People’s Poet Roger McGough, pictured above, is to perform at the cornerHOUSE this Friday, November 26.

Dubbed the patron saint of poetry by former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Liverpool poet McGough, who hosts Poetry Please on Radio 4, will be reading from his latest book, Safety in Numbers, and taking a wry and whimsical look at, among other things, a year that went missing.

He is joined on stage at the arts centre in Douglas Road, Surbiton, by chum Stewart Henderson, pictured left.

Born in Liverpool and part of the second wave of Merseyside poets, Henderson is a writer of numerous poetry collections for adults and children and, like McGough, is a broadcaster and songwriter.

The poets will also be signing copies of their collections.

To find out more or to book tickets (£17.50) for the event which starts at 7.30pm visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/thecornerhouseevents