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A Paddy O’Connell interview is intense. Listen from 24:15. Book is here.

Really enjoyed hearing @alanconnor.bsky.social talk about 188 WORDS FOR RAIN on Radio 4. People often trot out the dubious truism about the Inuit having umpteen words for snow to me, but it seems we Brits have cornered the market for rain!

— Ann Morgan (@annmorgan.bsky.social) 16 February 2025 at 09:36

Talking rain with Ian McMillan and pals. 188 Words for Rain published next week.

Ah, the joy of ⁦@R4TheVerb⁩ with ⁦@alanconnor⁩ ⁦@pascalepoet⁩ ⁦@DerynRJ⁩ ⁦@Isysuttie⁩ ! pic.twitter.com/qiNtmuV6w0

— Ian McMillan (@IMcMillan) October 24, 2024

• The Verb, BBC Radio 4, 1710, 3 Nov 2024

Good times with James Peak for this documentary.

And an Everyman puzzle to match.

Radio 4, 7 April 2024, 1915

I’m right at the end of today’s episode:

I am a panellist on Heat Map this Sunday.

Under discussion: cultural appropriation, Kanye West and The Communist Manifesto.

My choice of intro music:

• See also: 5Live’s Arts Club
• Other episodes
• Image from Kew Bridge series

I am a guest on the first episode of BBC Radio 5 Live’s Arts Club. Tickets for the recording are available from The Bill Murray club in Islington.

Update: More episodes with me —

• 2 Feb 2018: Art for Trump, Dylan v Cohen, What does Banksy look like and is The Bayeaux Tapestry a bit rubbish? (My sacred cow: The Laughing Cavalier)
• 16 Feb 2018: Florence, portraits and the music of our youth (My sacred cow: The Great Bear)
• 18 Mar 2018: Awards Shows, the NME, and TV shows for the Obamas (My sacred cow: Julius Caesar)

• Recording: Thu 1 Feb 2018, The Bill Murray, 39 Queen’s Head St, London N1 8NQ [tickets]
• Broadcast: BBC 5 live, Sun 4 Feb 2018 and on podcast
• See also: The Will Gompertz Fringe
• Image from the RWA Exhibition, 2007

I wrote for this Radio 4 programme, which was invented by @captainward and which you must listen to: