Philip Larkin’s old school being merged with its nearest rival

Philip Larkin will be ‘turning in his grave’ over a recent decision to merge his former school with a rival institution, it was claimed last night. The poet, who attended the 476-year-old King Henry VIII (KHVIII) School in Coventry during the 1930s and 1940s, would be ‘astounded’ to learn that it is to be merged … Read more