Tuesday 4 February 2014

Larkin on film

You might like to see this famous documentary, Monitor,  featuring Philip Larkin which was made in 1964.  In it, the poet is interviewed by John Betjeman (the poet laureate of the day) in a series of locations in and around Hull, and Wikipedia suggests the following:

(the programme) allowed Larkin to play a significant part in the creation of his own public persona; one he would prefer his readers to imagine.

It is in three parts on You Tube and you can play them one after the other.

 
 

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