"I think it's just a great example of a simple poem with one meaning on the surface and a load of deeper context beneath. Roger McGough is brilliant like that, and I highly recommend this book." ...

Roger McGough, who has been made a CBE ... His unique style of poetry, nurtured in the clubs and coffee bars of Liverpool's Toxteth district, made McGough, Adrian Henri and Brian Patten household ...

Aged 87, he is a force of nature - and poetry. Is poetry the new rock'n'roll? ...It always was! 'The patron saint of poetry' (Carol Ann Duffy). 'McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for ...

On this occasion I really want to believe him. Roger McGough: 65 Years of Poetry is at the Courtyard Theatre on Tuesday, August 13, at 5.45pm, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

INTERVIEW The poet tells Fiona Sturges about the 60s Liverpool poetry scene, getting advice from Philip Larkin – and appearing on ‘Top of the Pops’ Roger McGough is still introducing the ...

are now available via Eventbrite,( Search ‘ A celebration of poetry with Roger McGough) or by contacting the Shelley Memorial Project’s email address: [email protected] Immerse yourself in the ...

Roger McGough, ‘a trickster you can trust’, has done more than most to breathe life into poetry. part of the top-selling Mersey Sound with Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, he also had hits with The ...

[MUSIC PLAYING] Yeah. [MUSIC PLAYING] Today, we're in the Midlands with two powerhouses of the poetry world, old pals Benjamin Zephaniah and Roger McGough. [MUSIC PLAYING] Be prepared if you ...

Poet Roger McGough, presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, says the most valuable gift he ever received was a pair of Paul McCartney's old trousers. The 83-year-old says he was given ...