“I landed on Gold Beach on D-Day then worked as a brewer. “It was a useful life. Defending the realm, then making beer. “Now I am waiting for my telephone to ring. It never does ring.” A fisherman’s daughter from Brixham, now half-asleep in a care home,

When Philip Larkin died in 1985, he was England's most loved modern poet. Then came Anthony Thwaite's edition of the Selected Letters and Andrew Motion's biography and suddenly Larkin was being denounced as a racist, porn-addicted misogynist whose tainte

For the cover of Faber's landmark edition of The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin, designer Mark Swan played down the poet's typically austere image by referencing his love of jazz. The result is a beautiful tribute to Larkin's work... Larkin has been per

This documentary, directed by Grant Gee, retraces writer WG Sebald's steps through the Suffolk countryside detailed in The Rings of Saturn. Key moments are elaborated on by a range of contemporary artists including Andrew Motion, Adam Phillips and Tacita

POET, novelist, biographer and former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion will perform in Scarborough in March. He will read extracts from his latest book, Silver, and share anecdotes from his life at The Royal Hotel on March 20, from 2.30pm. Silver, the seq

The list of celebrities taking to the stage at this year’s Devizes Festival has been swelled by the addition of former poet laureate Andrew Motion. Mr Motion, who held the post between 1999 and 2009, will come to Devizes on Sunday, June 24. Festival chai