In 2007, a group of 30-somethings in London came up with a novel way of meeting their favourite bands and giving them an unusual way to perform and talk about their music. This project was called the Black Cab Sessions. The concept is simple – performers ranging from musicians to poets, hop into the back…

A trio of Britain’s most respected poets – Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Pattern – wax  lyrical about their anthology The Mersey Sound and the city that inspired it. Influenced by 1950s Beat Poetry movement, the writers were loved for their simplicity of language and contemporary themes, and the work become the best-selling poetry…