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Whisper No.8: ASMR Poetry Reading - Philip Larkin
More poetry for you to relax to, as I read and discuss two poems by British writer Philip Larkin (1922-1985) - 'Toads' and 'The Whitsun Weddings'. The second...
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Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin' - January 2010
Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin', Petersfield Write Angle, Upstairs at the Square Brewery - January 2010.
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I Remember, I Remember by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
The pictures of Coventry station, the first in 1952, the last in 2006. "Men with number plates" - Coventry is a town that builds motor cars, which are driven...
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Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull
Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull (Channel 4)
A decent documentary on Philip Larkin's life as the 'Hermit of Hull'. I apologise for the poor video quality, it's the only one I could find. I suppose that this being Larkin, the VHS bleakness fits.
Home is so sad. It stays as it was left,
Shaped to the comfort of the last to go
As if to win them back. Instead, bereft
Of anyone to please, it
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The South Bank Show: Philip Larkin
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin for a production of the South Bank Show. The programme was broadcast 30th May 1982.
Larkin declined to appear on camera, a decision which Bragg later referred to as "a bit mean of him." The programme was the cause of much anguish for the notoriously mopish and reclusive Larkin. In August o
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Poetry Of Departures by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Another poem from the Sappho of Hull. As usual thinking about doing something and writing about it seemed to be enough to keep him out of mischief.
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Barton's Britain: The Whitsun Weddings
Laura Barton and Felix Clay retrace the train journey that inspired the poet Philip Larkin to write The Whitsun Weddings.
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Julian Jordon's poem about Philip Larkin
from a Write Out Loud in Bolton, summer 2008.
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A Study Of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin - Poetry Reading
A Study Of Reading Habits - A poem by Philip Larkin. About the poet - Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 - 1985) is regarded as one of the great English poets of the...
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"Born Yesterday" by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Sally Myfanwy Amis (1954 -- 2000) was, putatively, the youngest child of Larkin's lifelong friend and fellow writer Kingsley Amis - but it's more complicated than that. If you're curious, then you can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Amis
The last picture is of her parents. Sally was born into a family whose affairs would be deemed implausible for any soap opera.
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Philip Larkin - 'The Whitsun Weddings' (1964)
Philip Larkin reads his beautiful title poem from 'The Whitsun Weddings', a collection published in 1964, not '65 as stated in the video. Nevertheless, I hop...
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Philip Larkin: 'Born Yesterday' - A* Analysis - www.mrbruff.com
Hi everyone, I have written two revision guides based on my videos: The GCSE English Language & English Literature Revision Guide is a 90 page eBook which co...
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Philip Larkin "This Be The Verse" - "They f*** you up, your mum and dad" Poem animation
Heres the celebrated English poet Philip Larkin reading what is probably his best loved poem "This Be The Verse" "This Be The Verse" is a lyric poem in three...
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Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
Philip Larkin reads An Arundel Tomb.
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Award Winning author, Martin Goodman talks about his supernatural thriller, Look Who's Watching
"Goodman writes with flare and panache, and the narrative fizzes along. Goodman's novel soars". The Times Martin Goodman writes both fiction (shortlisted for...
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Sad Steps by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
"The strength and pain of being young", is the most telling phrase for me, in that both diminish with age. It is true that life becomes more comfortable once...
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Philip Larkin reads ''The Building''
Can't bring myself to describe or tag this. Just listen.
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No Road by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Larkin's solitary confinement and spiritual isolation were self-inflicted. He knew it. It reminds me of this remark, "Adulthood is the state of running away ...
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Six Poets by Alan Bennett
"Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions." - Alan Bennett
In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and s
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Bridge For The Living - Philip Larkin
Written to commemorate the opening of the Humber Bridge, 'Bridge For The Living' finds Philip Larkin ruminating both on the affect he believed the bridge wou...
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Martin Goodman & James Thornton in conversation
Award winning author Martin Goodman in conversation with leading environmental lawyer and partner, James Thornton. Martin is the director of the Philip Larki...
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Philip Larkin - The Explosion
Philip Larkin reads.
High Windows (1974)
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Poems without a Country
I am a poet/writer/independent slang lexicographer. I fell in love with words and writing at an early age. However, my passion for poetry writing began in my...
Whisper No.8: ASMR Poetry Reading - Philip Larkin
More poetry for you to relax to, as I read and discuss two poems by British writer Philip Larkin (1922-1985) - 'Toads' and 'The Whitsun Weddings'. The second......
More poetry for you to relax to, as I read and discuss two poems by British writer Philip Larkin (1922-1985) - 'Toads' and 'The Whitsun Weddings'. The second...
wn.com/Whisper No.8 Asmr Poetry Reading Philip Larkin
More poetry for you to relax to, as I read and discuss two poems by British writer Philip Larkin (1922-1985) - 'Toads' and 'The Whitsun Weddings'. The second...
Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin' - January 2010
Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin', Petersfield Write Angle, Upstairs at the Square Brewery - January 2010....
Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin', Petersfield Write Angle, Upstairs at the Square Brewery - January 2010.
wn.com/Leah Cohen Reading 'Dedicated To Philip Larkin' January 2010
Leah Cohen reading 'Dedicated to Philip Larkin', Petersfield Write Angle, Upstairs at the Square Brewery - January 2010.
I Remember, I Remember by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
The pictures of Coventry station, the first in 1952, the last in 2006. "Men with number plates" - Coventry is a town that builds motor cars, which are driven......
The pictures of Coventry station, the first in 1952, the last in 2006. "Men with number plates" - Coventry is a town that builds motor cars, which are driven...
wn.com/I Remember, I Remember By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
The pictures of Coventry station, the first in 1952, the last in 2006. "Men with number plates" - Coventry is a town that builds motor cars, which are driven...
Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull
Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull (Channel 4)
A decent documentary on Philip Larkin's life as the 'Hermit of Hull'. I apologise for the poor video quality,...
Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull (Channel 4)
A decent documentary on Philip Larkin's life as the 'Hermit of Hull'. I apologise for the poor video quality, it's the only one I could find. I suppose that this being Larkin, the VHS bleakness fits.
Home is so sad. It stays as it was left,
Shaped to the comfort of the last to go
As if to win them back. Instead, bereft
Of anyone to please, it withers so,
Having no heart to put aside the theft
And turn again to what it started as,
A joyous shot at how things ought to be,
Long fallen wide. You can see how it was:
Look at the pictures and the cutlery.
The music in the piano stool. That vase.
wn.com/Philip Larkin Love And Death In Hull
Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull (Channel 4)
A decent documentary on Philip Larkin's life as the 'Hermit of Hull'. I apologise for the poor video quality, it's the only one I could find. I suppose that this being Larkin, the VHS bleakness fits.
Home is so sad. It stays as it was left,
Shaped to the comfort of the last to go
As if to win them back. Instead, bereft
Of anyone to please, it withers so,
Having no heart to put aside the theft
And turn again to what it started as,
A joyous shot at how things ought to be,
Long fallen wide. You can see how it was:
Look at the pictures and the cutlery.
The music in the piano stool. That vase.
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 38264
The South Bank Show: Philip Larkin
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin for a production of the South Bank Show. The program...
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin for a production of the South Bank Show. The programme was broadcast 30th May 1982.
Larkin declined to appear on camera, a decision which Bragg later referred to as "a bit mean of him." The programme was the cause of much anguish for the notoriously mopish and reclusive Larkin. In August of that year he wrote to his bibliographer B.C. Bloomfield to say that he had recorded a number of poems for the programme, before concluding "God help me." Larkin's colleague James Booth observed that the poet found the experience "difficult and intrusive."
wn.com/The South Bank Show Philip Larkin
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin for a production of the South Bank Show. The programme was broadcast 30th May 1982.
Larkin declined to appear on camera, a decision which Bragg later referred to as "a bit mean of him." The programme was the cause of much anguish for the notoriously mopish and reclusive Larkin. In August of that year he wrote to his bibliographer B.C. Bloomfield to say that he had recorded a number of poems for the programme, before concluding "God help me." Larkin's colleague James Booth observed that the poet found the experience "difficult and intrusive."
- published: 27 May 2015
- views: 73
Poetry Of Departures by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Another poem from the Sappho of Hull. As usual thinking about doing something and writing about it seemed to be enough to keep him out of mischief....
Another poem from the Sappho of Hull. As usual thinking about doing something and writing about it seemed to be enough to keep him out of mischief.
wn.com/Poetry Of Departures By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
Another poem from the Sappho of Hull. As usual thinking about doing something and writing about it seemed to be enough to keep him out of mischief.
Barton's Britain: The Whitsun Weddings
Laura Barton and Felix Clay retrace the train journey that inspired the poet Philip Larkin to write The Whitsun Weddings....
Laura Barton and Felix Clay retrace the train journey that inspired the poet Philip Larkin to write The Whitsun Weddings.
wn.com/Barton's Britain The Whitsun Weddings
Laura Barton and Felix Clay retrace the train journey that inspired the poet Philip Larkin to write The Whitsun Weddings.
A Study Of Reading Habits by Philip Larkin - Poetry Reading
A Study Of Reading Habits - A poem by Philip Larkin. About the poet - Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 - 1985) is regarded as one of the great English poets of the......
A Study Of Reading Habits - A poem by Philip Larkin. About the poet - Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 - 1985) is regarded as one of the great English poets of the...
wn.com/A Study Of Reading Habits By Philip Larkin Poetry Reading
A Study Of Reading Habits - A poem by Philip Larkin. About the poet - Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 - 1985) is regarded as one of the great English poets of the...
"Born Yesterday" by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Sally Myfanwy Amis (1954 -- 2000) was, putatively, the youngest child of Larkin's lifelong friend and fellow writer Kingsley Amis - but it's more complicated th...
Sally Myfanwy Amis (1954 -- 2000) was, putatively, the youngest child of Larkin's lifelong friend and fellow writer Kingsley Amis - but it's more complicated than that. If you're curious, then you can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Amis
The last picture is of her parents. Sally was born into a family whose affairs would be deemed implausible for any soap opera. You couldn't make it up. Here is an article about them in The Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-414493/Kingsley-Amis-The-young-devil.html
A good article about Philip Larkin and his relationships withwomen here in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/27/philip-larkin-love-hate-women
The first painting is The Newborn, 1989, by Stephen Gjertson in Montclair Art Museum.
http://rompedas.blogspot.com/2010/03/classical-realism.html
Tightly-folded bud,
I have wished you something
None of the others would:
Not the usual stuff
About being beautiful,
Or running off a spring
Of innocence and love -
They will all wish you that,
And should it prove possible,
Well, you're a lucky girl.
But if it shouldn't, then
May you be ordinary;
Have, like other women,
An average of talents:
Not ugly, not good-looking,
Nothing uncustomary
To pull you off your balance,
That, unworkable itself,
Stops all the rest from working.
In fact, may you be dull -
If that is what a skilled,
Vigilant, flexible,
Unemphasised, enthralled
Catching of happiness is called.
wn.com/Born Yesterday By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
Sally Myfanwy Amis (1954 -- 2000) was, putatively, the youngest child of Larkin's lifelong friend and fellow writer Kingsley Amis - but it's more complicated than that. If you're curious, then you can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Amis
The last picture is of her parents. Sally was born into a family whose affairs would be deemed implausible for any soap opera. You couldn't make it up. Here is an article about them in The Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-414493/Kingsley-Amis-The-young-devil.html
A good article about Philip Larkin and his relationships withwomen here in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/27/philip-larkin-love-hate-women
The first painting is The Newborn, 1989, by Stephen Gjertson in Montclair Art Museum.
http://rompedas.blogspot.com/2010/03/classical-realism.html
Tightly-folded bud,
I have wished you something
None of the others would:
Not the usual stuff
About being beautiful,
Or running off a spring
Of innocence and love -
They will all wish you that,
And should it prove possible,
Well, you're a lucky girl.
But if it shouldn't, then
May you be ordinary;
Have, like other women,
An average of talents:
Not ugly, not good-looking,
Nothing uncustomary
To pull you off your balance,
That, unworkable itself,
Stops all the rest from working.
In fact, may you be dull -
If that is what a skilled,
Vigilant, flexible,
Unemphasised, enthralled
Catching of happiness is called.
- published: 04 Jun 2011
- views: 7330
Philip Larkin - 'The Whitsun Weddings' (1964)
Philip Larkin reads his beautiful title poem from 'The Whitsun Weddings', a collection published in 1964, not '65 as stated in the video. Nevertheless, I hop......
Philip Larkin reads his beautiful title poem from 'The Whitsun Weddings', a collection published in 1964, not '65 as stated in the video. Nevertheless, I hop...
wn.com/Philip Larkin 'The Whitsun Weddings' (1964)
Philip Larkin reads his beautiful title poem from 'The Whitsun Weddings', a collection published in 1964, not '65 as stated in the video. Nevertheless, I hop...
Philip Larkin: 'Born Yesterday' - A* Analysis - www.mrbruff.com
Hi everyone, I have written two revision guides based on my videos: The GCSE English Language & English Literature Revision Guide is a 90 page eBook which co......
Hi everyone, I have written two revision guides based on my videos: The GCSE English Language & English Literature Revision Guide is a 90 page eBook which co...
wn.com/Philip Larkin 'Born Yesterday' A Analysis Www.Mrbruff.Com
Hi everyone, I have written two revision guides based on my videos: The GCSE English Language & English Literature Revision Guide is a 90 page eBook which co...
- published: 12 Jan 2013
- views: 14364
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author: mrbruff
Philip Larkin "This Be The Verse" - "They f*** you up, your mum and dad" Poem animation
Heres the celebrated English poet Philip Larkin reading what is probably his best loved poem "This Be The Verse" "This Be The Verse" is a lyric poem in three......
Heres the celebrated English poet Philip Larkin reading what is probably his best loved poem "This Be The Verse" "This Be The Verse" is a lyric poem in three...
wn.com/Philip Larkin This Be The Verse They F You Up, Your Mum And Dad Poem Animation
Heres the celebrated English poet Philip Larkin reading what is probably his best loved poem "This Be The Verse" "This Be The Verse" is a lyric poem in three...
Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
Philip Larkin reads An Arundel Tomb....
Philip Larkin reads An Arundel Tomb.
wn.com/Philip Larkin An Arundel Tomb
Philip Larkin reads An Arundel Tomb.
Award Winning author, Martin Goodman talks about his supernatural thriller, Look Who's Watching
"Goodman writes with flare and panache, and the narrative fizzes along. Goodman's novel soars". The Times Martin Goodman writes both fiction (shortlisted for......
"Goodman writes with flare and panache, and the narrative fizzes along. Goodman's novel soars". The Times Martin Goodman writes both fiction (shortlisted for...
wn.com/Award Winning Author, Martin Goodman Talks About His Supernatural Thriller, Look Who's Watching
"Goodman writes with flare and panache, and the narrative fizzes along. Goodman's novel soars". The Times Martin Goodman writes both fiction (shortlisted for...
Sad Steps by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
"The strength and pain of being young", is the most telling phrase for me, in that both diminish with age. It is true that life becomes more comfortable once......
"The strength and pain of being young", is the most telling phrase for me, in that both diminish with age. It is true that life becomes more comfortable once...
wn.com/Sad Steps By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
"The strength and pain of being young", is the most telling phrase for me, in that both diminish with age. It is true that life becomes more comfortable once...
Philip Larkin reads ''The Building''
Can't bring myself to describe or tag this. Just listen....
Can't bring myself to describe or tag this. Just listen.
wn.com/Philip Larkin Reads ''The Building''
Can't bring myself to describe or tag this. Just listen.
No Road by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Larkin's solitary confinement and spiritual isolation were self-inflicted. He knew it. It reminds me of this remark, "Adulthood is the state of running away ......
Larkin's solitary confinement and spiritual isolation were self-inflicted. He knew it. It reminds me of this remark, "Adulthood is the state of running away ...
wn.com/No Road By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
Larkin's solitary confinement and spiritual isolation were self-inflicted. He knew it. It reminds me of this remark, "Adulthood is the state of running away ...
Six Poets by Alan Bennett
"Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for di...
"Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions." - Alan Bennett
In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail. Ranging from hidden treasures to famous poems, this is a collection for the beginner and the expert alike. Speaking with candour about his own reactions to the work, Alan Bennett creates profound and witty portraits of Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and Philip Larkin, all the more enjoyable for being in his own particular voice.
Anybody writing poetry in the thirties had somehow to come to terms with Auden. Auden, you see, had got a head start on the other poets. He'd got into the thirties first, like someone taking over the digs.
For more information visit the Faber & Faber website: http://www.faber.co.uk/9780571321094-six-poets-hardy-to-larkin.html
wn.com/Six Poets By Alan Bennett
"Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions." - Alan Bennett
In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail. Ranging from hidden treasures to famous poems, this is a collection for the beginner and the expert alike. Speaking with candour about his own reactions to the work, Alan Bennett creates profound and witty portraits of Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and Philip Larkin, all the more enjoyable for being in his own particular voice.
Anybody writing poetry in the thirties had somehow to come to terms with Auden. Auden, you see, had got a head start on the other poets. He'd got into the thirties first, like someone taking over the digs.
For more information visit the Faber & Faber website: http://www.faber.co.uk/9780571321094-six-poets-hardy-to-larkin.html
- published: 06 Nov 2014
- views: 85
Bridge For The Living - Philip Larkin
Written to commemorate the opening of the Humber Bridge, 'Bridge For The Living' finds Philip Larkin ruminating both on the affect he believed the bridge wou......
Written to commemorate the opening of the Humber Bridge, 'Bridge For The Living' finds Philip Larkin ruminating both on the affect he believed the bridge wou...
wn.com/Bridge For The Living Philip Larkin
Written to commemorate the opening of the Humber Bridge, 'Bridge For The Living' finds Philip Larkin ruminating both on the affect he believed the bridge wou...
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- views: 4508
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author: Dave Lee
Martin Goodman & James Thornton in conversation
Award winning author Martin Goodman in conversation with leading environmental lawyer and partner, James Thornton. Martin is the director of the Philip Larki......
Award winning author Martin Goodman in conversation with leading environmental lawyer and partner, James Thornton. Martin is the director of the Philip Larki...
wn.com/Martin Goodman James Thornton In Conversation
Award winning author Martin Goodman in conversation with leading environmental lawyer and partner, James Thornton. Martin is the director of the Philip Larki...
Philip Larkin - The Explosion
Philip Larkin reads.
High Windows (1974)...
Philip Larkin reads.
High Windows (1974)
wn.com/Philip Larkin The Explosion
Philip Larkin reads.
High Windows (1974)
- published: 04 Nov 2015
- views: 16
Poems without a Country
I am a poet/writer/independent slang lexicographer. I fell in love with words and writing at an early age. However, my passion for poetry writing began in my......
I am a poet/writer/independent slang lexicographer. I fell in love with words and writing at an early age. However, my passion for poetry writing began in my...
wn.com/Poems Without A Country
I am a poet/writer/independent slang lexicographer. I fell in love with words and writing at an early age. However, my passion for poetry writing began in my...
- published: 27 Jan 2012
- views: 388
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author: Nangslang
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Philip Larkin, Monitor, Down Cemetery Road
John Betjeman interviewing Philip Larkin in a 1964 episode of Monitor, which was a flagship arts programme on British tv during the 1950s and 1960s. See: 'La...
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Philip Larkin.Monitor: Down Cemetery Road pt2
Pt2 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
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Philip Larkin - The Lost Tapes
A Sky News piece about the rediscovery of some recordings of Larkin reading a number of his poems. These tapes are particularly significant because they incl...
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"Church Going" by Philip Larkin (read by the poet--lovely) Christopher Hitchens cites this
Church Going
Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut
For Sunday, brownish now; some brass and stuff
Up at the holy end; the small neat organ;
And a tense, musty, unignorable silence,
Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.
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Philip Larkin. Monitor :Down Cemetery Rd Pt1
pt1 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
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Vers De Societe - Philip Larkin
Audio from Philip Larkin :The Sunday Sessions. Footage from Down Cemetery Road, a 1964 BBC Documentary, showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman.
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Zoe Wanamaker 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin
Zoe Wanamaker reads her favourite poems, 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin and 'Not Waving But Drowning' by Stevie Smith, and talks to Jolyon Connell, founder of Connell Guides.
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Artist Martin Jennings talks about Hull's new Philip Larkin statue
Exclusive interview with celebrated sculptor Martin Jennings, about his new work - a statue of poet Philip Larkin for Hull Paragon Station. The statue celebr...
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Aubade read by Philip Larkin
Aubade I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see wha...
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Here - Philip Larkin
'Here' is a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Philip Larkin's poem of the same name, which depicts a journey east "from rich industrial shadows" throu...
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Simone Dinnerstein reading The Trees, by Philip Larkin
Simone Dinnerstein is interviewed in the Diane Rehm Show and asked about the title of her latest album "Something Almost Being Said".
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MCMXIV (Outbreak of the First World War) by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
It's about men volunteering at the outbreak of the first World War. The poem is only one sentence and the punctuation is significant.
Those long uneven lines
Standing as patiently
As if they were stretched outside
The Oval or Villa Park,
The crowns of hats, the sun
On moustached archaic faces
Grinning as if it were all
An August Bank Holiday lark;
And the shut shops, the bleached
Established
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Aubade Philip Larkin
Short piece of Aubade from the promo for 'Love Again' the life of Philip Larkin.
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This Be The Verse - Philip Larkin. Read by Sir Tom Courtenay
2014 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of High Windows, the last significant release of the works of poet Philip Larkin. The poem This Be The Verse fe...
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SCSU Softball Interview: Meet Megan Larkin & Rebecca Harps
St. Cloud State softball freshmen talk about choosing SCSU and transitioning during their first semester. (Song credit: Philip Phillips "Home")
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'Born Yesterday' by Philip Larkin (GCSE analysis)
A revision video for GCSE students studying AQA English Literature. The anthology is Moon on the Tides: Relationships Cluster.
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Philip Larkin. Monitor: Down Cemetery Road . Part3
Part 3 of a 1964 bbc Documentary. Philip Larkin/John Betjeman.
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The Tiara Talk Show: Interview with Linda Larkin, Voice of Princess Jasmine in “ALADDIN”
In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, voice-over actress Linda Larkin chats with host Tammy Tuckey about working alongside Robin Williams while recording the voice of Princess Jasmine in “Aladdin,” being inducted as Disney Legend at the D23 Expo 2011, the upcoming "Aladdin" panel at the 2015 D23 Expo and more!
For more information about the upcoming D23 Expo and the “Aladdin—The Making of a Cla
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For Sidney Bechet - Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin reads his poem For Sidney Bechet. Sidney Bechet plays Petite Fleur.
Philip Larkin, Monitor, Down Cemetery Road
John Betjeman interviewing Philip Larkin in a 1964 episode of Monitor, which was a flagship arts programme on British tv during the 1950s and 1960s. See: 'La......
John Betjeman interviewing Philip Larkin in a 1964 episode of Monitor, which was a flagship arts programme on British tv during the 1950s and 1960s. See: 'La...
wn.com/Philip Larkin, Monitor, Down Cemetery Road
John Betjeman interviewing Philip Larkin in a 1964 episode of Monitor, which was a flagship arts programme on British tv during the 1950s and 1960s. See: 'La...
Philip Larkin.Monitor: Down Cemetery Road pt2
Pt2 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a......
Pt2 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
wn.com/Philip Larkin.Monitor Down Cemetery Road Pt2
Pt2 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
Philip Larkin - The Lost Tapes
A Sky News piece about the rediscovery of some recordings of Larkin reading a number of his poems. These tapes are particularly significant because they incl......
A Sky News piece about the rediscovery of some recordings of Larkin reading a number of his poems. These tapes are particularly significant because they incl...
wn.com/Philip Larkin The Lost Tapes
A Sky News piece about the rediscovery of some recordings of Larkin reading a number of his poems. These tapes are particularly significant because they incl...
"Church Going" by Philip Larkin (read by the poet--lovely) Christopher Hitchens cites this
Church Going
Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sp...
Church Going
Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut
For Sunday, brownish now; some brass and stuff
Up at the holy end; the small neat organ;
And a tense, musty, unignorable silence,
Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.
Move forward, run my hand around the font.
From where I stand, the roof looks almost new -
Cleaned, or restored? Someone would know: I don't.
Mounting the lectern, I peruse a few
Hectoring large-scale verses, and pronounce
'Here endeth' much more loudly than I'd meant.
The echoes snigger briefly. Back at the door
I sign the book, donate an Irish sixpence,
Reflect the place was not worth stopping for.
Yet stop I did: in fact I often do,
And always end much at a loss like this,
Wondering what to look for; wondering, too,
When churches fall completely out of use
What we shall turn them into, if we shall keep
A few cathedrals chronically on show,
Their parchment, plate and pyx in locked cases,
And let the rest rent-free to rain and sheep.
Shall we avoid them as unlucky places?
Or, after dark, will dubious women come
To make their children touch a particular stone;
Pick simples for a cancer; or on some
Advised night see walking a dead one?
Power of some sort will go on
In games, in riddles, seemingly at random;
But superstition, like belief, must die,
And what remains when disbelief has gone?
Grass, weedy pavement, brambles, buttress, sky,
A shape less recognisable each week,
A purpose more obscure. I wonder who
Will be the last, the very last, to seek
This place for what it was; one of the crew
That tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were?
Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique,
Or Christmas-addict, counting on a whiff
Of gown-and-bands and organ-pipes and myrrh?
Or will he be my representative,
Bored, uninformed, knowing the ghostly silt
Dispersed, yet tending to this cross of ground
Through suburb scrub because it held unspilt
So long and equably what since is found
Only in separation - marriage, and birth,
And death, and thoughts of these - for which was built
This special shell? For, though I've no idea
What this accoutred frowsty barn is worth,
It pleases me to stand in silence here;
A serious house on serious earth it is,
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet,
Are recognized, and robed as destinies.
And that much never can be obsolete,
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious,
And gravitating with it to this ground,
Which, he once heard, was proper to grow wise in,
If only that so many dead lie round.
wn.com/Church Going By Philip Larkin (Read By The Poet Lovely) Christopher Hitchens Cites This
Church Going
Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut
For Sunday, brownish now; some brass and stuff
Up at the holy end; the small neat organ;
And a tense, musty, unignorable silence,
Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence.
Move forward, run my hand around the font.
From where I stand, the roof looks almost new -
Cleaned, or restored? Someone would know: I don't.
Mounting the lectern, I peruse a few
Hectoring large-scale verses, and pronounce
'Here endeth' much more loudly than I'd meant.
The echoes snigger briefly. Back at the door
I sign the book, donate an Irish sixpence,
Reflect the place was not worth stopping for.
Yet stop I did: in fact I often do,
And always end much at a loss like this,
Wondering what to look for; wondering, too,
When churches fall completely out of use
What we shall turn them into, if we shall keep
A few cathedrals chronically on show,
Their parchment, plate and pyx in locked cases,
And let the rest rent-free to rain and sheep.
Shall we avoid them as unlucky places?
Or, after dark, will dubious women come
To make their children touch a particular stone;
Pick simples for a cancer; or on some
Advised night see walking a dead one?
Power of some sort will go on
In games, in riddles, seemingly at random;
But superstition, like belief, must die,
And what remains when disbelief has gone?
Grass, weedy pavement, brambles, buttress, sky,
A shape less recognisable each week,
A purpose more obscure. I wonder who
Will be the last, the very last, to seek
This place for what it was; one of the crew
That tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were?
Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique,
Or Christmas-addict, counting on a whiff
Of gown-and-bands and organ-pipes and myrrh?
Or will he be my representative,
Bored, uninformed, knowing the ghostly silt
Dispersed, yet tending to this cross of ground
Through suburb scrub because it held unspilt
So long and equably what since is found
Only in separation - marriage, and birth,
And death, and thoughts of these - for which was built
This special shell? For, though I've no idea
What this accoutred frowsty barn is worth,
It pleases me to stand in silence here;
A serious house on serious earth it is,
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet,
Are recognized, and robed as destinies.
And that much never can be obsolete,
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious,
And gravitating with it to this ground,
Which, he once heard, was proper to grow wise in,
If only that so many dead lie round.
- published: 16 Jun 2013
- views: 18610
Philip Larkin. Monitor :Down Cemetery Rd Pt1
pt1 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a......
pt1 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
wn.com/Philip Larkin. Monitor Down Cemetery Rd Pt1
pt1 of a 1964 BBC Documentary showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman. Includes poems by Larkin,excellent footage of 1960's Hull and surrounding a...
Vers De Societe - Philip Larkin
Audio from Philip Larkin :The Sunday Sessions. Footage from Down Cemetery Road, a 1964 BBC Documentary, showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman....
Audio from Philip Larkin :The Sunday Sessions. Footage from Down Cemetery Road, a 1964 BBC Documentary, showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman.
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Audio from Philip Larkin :The Sunday Sessions. Footage from Down Cemetery Road, a 1964 BBC Documentary, showing Philip Larkin interviewed by John Betjeman.
Zoe Wanamaker 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin
Zoe Wanamaker reads her favourite poems, 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin and 'Not Waving But Drowning' by Stevie Smith, and talks to Jolyon Connell, founde...
Zoe Wanamaker reads her favourite poems, 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin and 'Not Waving But Drowning' by Stevie Smith, and talks to Jolyon Connell, founder of Connell Guides.
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Zoe Wanamaker reads her favourite poems, 'This Be The Verse' by Philip Larkin and 'Not Waving But Drowning' by Stevie Smith, and talks to Jolyon Connell, founder of Connell Guides.
- published: 20 Mar 2015
- views: 45
Artist Martin Jennings talks about Hull's new Philip Larkin statue
Exclusive interview with celebrated sculptor Martin Jennings, about his new work - a statue of poet Philip Larkin for Hull Paragon Station. The statue celebr......
Exclusive interview with celebrated sculptor Martin Jennings, about his new work - a statue of poet Philip Larkin for Hull Paragon Station. The statue celebr...
wn.com/Artist Martin Jennings Talks About Hull's New Philip Larkin Statue
Exclusive interview with celebrated sculptor Martin Jennings, about his new work - a statue of poet Philip Larkin for Hull Paragon Station. The statue celebr...
Aubade read by Philip Larkin
Aubade I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see wha......
Aubade I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see wha...
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Aubade I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see wha...
- published: 09 Jan 2009
- views: 55832
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author: hoolebronx
Here - Philip Larkin
'Here' is a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Philip Larkin's poem of the same name, which depicts a journey east "from rich industrial shadows" throu......
'Here' is a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Philip Larkin's poem of the same name, which depicts a journey east "from rich industrial shadows" throu...
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'Here' is a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Philip Larkin's poem of the same name, which depicts a journey east "from rich industrial shadows" throu...
- published: 27 Oct 2010
- views: 4452
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author: Dave Lee
Simone Dinnerstein reading The Trees, by Philip Larkin
Simone Dinnerstein is interviewed in the Diane Rehm Show and asked about the title of her latest album "Something Almost Being Said"....
Simone Dinnerstein is interviewed in the Diane Rehm Show and asked about the title of her latest album "Something Almost Being Said".
wn.com/Simone Dinnerstein Reading The Trees, By Philip Larkin
Simone Dinnerstein is interviewed in the Diane Rehm Show and asked about the title of her latest album "Something Almost Being Said".
- published: 03 Jan 2013
- views: 117
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author: Poeticous
MCMXIV (Outbreak of the First World War) by Philip Larkin (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
It's about men volunteering at the outbreak of the first World War. The poem is only one sentence and the punctuation is significant.
Those long uneven line...
It's about men volunteering at the outbreak of the first World War. The poem is only one sentence and the punctuation is significant.
Those long uneven lines
Standing as patiently
As if they were stretched outside
The Oval or Villa Park,
The crowns of hats, the sun
On moustached archaic faces
Grinning as if it were all
An August Bank Holiday lark;
And the shut shops, the bleached
Established names on the sunblinds,
The farthings and sovereigns,
And dark-clothed children at play
Called after kings and queens,
The tin advertisements
For cocoa and twist, and the pubs
Wide open all day—
And the countryside not caring:
The place names all hazed over
With flowering grasses, and fields
Shadowing Domesday lines
Under wheat’s restless silence;
The differently-dressed servants
With tiny rooms in huge houses,
The dust behind limousines;
Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word – the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.
wn.com/Mcmxiv (Outbreak Of The First World War) By Philip Larkin (Read By Tom O'Bedlam)
It's about men volunteering at the outbreak of the first World War. The poem is only one sentence and the punctuation is significant.
Those long uneven lines
Standing as patiently
As if they were stretched outside
The Oval or Villa Park,
The crowns of hats, the sun
On moustached archaic faces
Grinning as if it were all
An August Bank Holiday lark;
And the shut shops, the bleached
Established names on the sunblinds,
The farthings and sovereigns,
And dark-clothed children at play
Called after kings and queens,
The tin advertisements
For cocoa and twist, and the pubs
Wide open all day—
And the countryside not caring:
The place names all hazed over
With flowering grasses, and fields
Shadowing Domesday lines
Under wheat’s restless silence;
The differently-dressed servants
With tiny rooms in huge houses,
The dust behind limousines;
Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word – the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.
- published: 04 Aug 2014
- views: 2461
Aubade Philip Larkin
Short piece of Aubade from the promo for 'Love Again' the life of Philip Larkin....
Short piece of Aubade from the promo for 'Love Again' the life of Philip Larkin.
wn.com/Aubade Philip Larkin
Short piece of Aubade from the promo for 'Love Again' the life of Philip Larkin.
- published: 17 Dec 2006
- views: 11907
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author: ginganz13
This Be The Verse - Philip Larkin. Read by Sir Tom Courtenay
2014 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of High Windows, the last significant release of the works of poet Philip Larkin. The poem This Be The Verse fe......
2014 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of High Windows, the last significant release of the works of poet Philip Larkin. The poem This Be The Verse fe...
wn.com/This Be The Verse Philip Larkin. Read By Sir Tom Courtenay
2014 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of High Windows, the last significant release of the works of poet Philip Larkin. The poem This Be The Verse fe...
- published: 08 Feb 2014
- views: 2114
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author: Dave Lee
SCSU Softball Interview: Meet Megan Larkin & Rebecca Harps
St. Cloud State softball freshmen talk about choosing SCSU and transitioning during their first semester. (Song credit: Philip Phillips "Home")...
St. Cloud State softball freshmen talk about choosing SCSU and transitioning during their first semester. (Song credit: Philip Phillips "Home")
wn.com/Scsu Softball Interview Meet Megan Larkin Rebecca Harps
St. Cloud State softball freshmen talk about choosing SCSU and transitioning during their first semester. (Song credit: Philip Phillips "Home")
- published: 19 Nov 2013
- views: 220
'Born Yesterday' by Philip Larkin (GCSE analysis)
A revision video for GCSE students studying AQA English Literature. The anthology is Moon on the Tides: Relationships Cluster....
A revision video for GCSE students studying AQA English Literature. The anthology is Moon on the Tides: Relationships Cluster.
wn.com/'Born Yesterday' By Philip Larkin (Gcse Analysis)
A revision video for GCSE students studying AQA English Literature. The anthology is Moon on the Tides: Relationships Cluster.
Philip Larkin. Monitor: Down Cemetery Road . Part3
Part 3 of a 1964 bbc Documentary. Philip Larkin/John Betjeman....
Part 3 of a 1964 bbc Documentary. Philip Larkin/John Betjeman.
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Part 3 of a 1964 bbc Documentary. Philip Larkin/John Betjeman.
The Tiara Talk Show: Interview with Linda Larkin, Voice of Princess Jasmine in “ALADDIN”
In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, voice-over actress Linda Larkin chats with host Tammy Tuckey about working alongside Robin Williams while recording the ...
In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, voice-over actress Linda Larkin chats with host Tammy Tuckey about working alongside Robin Williams while recording the voice of Princess Jasmine in “Aladdin,” being inducted as Disney Legend at the D23 Expo 2011, the upcoming "Aladdin" panel at the 2015 D23 Expo and more!
For more information about the upcoming D23 Expo and the “Aladdin—The Making of a Classic” panel, visit the offical Disney D23 website here: https://d23.com/celebrate-walt-disney-animation-studios-legacy-future-d23-expo-2015/
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Photo credits:
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wn.com/The Tiara Talk Show Interview With Linda Larkin, Voice Of Princess Jasmine In “Aladdin”
In this episode of The Tiara Talk Show, voice-over actress Linda Larkin chats with host Tammy Tuckey about working alongside Robin Williams while recording the voice of Princess Jasmine in “Aladdin,” being inducted as Disney Legend at the D23 Expo 2011, the upcoming "Aladdin" panel at the 2015 D23 Expo and more!
For more information about the upcoming D23 Expo and the “Aladdin—The Making of a Classic” panel, visit the offical Disney D23 website here: https://d23.com/celebrate-walt-disney-animation-studios-legacy-future-d23-expo-2015/
Are you looking to plan and book an upcoming Disney vacation? Contact The Tiara Talk Show’s official travel agent, James from Destinations in Florida by visiting www.destinationsinflorida.com/tiara for a free quote!
Be sure to...
- Follow us on Twitter at @TiaraTalkShow: www.twitter.com/TiaraTalkShow
- ‘Like’ our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheTiaraTalkShow
- Follow us on our Tumblr page: thetiaratalkshow.tumblr.com
Want to give us your thoughts on this episode? Call us at 1-407-413-9390 and leave us a voicemail!
Head to our official website at www.thetiaratalkshow.com for some additional fun stuff, including blog posts, live shows and more!
Thanks for listening!
“The Tiara Talk Show” is edited, created and hosted by Tammy Tuckey.
The Tiara Talk Show is Copyright © 2013-2015 by Tammy Tuckey. All rights reserved.
Photo credits:
Linda Larkin
Google Images
- published: 15 Jul 2015
- views: 20
For Sidney Bechet - Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin reads his poem For Sidney Bechet. Sidney Bechet plays Petite Fleur....
Philip Larkin reads his poem For Sidney Bechet. Sidney Bechet plays Petite Fleur.
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Philip Larkin reads his poem For Sidney Bechet. Sidney Bechet plays Petite Fleur.