The Verb

Supporting Content

• 35 Years of Spoken Word

  A season of Poetry and Performance from Hull.

  

• Ten brand new poems by contemporary poets

  Poetry commissioned specially for Radio 3's Three Score and Ten series.

  

• BBC Arts

  Explore the BBC Arts website and discover the best of British art and culture.

  

• The Dylan Thomas Collection

  Listen to programmes, poetry readings and commentary from Radio 3's Dylan Thomas Day.

  

• Tweet-off on the Tyne

  Miranda Keeling and Ian tweet from opposite sides of the Tyne in Gateshead.

  

• Ira & Ian read from Rilke's Wellies

  Ira Lightman and Ian McMillan perform a section from Rilke's Wellies

  Duration: 1:14

• A Quark in my Cosmos

  Ian is a very nice man indeed who might just need a bit of a push in the right direction.

  Duration: 7:00

• Borders

  Exploring the human impulse to establish who is in charge.

  Duration: 5:19

• Hag Stones

  Exploring the violence of self-harm and redemptive power of names, lineage and language.

  Duration: 7:02
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• The Verb at Contains Strong Language 2018

• The Verb at Latitude 2018

• The Verb at Latitude 2018

• The Verb at Free Thinking 'The Many'
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• Proms Poetry Competition 2019

  Entries are now open for the Proms Poetry Competition 2019! Joining Ian McMillan as judges are the poet Malika Booker and director of the Poetry Society Judith Palmer. 
  

  We invite you to write a poem inspired by any piece of music in this year's Proms season. The winners in two age categories will be invited to attend both the concert and the Prom Plus before the concert on Thursday September 12th 2019 and hear their poems read by an actor for broadcast that night on BBC Radio 3.

  Closing date for entries: midnight on Sunday August 18th 2019.

  Please see here for more information and details of how to enter