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  1. The Guardian Feeds @[email protected] ·

    The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: political poetry must become governing prose | Editorial
    By Editorial

    Larkin, Harrison and Shakespeare shaped Labour’s leader. Now comes the harder task: turning language into lasting change

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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  2. WIST Quotations @[email protected] ·

    A quotation from Philip Larkin

    Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
    Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
    People you know, yet can’t quite name.

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
    Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

    More about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/

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