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The Verb

on BBC Radio 3

Ian McMillan presents a cabaret of language starring two verbal troupers, the proverb and the sonnet. Alice Oswald reports on the growth of the Sonnet Tree, poems incorporating ideas, words and images suggested by listeners, and reads the first sonnets. Ian swaps proverbs with his guests - including Adeline Yen Mah , who explains that the history of China is revealed through its proverbs - and appeals for original ones from his listeners. There's a report on Iraqi writing and the audio cartoon returns with Peter Bledvag and Static in the Attic. GOING DUTCH

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Ian McMillan
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Alice Oswald
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Adeline Yen Mah
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Peter Bledvag

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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