The Liverpool poet Brian Patten has been described as a "force of nature" after his death at the age of 79. Fellow Merseyside poet Roger McGough said he was "laid low" by the news of his friend's ...

A Bootle poet who became one of the most highly-regarded voices of Liverpool's literary world has died. Brian Patten earned national fame as one of the Mersey Sound poets, whose 1967 anthology went ...

A sculptor who crafted life-sized bronze statues of some of Britain's prominent historical figures, from John Keats to Queen Elizabeth II, is hoping to add one of the original "Liverpool poets" to his ...

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural ...

Four lads from Liverpool, England, get together to play music. They spend a decade as the resident band at the world-famous Cavern Club in their hometown. It sounds like the beginning of a familiar ...

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