Last Year I Was A Judge For

I Suppose For Whatever Reason I Actively Welcome Being Put Down, Something Which Perhaps Goes Back To My Upbringing - That Accusation Of Not Being Worthy Which Could Be Laid At One's Door.

I Was Born In Northern Ireland In 1951. I Lived Most Of My Life There Until 1986 Or 1987

That's One Of The Great Things About Poetry; One Realises That One Does One's Little Turn - That You're Just Part Of The Great Crop, As It Were.

We Simply Have Not Kept In Touch With Poetry

Your Average Pop Song Or Film Is A Very Sophisticated Item, With Very Sophisticated Ways Of Listening And Viewing That We Have Not Really Consciously Developed Over The Years - Because We Were Having Such A Good Time