Join us on Sunday the 20th of April 2025 at the Beehive Inn in Edinburgh for an evening in celebration of the poet William Topaz McGonagall – a man commonly known as the worst poet ever to have lived. McGonagall is famous (or perhaps infamous) for having compiled some of the very worst poems every…

In honour of famed Scottish poet William McGonagall, we’re running a Best Bad Poetry Competition. We’re looking for the most artfully terrible poem we can find. It’s easy to write a bad poem, yes, but we’re looking for a poem that is technically awful but nonetheless remains entertaining. We want works that are cringe-inducing, awkward,…