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Philip Larkin and the Third Woman

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

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Sir Andrew Motion discovers an unpublished poem by Philip Larkin when he visits Hull to meet one of the poet's ex-lovers, Betty Mackereth, speaking of her love for the first time. Show more

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