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BBC Radio 4 - Front Row's Cultural Exchange, Mark Lawson talks to P. D. James about her favourite poem The Explosion by Philip Larkin
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A comparison of Philip Larkin's The Explosion and WH Auden's Funereal Blues. - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com
Alex Kemp on Twitter: "Aberfan mining disaster 50 years ago today Puts me in mind of this Larkin poem... @PLSoc @LarkinQuotes https://t.co/K9wlbQwQeb" / Twitter
![Ben Jones (he/him/his) on Twitter: "Philip Larkin for today's poem of the day: The Explosion. It must be 27 or more years since I read this at school. Brilliant. #loveliterature #homeschool #lockdown # Ben Jones (he/him/his) on Twitter: "Philip Larkin for today's poem of the day: The Explosion. It must be 27 or more years since I read this at school. Brilliant. #loveliterature #homeschool #lockdown #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVQk2wOXkAECug8.jpg)
Ben Jones (he/him/his) on Twitter: "Philip Larkin for today's poem of the day: The Explosion. It must be 27 or more years since I read this at school. Brilliant. #loveliterature #homeschool #lockdown #
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