The clinical psychologist explains the demands of “emotionally immature” parents, the impact it has on their children and the freedom of saying “no.” ...
Philip Larkin is speaking, and intellectual England turns to listen. For if Larkin is not a great poet, he is nevertheless the only British poet who still seems able to compose great poems.
Across ten programmes and ten Philip Larkin poems, Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, finds out what happens when he revisits and unpicks Larkin's work in his centenary year. Show more Across ten ...
but the profound clarity of his poems showed me a… Larkin argues that those who don’t fear death are deluding themselves, but as I age I realise that he misses… He had a gift for wisecracks, but the ...