Ian Mcmillan
Ian McMillan is a poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster.
Ian is poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. He presents The Verb every week on BBC Radio 3 and he's a regular on Coast, BBC Breakfast, Countryfile, Pick of the Week, Last Word and The Arts Show.
He’s been a castaway on Desert Island Discs. Previously, he's been resident poet for English National Opera, UK Trade & Investment, Yorkshire TV’s Investigative Poet and Humberside Police’s Beat Poet. Cats make him sneeze.
Ian currently tours with his acclaimed verse autobiography Talking Myself Home (John Murray Publishers). Ian presents Words, Music, Glee & Delight with Olympic composer & accordionist Luke Carver Goss, as well as appearing together on The South Bank Show and BBC Proms Plus. Ian's latest books are a new collection of poems, Jazz Peas (Smith / Doorstop Books) and Daft Yorkshire Inventions (Dalesman) with Tony Husband.
