Larkin Revisited

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Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.

Across ten programmes and ten Philip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he revisits and unpicks Larkin's work in his centenary year.

Across ten programmes and ten iconic Phillip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he unpicks Larkin's poems in his centenary year, and lets the language that entered the culture resonate as he goes about his own life as a poet.

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Larkin Revisited: High Windows

High Windows

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem High Windows.

Across ten programmes and ten poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he revisits Philip Larkin's work in his centenary year.

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem High Windows.

High Windows was described by one reviewer as speaking 'plainly of a feeling of exclusion from sexual happiness’.  But does its swearing, and its transcendent imagery - 'the deep blue air' - still hold a charge for us today?

Producer: Faith Lawrence
Mixed by: Sue Stonestreet

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