That is lovely, and immediately brought to mind my mum's cardigan sleeves which always had a hanky (or two) tucked up them!
The opening lines to Ros Barber's wonderful poem Material, that explores memory and loss through the every day objects around us. Ros will be one of our key notes speakers at next month's conference, discussing Aubade, Jill and much more. We are open for registration for attendees on Eventbrite now.
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
That is lovely, and immediately brought to mind my mum's cardigan sleeves which always had a hanky (or two) tucked up them!
Looking forward to doing this, The Nick Rooke Band always deliver great music...
After our weekend shows are over, why not keep the festival going with our Late Night Club? We've got a fantastic line-up on Friday 13th February, with music from @maddiemorris.bsky.social and the Nick Rooke Band, plus poetry from @chriswriting.bsky.social.
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Looking forward to doing this, The Nick Rooke Band always deliver great music...
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After our weekend shows are over, why not keep the festival going with our Late Night Club? We've got a fantastic line-up on Friday 13th February, with music from @maddiemorris.bsky.social and the Nick Rooke Band, plus poetry from @chriswriting.bsky.social.
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
After our weekend shows are over, why not keep the festival going with our Late Night Club? We've got a fantastic line-up on Friday 13th February, with music from @maddiemorris.bsky.social and the Nick Rooke Band, plus poetry from @chriswriting.bsky.social.
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/fri...
Here's the second of the three poems commissioned for the upcoming Stage 4 Beverley Festival. See www.stage4beverley.com for more...
A big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their support as Festival Poet.
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
A big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their support as Festival Poet.
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here's the second of the three poems commissioned for the upcoming Stage 4 Beverley Festival. See www.stage4beverley.com for more...
A big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their support as Festival Poet.
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
A big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their support as Festival Poet.
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Sewart
The Society are delighted to be involved with a celebration of Maurice Rutherford, Hull poet, on May 9th of this year at Hull Truck. He wrote a whole collection of poems called The Flip side to Philip Larkin including 'Rome Is So Sad' about the Pope. Watch this space for details.
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The Society are delighted to be involved with a celebration of Maurice Rutherford, Hull poet, on May 9th of this year at Hull Truck. He wrote a whole collection of poems called The Flip side to Philip Larkin including 'Rome Is So Sad' about the Pope. Watch this space for details.
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The Free Verse Prize 2026 is now open for entries! The Prize runs alongside the Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair, run each year by The Poetry Society.
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The Free Verse Prize 2026 is now open for entries! The Prize runs alongside the Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair, run each year by The Poetry Society.
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
The judge this year is Nina Mingya Powles, with a closing date of 6th March.
To enter and for more details go to the link in bio
I had such a great evening seeing you and L&H at Leeds City Varieties a year or so ago.
For all the Laurel & Hardy fans there's a great anthology out from Broken Sleep Books called, My Ear is Full of Milk. A love letter to the greatest cinema double act: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
For all the Laurel & Hardy fans there's a great anthology out from Broken Sleep Books called, My Ear is Full of Milk. A love letter to the greatest cinema double act: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
My Ear Is Full of Milk, An anthology of writing for Laurel & Hardy | Broken Sleep Books
A love letter to the greatest double act in cinema, My Ear Is Full of Milk gathers poets, essayists, and storytellers who have spent a lifetime laughing with, and thinking through, Laurel & Hardy....
www.brokensleepbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I had such a great evening seeing you and L&H at Leeds City Varieties a year or so ago.
For all the Laurel & Hardy fans there's a great anthology out from Broken Sleep Books called, My Ear is Full of Milk. A love letter to the greatest cinema double act: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
For all the Laurel & Hardy fans there's a great anthology out from Broken Sleep Books called, My Ear is Full of Milk. A love letter to the greatest cinema double act: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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Right, so I’ve got three in-person readings coming up and it would be ace to see the good people of Bluesky at them. The details are as follows...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Right, so I’ve got three in-person readings coming up and it would be ace to see the good people of Bluesky at them. The details are as follows...
1/4
1/4
Yours looks in slightly better condition than my battered copy...pictured somewhere in East Yorkshire...
January 25, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Yours looks in slightly better condition than my battered copy...pictured somewhere in East Yorkshire...
The poetry gremlins at work...the Stage 4 Beverley Festival website is, of course, www.stage4beverley.com Go there for facts, figures, tickets and fun!
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The poetry gremlins at work...the Stage 4 Beverley Festival website is, of course, www.stage4beverley.com Go there for facts, figures, tickets and fun!
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
Thanks, and if you want to experience the joyous blast, the New York Brass Band are back at the 2026 Festival...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/dan...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/dan...
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Thanks, and if you want to experience the joyous blast, the New York Brass Band are back at the 2026 Festival...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/dan...
stage4beverley.com/whats-on/dan...
This poem is the first of three commissioned for the Stage 4 Beverley Festival. See www.stage4beverley.co.uk for others in the lead up to the festival.
Big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their fantastic support as Festival Poet.
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
Big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their fantastic support as Festival Poet.
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
This poem is the first of three commissioned for the Stage 4 Beverley Festival. See www.stage4beverley.co.uk for others in the lead up to the festival.
Big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their fantastic support as Festival Poet.
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
Big thanks to the Philip Larkin Society for their fantastic support as Festival Poet.
@plsoc.bsky.social
@stage4beverley.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Sewart
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
Looking forward to talking about all things poetry and the forthcoming Stage 4 Beverley Festival on the Beverley FM Morning Mix show at 10.15 today beverleyfm.com
Beverley FM – The Sound of East Yorkshire
beverleyfm.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Looking forward to talking about all things poetry and the forthcoming Stage 4 Beverley Festival on the Beverley FM Morning Mix show at 10.15 today beverleyfm.com
Hi Jude. I'm pleased the workshop is sold out but sorry you missed out. No plans for another one during the festival this year but maybe next year we can do two...
Lots of other spoken word events at the festival to whet your appetite. Including my solo show stage4beverley.com/whats-on/how...
Lots of other spoken word events at the festival to whet your appetite. Including my solo show stage4beverley.com/whats-on/how...
How to Fold a Paper Aeroplane and Other Poems - with Chris Sewart - Stage 4 Beverley
stage4beverley.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Hi Jude. I'm pleased the workshop is sold out but sorry you missed out. No plans for another one during the festival this year but maybe next year we can do two...
Lots of other spoken word events at the festival to whet your appetite. Including my solo show stage4beverley.com/whats-on/how...
Lots of other spoken word events at the festival to whet your appetite. Including my solo show stage4beverley.com/whats-on/how...
Got to be Doughvember!
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Got to be Doughvember!
At East Riding Theatre working on poems for the Stage 4 Beverley Festival @stage4beverley.bsky.social
An ERT cappuccino is keeping the cold at bay.
See what's coming up at the festival and get tickets at stage4beverley.com
An ERT cappuccino is keeping the cold at bay.
See what's coming up at the festival and get tickets at stage4beverley.com
Stage 4 Beverley
stage4beverley.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
At East Riding Theatre working on poems for the Stage 4 Beverley Festival @stage4beverley.bsky.social
An ERT cappuccino is keeping the cold at bay.
See what's coming up at the festival and get tickets at stage4beverley.com
An ERT cappuccino is keeping the cold at bay.
See what's coming up at the festival and get tickets at stage4beverley.com
Reposted by Chris Sewart
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
Great poem by Brian Bilston... haven't we all been there 🤔
This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-year poem.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Great poem by Brian Bilston... haven't we all been there 🤔
Passed Mr Larkin on the way to Middle Child's Wizard of Oz panto in Hull tonight. I resisted the urge to drape him in tinsel!
The panto was fantastic and full of energy, great entertainment @middlechildhull.bsky.social
The panto was fantastic and full of energy, great entertainment @middlechildhull.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Passed Mr Larkin on the way to Middle Child's Wizard of Oz panto in Hull tonight. I resisted the urge to drape him in tinsel!
The panto was fantastic and full of energy, great entertainment @middlechildhull.bsky.social
The panto was fantastic and full of energy, great entertainment @middlechildhull.bsky.social
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Looking for a last minute Christmas gift for the Larkin fan in your life? Why not book them a place at the PLS Conference in March 26? Got to be better than novelty socks!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1727992314...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1727992314...
The Philip Larkin Society Conference 2026
Two days of fascinating talks and presentations exploring the work of Philip Larkin and his literary contemporaries.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Looking for a last minute Christmas gift for the Larkin fan in your life? Why not book them a place at the PLS Conference in March 26? Got to be better than novelty socks!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1727992314...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1727992314...
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Jeremy Wikeley's exploration of The Less Deceived
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/phi...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/phi...
Philip Larkin's arrival, undeceived
The poet's breakthrough collection, The Less Deceived, anticipated the sexual freedoms of the 1960s while pre-emptively rejecting its promises.
engelsbergideas.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Jeremy Wikeley's exploration of The Less Deceived
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/phi...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/phi...
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Tony Fletcher (author of cracking biographies of Keith Moon & The Smiths) rates Juan Martín's Stage 4 Beverley 2025 appearance @stage4beverley.bsky.social as number 3 in his top ten concerts of the year.
Tickets for the 2026 festival available www.stage4beverley.com
Tony Fletcher (author of cracking biographies of Keith Moon & The Smiths) rates Juan Martín's Stage 4 Beverley 2025 appearance @stage4beverley.bsky.social as number 3 in his top ten concerts of the year.
Tickets for the 2026 festival available www.stage4beverley.com
My Top 10 Concerts of 2025
And why I prefer live shows to recordings
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December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Tony Fletcher (author of cracking biographies of Keith Moon & The Smiths) rates Juan Martín's Stage 4 Beverley 2025 appearance @stage4beverley.bsky.social as number 3 in his top ten concerts of the year.
Tickets for the 2026 festival available www.stage4beverley.com
Tony Fletcher (author of cracking biographies of Keith Moon & The Smiths) rates Juan Martín's Stage 4 Beverley 2025 appearance @stage4beverley.bsky.social as number 3 in his top ten concerts of the year.
Tickets for the 2026 festival available www.stage4beverley.com