“Think of your dad’s nerves” – that’s the admonishment the poet and performer John Hegley grew up hearing on a daily basis. His father Bob’s nerves figured prominently in his childhood, although he ...

John Hegley has written a poem to celebrate 150 years of the Tube. Here, he reads and sings his new composition. John Hegley has written a new poem about the Tube for London Tonight Credit: Johnny ...

In 1931 Rene Hegley painted a picture of Old Nice. He was twenty-six. In 2001 John Hegley, (his son), went to the same street to capture the image for himself on canvas. He was forty-seven. To ...

Stuart Macbeth talks to performer John Hegley about his love of verse ahead of his show at The North Wall Behind John Hegley’s trademark NHS spectacles, there’s more than meets the eye. He may have ...

It’s a shame John Hegley only performed a handful of dates this Fringe - his first after a three-year gap – as his agreeable whimsy, distinctive comic perspective and ear-catching poems and songs make ...

John Hegley has been at the Imagine Festival at the Southbank centre in London, reading poems and singing songs. He stopped off to talk to children's site member KrazyKesh Hi KrazyKesh here with my ...

THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH by Matsuo Basho (Penguin, £7.99) Basho is a poet from a gentler age and this contains haiku-type poems fleshed out by a travelogue. Occasionally, he’ll meet somebody ...

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Poet and performer John Hegley thinks he might be a descendant of the leading French Baroque composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, and for Radio 4 sets out to see if he is. According to family ...

Poet and performer John Hegley recalls the effect his dad’s nerves had on his childhood and explains why he supports the RAF Benevolent Fund Boudicca is a commissioning editor and writer for The ...