Roger McGough
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Roger McGough was born in Litherland, Liverpool. He was a pupil at St Mary's College in Crosby with Laurie Taylor, future sociologist and criminologist, before going on to study French and Geography at the University of Hull at a time when Philip Larkin was the librarian there, and with whom he corresponded about poetry: "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 poems which I enjoyed reading'. And then he said [something along the lines] of 'you seem to walk a tightrope which you sometimes fall off, but the journey is worth making.'" Returning to Merseyside in the early 1960s, he worked as a French teacher and, with John Gorman, organised arts events. After meeting Mike McGear the trio formed The Scaffold, working the Edinburgh Festival until they signed to Parlophone records in 1966. The group scored several hit records, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with their version of "Lily The Pink". McGough wrote the lyrics for many of the group's songs and also recorded the musical comedy/poetry album McGough and McGear. He has been nicknamed 'the patron saint of poetry' by Carol Ann Duffy.
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| Roger McGough official website Roger McGough official website www.rogermcgough.org.uk - Web |
| Profile and poems written and audio Profile and poems written and audio www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=4678 - Web |
| Interview with Roger McGough about 40 years of the... Interview with Roger McGough about 40 years of the Mersey Poets www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/.../ - Web |
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| BBC Radio 4 archive BBC Radio 4 archive www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mersey/5170.shtml - Web |
| James Campbell, "A life in poetry: Roger McGough",... James Campbell, "A life in poetry: Roger McGough", The Guardian, 22 August 2009 www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/22/poetry-roger-mcgough - Web |
| National Portrait gallery National Portrait gallery www.npg.org.uk/.../largerimage.php?mkey=mw08288&LinkID=mp07914&role=art&rNo=0 - Web |
