Philip Larkin, Monitor, Down Cemetery Road
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- 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: 'Larkin around'
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Betjeman reads Larkin's poems really well!
That was a treat. Larkin, so droll and unflashy, so introverted, so different from the extrovert celebrity poets we are used to now. Betjamin was a very sweet interviewer, friendly but knowledgeable and clearly liked Larkin's poetry. Favourite line was Larkin saying, 'Oh no, there goes another night.'
Dino Mahoney It's a pity he turned out to be such a rogue.
NotahappyBunny
Was he, though...?
Yes, that was a very funny line
It's 5.53 am on Tuesday 9th August 2022 here in rural New South Wales: Philip Larkin's centenary comes hours before it arrives in the country of his birth. (It's 8.53pm Monday in Coventry.) Thank you for posting this collector's item and making it available to the world. I've been a member of the Philip Larkin Society for many years. Anything to commemorate and further the reputation of the best-loved post war poet in English letters is to be commended. Here's to [the] 'kind of welfare state sub-poetry' that, in the words of Dr Johnson, 'helps us enjoy life, or at least endure it'.
One of the best if not the best TV pieces on Larkin
he lived in my home town for over thirty years (Hull). Went to see the blue plaque on his flat and his grave in Cottingham. Amazin xx
Born in '58, I seemed to spend most of my early youth watching this kind of thing - as well as kids' TV. I mostly hadn't a clue what was going on, but subliminally, it must have really affected me.
I have been a Larkin fan for most of my adult life. I also find I now prefer programmes made in the 60's/70's. I can't adapt to modern broadcasting. I watch it, but it doesn't have much resonance for me.
Absolutely beautiful
"Another evening gone" - wonderful!
Not for nothing did the Times name him - Larkin - as Britain's greatest post war writer. 'Here' and 'Church Going' are wonderfully evocative and demolish the idea that Larkin was simply dour, myopic, defeatist provincialism. Peace hath her victories - no less renowned than war.
Illuminant. Interestingly, Leonard Bernstein regarded Philip Larkin as Britain's greatest poet.
Illuminant
Provincialist, not provincialism.
England lives.
Superb, two top poets in the cemetery, brooding on life and death.
Right ,,,just as it should be
I loved this omg it was the highlight of my week!!
"if anywhere marks the end of England its Hull - and beyond Hull." - John Betjeman
Fabulous to hear Betjeman read 'Here' Larkin's superb poem.
Yes. I love this man, poet
i call The Mad Nerd Poet of Hull(c)!
Larkin appeals...
Thank you….amazing stuff…..Christmas 2022 ( almost )….
So different (Betjeman the believer, Larkin the atheist), yet so similar.
Larkin’s obituary for Betjeman was one of the most insightful pieces ever penned about him.
antisocialite
Reprinted in this volume:
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Read by Bejeman, Larkin's poems sound like Betjeman's. Uncanny.
great!
I am certainly not a religious person. But the poem Church Going is very sad and regretful
23:36 'Wants'
Lovely, public service long before Mrs Thatcher turned her sour "visions" on it!!
What on earth are you talking about…. Thatcher?? Larkin was a massive fan of Maggie - just like millions of us who grow tired of idiots trying to make the world believe she wasn’t voted in by a large majority twice…
Would to God that there were her like around now to save Britain from dog turd leftist fools.
8:07
Wondrously pithy and jokes which pop out like unexpected easter-eggs.
Love it. Although the background music that kicks in as they're talking about 9 mins in is very distracting, is that on the original programme?
I enjoy Larkin, but too much is like taking a bottle of bitter pills.
Grandissimo poeta 😎
It seems he Hated this city. I wonder why
because it’s Hull
@@NaoiseCora and your point is?
@@rostkgb Hull is shit. ask anyone from the UK, and also ask anyone from Hull
He didn’t.
@@NaoiseCora
You have Pepe as an avatar.
Next.
Nice steal from the original upload.
Philip LARPIN'
What is this shit about??????
Even if you were told likely you wouldn’t understand