“I can’t understand why people are so keen to put the clock back. What’s…” — Philip Arthur Larkin

“I can’t understand why people are so keen to put the clock back. What’s the point of going back to a time when you didn’t know as much?”

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Philip Arthur Larkin

About Philip Arthur Larkin

9 August 1922–2 December 1985

Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985) stands as one of the most significant English poets of the post-war era, a writer whose unflinching observations of ordinary life and masterful technical skill earned him a place among the finest poets of the 20th century. Often labeled as the "saddest heart in the post-war…

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