Stephanie Butland

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Going, going

A news item yesterday prompted me to look this up. It’s Philip Larkin reading his own poem, which was written in 1972. It’s hard to believe this is thirty years old. Some of the language dates it, of course, but… well, listen to it and you’ll see what I mean.

by Stephanie on March 28, 2012
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2 Responses

  1. Rachel Pearce says:
    March 28, 2012 at 10:28 am

    I don’t recall hearing or reading that one before, but it fits my mood at the moment perfectly! “That will be England, gone”.

    Actually 40 years old, not that it detracts from its message that it has taken a little longer and he has outlived England.

  2. Alan says:
    March 28, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    Doubt, not age, definitely.
    And the new National Planning Policy Framework may not be much of a barrier against property speculators.