Philip Larkin
Birth date: August 09, 1922
Died: December 02, 1985
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Philip Larkin, a 20th Century poet, was primarily a Librarian at Hull University, but also wrote Jazz reviews and novels. He died of throat cancer and refused the Poet Laureate position as he was a very drawn-in and private man; and not a fan of any kind of fame. The Whitsun Weddings is a collection...
IntroductionThe North Ship--'All catches alight'--'This was your place of birth, this daytime palace'--'The moon is full tonight'--Dawn--Conscript--'Kick up the fire, and let the flames break loose'--'The horns of the morning'--Winter--'Climbing the hill within the deafening wind'--'Within the dream...
bookshelves: essays, philosophy, nonfiction, published-2007, winter-20132014, tbr-busting-2014, sciences, fraudio Read from January 03 to 05, 2014 The Portable Atheist read by Nicolas Ballanthology of atheist writing through the ages.1. Introduction by Christopher Hitchens2. Lucretius: from the N...
On a wintery Saturday in wartime Britain, Katherine Lind remembers a summer holiday she spent with an English boy and his family. Today, she might hear from him again.Do those who cultivate a social detatchment live life to the full? Low 3, something of a nothing.Background music? all over Ella Fitz...
Classical Serialhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6Duration: 58 minutesFirst broadcast: Sunday 31 March 2013 BBC Blurbs: Dramatised for the first time on BBC Radio 4 by Robin Brooks (Ulysses, I Claudius, The Chandler Season). Starring Samuel Barnett as John Kemp. With Jessica Raine , Richard...