Roger McGough: the man who brought poetry down from the shelf and on to the streets 'Imagination is more important than information. If you’re being bullied at school, you can imagine your ...

Roger McGough calls on publishers to "take a chance" on poetry aimed at children, as National Poetry Day marks its 21st birthday. BBC Homepage.

‘Whenever I come to Oxford/I’m guaranteed a warm reception/ For I always bring a brand new poem/And this year is no exception.” Short, sweet,… ...

Roger McGough, 75, is an award-winning poet, broadcaster, children’s author and playwright. He rose to prominence in the late 1960s when his poems were included in a Penguin anthology, The ...

McGough didn't seek counsel from Larkin, but at the age of 21, after completing his degree and teaching diploma, he did send him some poems. "I got a letter. He said 'thank you for sending me your ...

Gyles and Roger's favourite poems Host_Ryan - One Show team | 17:47 UK time, Thursday, 9 October 2008 Pictured: Roger McGough, One Show poet Celia Sharples and Anton Du Beke in the One Show studio.

New presidents always give off a bit of a glow, and Roger McGough is no exception. After months of civil war at the Poetry Society, marked by mass resignations and counter-resignations, the soft ...