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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 being profiled by James Peak for this documentary.

And an Everyman puzzle to match.

Radio 4, 7 April 2024, 1915

For every Shipping Forecast area, you find the places on the map indicated by various clues. Join the places to form the shapes of letters. Join the letters to form a sea shanty.

Out 5 November from your local bookshop / Penguin / Waterstones / Amazon etc.

It also gives a flavour of what it’s like to be in each of Dogger, Fisher, German Bight…

• BBC Books / Ebury Publishing
• ISBN: 9781785945106
• 240 pages; 216 x 135 mm
• Goodreads · LibraryThing
• Previously: Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword; The Joy of Quiz