Murray Lachlan Young (born 14 March 1969) is a British poet, stand-up performer, broadcaster, playwright and screenwriter, and he is also a children's author who has worked extensively in schools.

[1] He came to prominence during the Britpop era of the mid-1990s, when he became the only poet to sign a recording contract worth £1m.

[3] In 1998, he married singer Zoë Pollock; they have two children.

[4] Live solo shows include: Features: Shorts: In 2021, Murray Lachlan Young teamed up with Orbital's Paul Hartnoll for a lockdown inspired album called The Virus Diaries under the name Hartnoll & Young.

[7][8][9] In June 2021, the pair released a single from the album called "Garden Centre (Push the Trolley)"[10][11] as a follow-up to "I Need a Haircut".