The Bad Press first came into existence in 1991, publishing The Cat’s Pyjamas to coincide with an exhibition of that name by the poet and artist David Robilliard.

It has since then had a precarious, but charmed life, and is the natural champion of the dead, the dying, the undead, the lost, the forgotten, the cross-dressed, the manic, the naked and the depressed.

Poetry isn’t meant to be boring and a quick look at these darlings of the twisted nib should convince you with laughter, tears and alarm