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Love Songs in Age
Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Love Songs in Age.
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.
Episode two:
Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Love Songs in Age
Love Songs in Age is a poem that tries to capture the emotions we feel when we hear music that reminds us of our youth, and love that has passed or ended.
But does it still resonate with us in 2022?
Producer: Faith Lawrence
Mixed by: Sue Stonestreet
Last on
Tue 9 Aug 2022
13:45
麻豆社 Radio 4
Broadcast
- Tue 9 Aug 2022 13:45麻豆社 Radio 4