The Verb

28 March 2008

Friday 28 March 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)

Ian McMillan presents the programme live from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. He is joined on stage by acclaimed Australian poet John Kinsella and by The Verb's own 'eartoonist' - musician and lyricist Peter Blegvad.

Duration:

45 minutes

Playlist

The Verb comes live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House.

Ian McMillan will be joined on stage by acclaimed Australian poet John Kinsella who has used Edmund Burke's Enquiry Into The Sublime and Beautiful as the springboard for his new collection. Also joining Ian are Henry Hitchings whose new history of English concentrates on the many hundreds of words that started life in other languages; and Verb regular Peter Blegvad with one of his inimitable Eartoons. Songwriter, artist and now poet Ed Barton will share his work and Barb Jungr has written a new song especially for the show, using some of the borrowed words in Henry's book.

Details:
Shades of the Sublime and the Beautiful by John Kinsella is published by Picador.
The Secret Life of Words by Henry Hitchings is published by John Murray.
Barb Jungr's new album Just Like A Woman - Hymn To Nina is out now. She is currently on tour, more details are on her website: http://www.barbjungr.co.uk/
Bad Leg by Ed Barton is published by Comma Press.

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