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The Roger McGough archive was acquired in 2007, with the archives of Adrian Henri and Brian Patten, by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. These collections are complemented by the Library's manuscript and printed collections for other Merseyside writers, such as Matt Simpson, and such major literary figures of the 20th century as Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney.
Summary. ‘ The Trouble with Snowmen ’ by Roger McGough describes life and death through the unchanging symbol of a cement snowman. In the first lines of this poem, the speaker begins with the lighthearted scenario of how one might build a snowman that does not melt in the sun. The speaker’s father, who has come up with a clever solution ...
Author: Roger McGough Illustrator: Michael Broad. Publisher: Barrington Stoke. Interest age: 7-12. Reading age: 7. A hilarious tale about two young boys getting up to mischief and into scrapes in latter-day Liverpool, by the award-winning poet, playwright and author, Roger McGough.
Roger McGough is an English poet, playwright, performer, and broadcaster. He was born on November 9, 1937, in Litherland, Liverpool, England. McGough grew up in Liverpool and attended the University of Hull, where he studied French and English. After graduation, he taught at a secondary school in Hoylake, but soon became involved in the ...
25 de nov. de 2004 · Roger McGough’s writing career spans four glorious decades. Over forty years youthful exuberance (‘McGough has done for British poetry what champagne does for weddings…’Time Out) may have given way gradually to wry reflectiveness (‘A poet for us all: laconic, ironic, at times Byronic’ Laurie Lee), but McGough’s poems remain as potent as ever they were: witty, engaging, offbeat ...
5 de ago. de 1993 · Defying Gravity. From the moving elegy 'Defying Gravity' to the entertainingly surreal 'Your Favourite Hat' in this collection of poetry, Roger McGough comes to terms with painful personal memories as well as confronting fears that are universal. Whether he is observing the eccentricities of contemporary life or the oddities of human feeling ...
1 de jul. de 2017 · Fay Weldon, Roger McGough, Darcus Howe, Yvonne Roberts, Katharine Whitehorn and Emma Soames look back to their experiences of the era. Published: 10 Mar 2012 . Has White Heat got the 1960s right?
