424 - William McGonagall; History's Worst Poet
Do Go On6 Joulu 2023

424 - William McGonagall; History's Worst Poet

This week we are joined by the wonderful Evan Munro-Smith, to talk about a man often referred to as "the worst poet in the history of the English language" - William McGonagall.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:36 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-mcgonagall

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/william-mcgonagall/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/William-McGonagall-The-bard-of-Dundee/

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/


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