The Verb Friday 9 November

[Old Grumpy]

I was present at the recording of this at the Freethinking Festival at the Sage, Gatehead.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's 'Cabaret of the word' from the Free Thinking Festival in Gateshead. His guests include poets Tony Harrison and Don Paterson, musician Martin Longstaff (otherwise known as 'The Lake Poets'), flash fiction supremo Tania Hershman, and Granta editor Laura Barber.

Well worth a listen, IMV.


OG

[Lateralthinking1]

I was present at the recording of this at the Freethinking Festival at the Sage, Gatehead.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's 'Cabaret of the word' from the Free Thinking Festival in Gateshead. His guests include poets Tony Harrison and Don Paterson, musician Martin Longstaff (otherwise known as 'The Lake Poets'), flash fiction supremo Tania Hershman, and Granta editor Laura Barber.

Well worth a listen, IMV.


OG

Many thanks for this recommendation. Are you a regular listener, Old Grumpy? How did you get to attend? I would be particularly interested to hear if you think that the programme can be appreciated more once it has been experienced live.

[Old Grumpy]

Many thanks for this recommendation. Are you a regular listener, Old Grumpy? How did you get to attend? I would be particularly interested to hear if you think that the programme can be appreciated more once it has been experienced live.

I am not a regular listener to the Verb, but probably ought to be on the basis of this exploration! I simply applied for (free) tickets to the event when I became aware that it was to be part of the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival at the Sage Gateshead. All the BBC radio recordings to which the public are admitted are listed here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/tickets/radio

In this particular case the tickets were issued through the Sage Gateshead website, but the event itself was listed on the BBC site.

I will only be able to answer your last question when I have heard the broadcast itself.

OG

[DracoM]

Just cannot stand MacMillan's professional Yorkshireman persona.

[MrGongGong]

Just cannot stand MacMillan's professional Yorkshireman persona.

Thank you so much for that very useful piece of information

[DracoM]

And I speak as a Yorkshireman let me tell you. There - another piece of useful information.

[handsomefortune]

i find mc'm's broadcasting style really grates too dracom.

he certainly doesn't strike me as a 'free thinker' that's for sure, but you can always count on him being patronising no matter what the subject.