Poet, journalist and broadcaster. Collections include The Very Best of Ian McMillan, Tall in the Saddle and Now it Can be Told. McMillan is the presenter of Radio 3’s spoken word programme, The Verb.
Yes, I guess you are right. Any facts will do.
From ‘Just the Facts, Just the’ in Selected Poems (Manchester: Carcanet, 1987)
Now then, fatha, how’s your Bill? He jumped under a bus on Spital Hill.
From ‘Poem Occasioned by the High Incidence of Suicide amongst the Unemployed’ in Dad, the Donkey’s on Fire (Manchester: Carcanet, 1994)
