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 ...

Patten, Roger McGough and Adrian Henri: McGough once described Patten as a ‘a burning genius with the looks of a mischievous faun’ - Rod Shone/Mary Evans Picture Library Brian Patten, who has died ...

Poet Roger McGough has led tributes to the writer Brian Patten following his death at the age of 79. Patten, who co-wrote The Mersey Sound anthology alongside McGough and Adrian Henri, “died ...

This is the original version of Brian Patten's poem Where Are You Now, Batman? as published in The Mersey Sound in 1967. It has been revised significantly since by the author over the years. But this ...

Liverpool poet Brian Patten died peacefully in hospital on 29th September, aged 79, with his wife Linda by his side, his publisher HarperCollins has said. Patten had a long association with Gill ...

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 ...