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The McGonagall Lexicon  - http://www.spda.com/mcgonagall/main.cfm  Large collection of "poetic gems" online, together with a chat room and a selection of links.  Glasgow by William McGonagall  - http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Play/glasgow.html  McGonagall's poem about the city, with links to modern photographs of the features he describes.  Scottish Writers on the Internet: William McGonagall  - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/william_mcgonagall.html  Concise biography and list of published works.  Scottish Writers: William McGonagall  - http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/mcgonagall.html  A photograph of the poet, striking a dramatic pose with his hat and walking stick.  McGonagall Online  - http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk  Comprehensive tribute to the poet and tragedian which includes his autobiography as well as all his published poems.  Beautiful Monikie  - http://www.monikiescotland.freeserve.co.uk/mcgonnagal.htm  McGonagall poem praising "as bonnie a place as ye could wish to see, and about eleven or twelve miles from bonnie Dundee"  William McGonagall - Poet and Tragedian of Dundee  - http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/mcgon.htm  Dundee City Council's page on the city's famous bard: "the world's best bad poet". Includes a facsimile of an original McGonagall manuscript.  William McGonagall - Poet  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A416341  Concise article describing McGonagall's life and work from the BBC h2g2 site.  Famous Scots - William McGonagall  - http://scottishculture.about.com/aboutuk/scottishculture/library/blfammcgonagall.htm?terms=mcgonagall  Short biographical article and picture of a recently erected memorial plaque.  The Time I Discovered Myself to be a Poet  - http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Unit&WCU=2179  Analysis of a passage from McGonagall's autobiography which appears in a UK examination syllabus.  Great Scotsmen - William McGonagall  - http://www.firstfoot.co.uk/Great%20Scot/gonagall.htm  Humorous tribute from "the alternative voice of Scotland".  One of God's Clumsy Innocents  - http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/sermons/sermons1996/ClumsyInnocents.htm  Appreciation and biography of the poet, with some sample poems.  'World's Worst Poet' Wins Immortality  - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=573&e=3&cid=573&u=/nm/20020625/od_nm/poet_dc_1  Reuters news report of moves to honour McGonagall in Dundee, includes brief biographical sketch.  McGonagall 2002 Exhibition  - http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/silverytay/  A selection of original McGonagall manuscripts and related documents from the collection of the Dundee library.  The Worst Poem of All Time: William Topaz McGonagall's The Tay Bridge Disaster  - http://poetry.about.com/library/weekly/aa050499.htm?once=true&  Text and criticism of the work.  The Poetry of Scotland - William McGonagall  - http://www.it-serve.co.uk/poetry/Mcgonagall/mcgonagallhome.php  Short biography plus small selection of poems with brief background information.  McGonagall: Gone but Unforgettable  - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/scotland/466681.stm  A plaque is unveiled at McGonagall's burial site. Report and profile from BBC News.  Tribute to the Best Bad Bard  - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/scotland/2060054.stm  The city of Dundee plans a unique riverside tribute, report from BBC News.  The Poetry of William McGonagall  - http://www.geocities.com/trollocksuk/  Selection of general and military works.  William McGonagall: White Elephant  - http://www.scotlandmag.com/issue/5/scottish_poets/169  Lengthy article about the man from Scotland Magazine.  William McGonagall, a Terrible Poet  - http://ukuleleking.diaryland.com/030308_41.html  Lengthy essay about the poet, his life and his writings.  William McGonagall: Quixote of the North  - http://www.xen19.dial.pipex.com/mcgonagall.htm  Article and appreciation of the "teetotal twit who thought he was Tennyson", by poet W. N. Herbert.  William McGonagall: Scotland's Other National Bard  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/scotland/perth_tayside/  "One charge that may never be levelled against the interminable wordsmith is that he didnt put his all into his art." Biographical article from the BBC's local history pages.  All hail McGonagall, in verse there were few worse  - http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/23/1023864526998.html  Biographical article and quotes, from Australian newspaper The Age.  Grossly Maligned and Misunderstood  - http://www.ciao.co.uk/William_McGonagall__Review_5333446  "William McGonagall is one of the 19th century's true life tragic romantic heroes - especially so because he was blissfully unaware of the fact!". Review from ciao.co.uk  Great Scot  - http://www.ciao.co.uk/William_McGonagall__Review_5330521  Review of McGonagall's life, poetic style and works marred by some minor factual errors.  In Search of the World's Worst Writers  - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.page1/worst/McGonagall/mcgonagall.html  Short extracts and critique of McGonagall's works.  John Laurie as The Great McGonagall  - http://home.btconnect.com/howejam/dadsarmy/discography/33_greatmcgonagal.htm  Review of an LP on which Scots actor John Laurie impersonates McGonagall and reads from his poetry. Laurie was partly responsible for bringing McGonagall to a wider audience in the 1960's  McGonagall's Military Verse  - http://www.colonialwargames.org.uk/Inspiration/Poetry/McGonagall/Introduction.htm  Selection of poems commemorating the military actions of the British Empire - evidently one of McGonagall's favourite subjects.  The Great McGonagall  - http://www.durham.net/~neilmac/great.htm  Biographical article from Canadian website "Brigadoonery".  William McGonagall: World's Worst Poet  - http://www.geocities.com/williamtopazmcgonagall/  Site which presents the theory that McGonagall was a deliberate satirist, rather than incompetent. Includes a full Masters thesis about the man and his works.  William Topaz McGonagall Appreciation Society  - http://www.taynet.co.uk/users/mcgon/  Dundee-based fan club for the poet and tragedian. Presents a small selection of his poems and links to other sites.  McGonagall Lament?  - http://www.perthshire.com/residents/Arts+and+Culture/Libraries/News/Perthshires+history/McGonagall+Lament.htm  Review of the poet's life, and a suitable poetic description of it from the staff of the Perth & Kinross libraries.  Inadvertent Doggerel  - http://www.bikwil.com/Vintage05/Inadvertent-Doggerel.html  "A celebration of a particular feature of Victorian literature — accidental trash poetry". An article discussing McGonagall, alongside other poets.