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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: Going, Going

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Going, Going.

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.

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Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem 'Going, Going', which invokes an England the poet fears will soon disappear ('The shadows, the meadows, the lanes,/The guildhalls, the carved choirs.)  Does this poem's tone and language still resonate with us today? Can 'Going, Going' be seen as an eco-poem?

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