

1+ y ago49:21

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Philip Pullman, Hollie McNish, Francesca Martinez and David Denison join Ian McMillanA masterclass in using 'tense' for writers. Philip Pullman, author of the 'His Dark Materials' series, explains why the fashion for the present tense can limit writers of fiction and celebrates the 'classical tone' of Philippa Pearce. Francesca Martinez delight ...…

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Tim Minchin48:20

1+ y ago48:20

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Comedian, songwriter, lyricist and composer Tim Minchin sits down at the piano for a special programme - an extended conversation with Ian McMillan.Over 45 minutes they discuss the influences on his language, exploring the writing process behind the music and lyrics from his acclaimed musicals (the Tony award winning 'Matilda' and the more rece ...…

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