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What’s Going On With Victoria Pier? Our permanent maritime structures correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social has spotted something potentially significant in council papers. curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

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How did this survive?

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Excited to share this collaboration with @plsoc.bsky.social - the marvellous & mega talented poet and broadcaster Stewart Henderson will be exploring the legacy of #PhilipLarkin for World Poetry Day here in Hull. "There is an evening coming in..." #worldpoetryday www.eventbrite.com/e/a-celebrat...?

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In 1981, John Haffenden published this amazing collection of interviews with contemporary poets, including Philip Larkin. We are delighted and honoured that Professor Haffenden has agreed to be an Honorary Vice President for the Philip Larkin Society.

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'The glare of that much-mentioned brilliance, love, Broke out, to show Its bright incipience, sailing above...: From Love Songs in Age (The Whitsun Weddings, 1957) Happy Valentine's Day!

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@plsoc.bsky.social Feels like a Larkin Christmas card.

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‘I liked to think of you at those Library conferences – it is comforting to know that such things go on in this violent world.’ Barbara Pym to Philip Larkin, 12-5-63

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‘And now Christmas is coming again, as if we hadn’t enough to put up with’. Larkin card available philiplarkin.com/product/lark...

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Why not become a Larkin Society member? If you join now, you get free digital copies of the October (2023) and April (2024) issues of our superb journal, About Larkin. Plus download of our 200-page Anniversary Issue. Go to philiplarkin.com/membership/ for details on membership.

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Head over to philiplarkin.com for our great new Christmas cards. All money raised goes towards promoting the work of Larkin and his contemporaries.

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If you haven't listened to our podcast yet, why not give it a try? We will be celebrating 5 years of chat and guests next month with a special edition of Tiny In All That Air. Our latest episode features Kate Romano, CEO of Stapleford Granary, musician and writer.

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Doesn't take much to get me thinking about Philip Larkin... High Windows: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48417/...

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