The Verb

Ian McMillan presents the weekly cabaret of language, which features Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney reading from his new translations of the work of 15th-century Scottish poet Robert Henryson. With celebrated author of The Yacoubian Building, dentist-turned-novelist Alaa Al-Aswany, assessing contemporary Egyptian literature, and music from self-styled 'diseuse' George Pringle. Plus the results of The Verb's short story competition, as Ian and fellow judge Rob Cowan announce the winner.