The Word (radio) The Word (radio) The Word was a weekly half-hour radio programme on the BBC World Service about books and writers. Its final edition was in October 2008. Once a month its slot was taken over by "World Book Club", in which listeners submitted questions to a famous writer. Both programmes were presented by Harriett Gilbert. "World Book Club" continues to be broadcast once a month on Saturdays. "The Word" emerged from an earlier World Service book programme "Meridian Books" (which had several presenters, including Michael Rosen, Verity Sharp, and Rosemary Hartill,) as well as a poetry request programme, "Poems by
Reginald (given name) Reginald (given name) Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin "Reginaldus", which has been influenced by the Latin word "regina", meaning "queen". This Latin name is a Latinisation of a Germanic language name. This Germanic name is composed of two elements: the first "ragin", meaning "advice", "counsel", "decision"; the second element is "wald", meaning "rule", "ruler". The Old German form of the name is "Raginald"; Old French forms are "Reinald" and "Reynaud". Forms of this Germanic name were first brought to the British Isles by Scandinavians, in the form of