Order the new Bill Griffiths collected from Alan Halsey - he confirms that it includes 'A History of the Solar System' (a text which fascinated and puzzled me when I first read it in the Poetry Library a couple of years ago). One of those rare editions I've searched for but to no avail.

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Snow forecast. Bitterly cold winds.

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Sore throat. That feeling of an impending cold.

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Leave work early. One of those days to pick up the kids, get home, make tea and crumpets and batten down the hatches.