Philip Larkin.Monitor: Down Cemetery Road pt2

[Moominonfire]

What is the music playing in the background in the beginning of the video?

[transonicbuoy1]

For me, Philip was like finding The Smiths. I found Smiths in 1987, Larkin a bit later. Everything I loved about special England, ruined later. Both got the flavour just right, very very special. And both at the top of the game. Very special.

[ashburnhouse]

This is fucking amazing. Thanks!

[winifredatwell]

Thanks indeed for this - quite a special item. I'd never seen Larkin speaking in this setting on video. He was a man of genius, a boring one as I expected. Clive James' essay on Larkin is recommended.

[dutchgoing]

@winifredatwell Fuck Clive James frankly. If you find something boring you must be boring.

[MrPoupard]

Can't put my finger on it but there's something wonderful abou this ... a historical document in back and white aspic, the meeting of two great minds, the certain knowledge that this would never find its way onto prime time BBC nowadays .....

[SunburntHands]

Church Going, from 5:47, says everything I feel about the importance of churches.

[whgreenway]

We're lucky to have this. Wish we had this sort of video of Dylan Thomas.

[radiator4612]

@ Loveridgelaps

Spring Bank West cemetery is still there. Still tangled, with a natural, resiliant, and unique beauty. Like much of Larkin's poetry and this whole maligned, fascinating city.

[laurencecooper]

fantastic documentary; thanks again

[EMGColonel]

A Wonderful Video - Thanks for putting it on, It's very odd - these days if you saw two "Characters" like that coming out of a Cemetary you would think they might have been "Up to No Good" rather than a couple of "Dons" out for a walk - very sad really

[mookie2637]

Thank you very much for posting this. Tempting to think that Larkin found JB a bit of a fart...

[loveridgelaps]

this sounds like a very spontaneous conversation. Betjeman even gets a word wrong... "permanent and BLACK and true."

I understand this splendid cemetery is no more. RIP

[ryko26]

thanks for posting

[Bakesy30]

Again! Fantastic! Really captures the poetic side of Hull!

Great Find :)