Marcus Moore
Kambia Hospital Appeal dinner with Tom
Graveney and writer Marcus Moore - December 2002
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Marcus Moore, writer, performance poet and arts
consultant, interviewed the legendary English cricket batsman
Tom Graveney at a fundraising dinner
held at the Cotswold Hills Golf Club on the outskirts of Cheltenham
to raise funds for the Kambia Hospital Appeal.
About Marcus Moore: Marcus Moore left a responsible professional
career some years ago in order to “get retirement out of the way
while still young”. He has since consumed gallons of coffee, filled
countless ashtrays and thoroughly enjoyed the life of a single
parent pauper.
A writer for 30 years, he decided, in 1992, to abandon ectopic
novels and fustian essays in favour of performance poetry. Following
the release of his collection of mercenary rhymes: 100 verses
for modern times — which sold like warm cross buns — he has since
written pieces for Radio 4 and struts his stuff in pubs, arts
centres, schools and prisons.
Regular slots include the Poets Tent at Glastonbury and the Cheltenham
Festival of Literature, where he hosts the annual UK Allcomers
Poetry Slam and Voices Off events.
His imaginary friends have always been Wit, Irony and Hickory-Dickory-Dockery.
Together, they have walked on to the pages of Macmillan Children’s
Books and bounced on to the stages of over 500 performance poetry
gigs. Adventures include the Oxford Union, Her Majesty’s Prisons,
Cheltenham and Glastonbury Festivals, BBC Radio and Television.
He also writes for a popular daily BBC TV programme about words
and has recently completed two screenplays, written in collaboration
with England wicket-keeper and acclaimed artist, Jack Russell,
with whom he shares a birthday, as well as a passion for the arts
and cricket.
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