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 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 ...

This 1963 film packed with raw archive footage and interviews is the story of the Mersey Sound Fuelled by Beatlemania this musical explosion changed the face of pop ...

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 ...