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Ian McMillan FRSL (born 21 January 1956) [1] is an English poet, journalist, playwright, and broadcaster. He is known for his strong and distinctive Yorkshire accent and his incisive, friendly interview style on programmes such as BBC Radio 3 's The Verb. He lives in Darfield, the village of his birth.
Ian McMillan (b. 1956) is one of the UK’s best known contemporary poets. Aside from many books (for adults and children), sometimes including prose and plays, he has also made appearances on television, on all the national BBC radio channels (through which he was recently listed as the 22nd most powerful person in radio), in diverse ...
Poet Ian McMillan was born in 1956, in Darfield, South Yorkshire, England and was educated at North Staffordshire Polytechnic. He has been a poet, broadcaster, commentator and programme-maker for over 20 years. He founded Versewagon (later re-named Circus of Poets), a performance poetry group with John Turner and Martyn Wiley.
- Darfield, South Yorkshire, England
- Carcanet Press Ltd
Ian McMillan is a poet-in-residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC. He presents The Verb on BBC R3 and writes poems about his life by the sea, his sporting history, and the Christmas Day truce of 1914.
Ian McMillan is a poet, presenter and resident for various organisations. He has published several collections with Carcanet and collaborated with cartoonist Tony Husband on The Tale of Walter the Pencil Man.
Ian McMillan is a poet and performer from Yorkshire, as well as a playwright, journalist, and all-round poetry whirlwind. As well as writing and performing his own work, for both adults and children, he is a tireless champion of poetry and the spoken arts, and a campaigner for the arts to be for everybody. He has been described by Poet Laureate ...
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Ian McMillan (b. 1956) is one of the UK’s best known contemporary poets. Aside from many books (for adults and children), sometimes including prose and plays, he has also made appearances on television, on all the national BBC radio channels (through which he was recently listed as the 22nd most powerful person in radio), in diverse newspapers and magazines, and as a poet in residence in a wide range of places including Barnsley FC and the Humberside Police.
