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A brass ear trumpet in the Cavern. A lipstick stain on the Queen’s tiara. A breakfast cereal that can Morris Dance. A poem as loud as an Atom bomb. A lyric to accompany Gran’s snoring. A Surrealist ...
The 87-year-old, who has written more than 100 poetry books for adults and children, will perform his latest show, Alive and Gigging, at Salisbury Playhouse on Wednesday, March 26. McGough will ...
Roger McGough (The Collected Poems – Viking £25, 752pp) has been a beloved favourite of mine since he joined Adrian Henri and Brian Patten in the thrilling 1967 paperback The Mersey Sound.
He burst onto the poetry scene in the 1960s alongside his fellow Liverpudlian poets Adrian Henri and Brian Patten. ... and political. There are poems about 9/11 and Bloody Friday, ...
The poet tells Fiona Sturges about the 60s Liverpool poetry scene, getting advice from Philip Larkin ... an anthology also featuring fellow Liverpool poets Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, ...
It’s a long time since I’ve seen anyone wearing a snake belt, but when the poet Roger McGough takes to the Liverpool Playhouse stage wearing just such an accessory, it turns out to be merely the first ...
He is also described as a 'force of nature – and poetry' and will visit the Maidenhead arts venue on Wednesday, July 3. Roger was one of the Liverpool poets, alongside Adrian Henri and Brian ...
87-year-old performer and broadcaster Roger McGough has published hundreds of poetry books and has been called ‘the patron saint of poetry’.
Even back when the 1967 landmark Penguin poetry collection The Mersey Sound turned McGough and his fellow Liverpool poets Brian Patten and the late Adrian Henri into something akin to pop stars, he ...
Taking her cue from the Mersey Poets, Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, she was early in her career often defined as a “performance” poet, which was not always a compliment.
The Mersey Sound. Around 1967, Penguin published a collection called The Mersey Sound. It was a series of contemporary poets like Roger McGough, Adrian Henri and Brian Patten.
Peeradina’s former student and associate, the writer Salil Tripathi, pays a tribute to the poet and editor who died on February 12, 2023, at the age of 78.