Roger McGough becomes new Poetry Society president
'Patron saint of poetry' takes up role as Arts Council restores more funding in wake of summer's internal battles
Roger McGough, the one-time pop star with the Liverpool band The Scaffold – famed for its 1968 Christmas No1 Lily the Pink – has been drafted in as the new president of the beleaguered Poetry Society.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 14 December, 2011
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