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
Viridiana (name) Viridiana (name) Viridiana (Spanish, Portuguese, Latin), Viridianne (French, English), Verdiana (Italian) is a female given name of Latin origin as well as the name of an Italian saint. The origin of the female first name Viridiana comes from the Latin word "viridis", meaning "green". Viridiana has never ranked in the top 1,000 female names outside the United States. It first entered the U.S. baby name popularity charts in 1991 in the 981st spot. By 1997 Viridiana was no longer on the baby name popularity charts, having placed at 934th place the previous year. The highest rank for the name Viridiana