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As part of our series on Secret Languages, Isy Suttie has written a song especially for The Verb about how secret family languages pass through the generations. Isy explains how secret languages have featured in all her relationships, and how they can bond families together.

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The writer, performance poet and broadcaster Paul Evans is the author of The Guardian’s ‘Country Diary’. ‘Herbaceous’ (Little Toller) follows the colour of plants as they change through the seasons. Paul sees gardening as a cultural project, and ‘Herbaceous’ takes its influence from sources as unlikely as seed catalogues in order capture significant moments.

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The European Broadcasting Union is marking the centenary of WWI with a series of ‘audio snapshots.’ The Verb is broadcasting four dramas from around the United Kingdom, this week we hear Lavinia’s drama, ‘Tyre’. Lavinia and Janys discuss their plays, both of which feature strong women at the Front. They also discuss some of the dramas from around Europe.

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All the Europe 1914 Audio snapshots can be heard

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Tyre by Lavinia Murray

Cast

YSABEL BIRKBECK - ÌýVictoria Brazier

DOCTOR ALECK -ÌýÌýPaul Sockett

DOCTOR 2 GEORGE/SOLDER THWAITES - Shaun Mason

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Produced by Sharon Sephton