Thought this extract from a Roger McGough interview might interest you, Hugh:
Why, out of interest, doesn't he drive?
"It's funny. My generation of poets don't. Adrian Mitchell, Brian Patten, Adrian Henri, John Agard. Um. Ben Zephaniah, does he drive? John Hegley can't drive. I don't know. I'd rather sit on a bus or a train and think about something".
Full interview:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/f...642018,00.html
Duncan