William Boyd, Naomi Alderman, Peter Blegvad, Alex Horne

Ian McMillan presides over The Verb, Radio 3's language cabaret, live from the Radio Theatre in London. This week the novelist, screenwriter and super-fan William Boyd marks the centenary of the birth of the poet Elizabeth Bishop. The novelist and games writer Naomi Alderman campaigns for better writing in the world of online gaming. The resident eartoonist Peter Blegvad presents another bemusing, amusing sound sculpture and comedian and language spy Alex Horne is on the trail of words with verve.