Let's make this birthday one to remember.

80 years old (Born on February 10, 1945)

Happy Birthday, Clive! May your day be filled with poetic inspiration, scholarly wit, and fewer mysteries than "The Mystery of Things." Your verses have gracefully guided us through "The Falls," and your "Devotions" continue to charm readers far beyond Cambridge lecture halls. Here's hoping today brings you as much joy as a perfectly crafted stanza.

From enlightening students at Anglia Ruskin University to captivating audiences at Cambridge, you've turned academia into an art form. May this birthday mark another year of literary triumphs and delightful discoveries—after all, the true mystery is how you manage brilliance without ever losing your sense of humor!