10 Facts About Jeff Nuttall

Jeffrey Addison Nuttall was an English poet, performer, author, actor, teacher, painter, sculptor, jazz musician, anarchist and social commentator who was a key part of the British 1960s counter-culture.

Jeff Nuttall was the brother of literary critic AD Nuttall.

Jeff Nuttall studied at Hereford College of Art, and Bath Academy of Art, Corsham Court Jeff Nuttall married Jane Louch, his former art teacher in 1954 and in the same year gained a teaching MA at The Institute of Education in London followed by national service completed in 1956.

Jeff Nuttall was active with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament until 1962, then inspired by Alexander Trocchi and Peter Currell Brown, he committed to making art to change society.

Jeff Nuttall made connections with other avant-garde writers and artists in Group H including Bob Cobbing and John Latham.

In 1963 Jeff Nuttall produced the first of 17 issues of My Own Mag with contributions from William Burroughs.

Jeff Nuttall was active in Performance Art collaborating with Rose McGuire, and influencing other performers and students including Marc Almond.

Jeff Nuttall was elected Chairman of the National Society of Poetry in 1975 and with Eric Mottram tried to introduce radical modernist poetry occasioning the Poetry Wars.

From 1979 to 1981 Jeff Nuttall was poetry critic for The Guardian.

Jeff Nuttall died aged 70 on 4 January 2004 at the Hen and Chickens pub in Abergavenny, where his jazz band had performed regularly for ten years.