Susie Dent talks to Gary Raymond

There’s a word for just about everything, and Susie Dent is here to enlighten you on a host of new (and old) vocabulary.

The lexicographer speaks to Gary Raymond about her new book Words for Life, in which she shares the definition and history of a word for each day of the year.

You’ll go away knowing the word for someone who loves to read in bed (useful for all Hay Festival attendees, we suspect) and the strange history of the word arse, plus expand your vocabulary to words you didn’t know you needed.

Dent is Queen of Dictionary Corner on Channel 4’s Countdown, and hosts TV and radio shows.

Raymond is a novelist, critic, editor and broadcaster, the presenter of The Arts Show for BBC Radio Wales and former editor of Wales Arts Review.