Ian McMillan visits the Queen's Library at Windsor Castle. We explore rare gems in the collection, and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage performs a new work written for the occasion. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined at Hay Festival by guests Lemn Sissay, Monica Ali, Tishani Doshi and Daniel Morden. Show more

Ian McMillan and guests examine how they keep on keeping on and find the determination to write. With Paula Byrne, Monique Roffey, Marvin Thompson and Iona Lee. Show more

Ian McMillan on pauses and punctuation with guests Kei Miller, Eley Williams, Kate Fox and Angela Leighton. Show more

Writers on technology, time and thinking, including Isy Suttie, Jack Underwood, Nanjala Nyabola and Dr Paul Taylor. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined by collaborators: novelists Nicci Gerard and Sean French, and comedy-jazz-rap duo Harry and Chris. Show more

Ian McMillan explores the language of ancestry and families across the generations with poets Hollie McNish and Gillian Clarke and columnist Hadley Freeman. Show more

Ian McMillan explores the dreamlike experience of 'reverie' - with Terrance Hayes, Bea Roberts, Ira Lightman and Rachel Genn. Show more

Ian McMillan's guests are Ed Miliband, Jackie Weaver, Emilie Robson and Kate Fox. Show more

Greg James, Chris Smith, Kathryn Williams and Malika Booker join Ian McMillan to discuss manifestos. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined by Anita Sethi, Kate Fox, Ira Lightman and Tom Chatfield. Show more

Ian McMillan reveals the ideas in our new manifesto, with guests including Damon Albarn, Don Paterson and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, and a new commission from Gerry Diver. Show more

Ian McMillan is live at the Contains Strong Language festival in Coventry with Loyle Carner, John Agard, Siana Bangura and Roy McFarlane. Show more

New poetry that takes its cue from the limestone, fossils and concrete of the walls of London's Southbank Centre. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined by Ben Schott, Kate Fox, Grainne Maguire and Matt Winning to explore how to write humour in difficult times. Show more

Ian McMillan is joined by Yanis Varoufakis, Patrick McGuinness, Jade Cuttle and Dr Seren Griffiths. Show more

Ian McMillan explores Brazilian writing, with fiction inspired by Clarice Lispector and work by writers Toby Litt, Victor Esses and poets Natan Barreto and Angélica Freitas. Show more

Ian McMillan with Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Gaia Vince, Kate Fox and Smriti Halls on optimism in writing for children. Show more

Ian McMillan and guests including Jenny Offill, Alice Oswald and Wayne Binitie discuss weather writing. Show more

Join Ian McMillan for a celebration of remarkable poets and poetry as he presents readings from collections shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Show more