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26/09/2014

Jon Gnarr, John McAuliffe, Alison Peck

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Jon Gnarr, John McAuliffe, Alison Peck

Ian's guests include poet John McAuliffe and former major of Reykjavik Jon Gnarr.

Ian McMillan is joined by comedian and former mayor of Reykjavik Jon Gnarr. Plus a series about instruction manuals, with technical writer Alison Peck on how to write a good guide.

Ian's guests on the 'Cabaret of the Word' include Jon Gnarr's, who's varied career has seen him work as an actor, a comedian, and until recently he was the Mayor of Reykjavík. Gnarr has recently published 'Gnarr: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World' (Melville House), and for The Verb Gnarr looks into how political language can be made interesting.

We launch a new series examining the language of Instruction Manuals. Technical writer Alison Peck advises on how to write a good guide, and the poet John McAuliffe presents the first in a series of responses to Instruction Manuals.

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