Philip Pullen
@philippullen.bsky.social
Writer and researcher. Beverley, East Yorkshire. Rejoiner. A passion for archives, Lincoln City F.C. & all things Larkin, not necessarily in that order. Trustee of The Philip Larkin Society. #TheArchers. Views my own. 🇺🇦
‘Why Coventry!… I was born here.’
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Why Coventry!… I was born here.’
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Happy Halloween from the Tiny in All That Air team, including Maggie the sprocker. Please head over to the podcast for an exploration of one of Larkin's less well known poems.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Happy Halloween from the Tiny in All That Air team, including Maggie the sprocker. Please head over to the podcast for an exploration of one of Larkin's less well known poems.
A short break in Bradford. National Science & Media Museum, football, and the Turner Prize in this brilliant City of Culture
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A short break in Bradford. National Science & Media Museum, football, and the Turner Prize in this brilliant City of Culture
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New episode out today, a gentle ramble through all things PLS with Lyn Lockwood and @chriswriting.bsky.social
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Tiny In All That Air
Books Podcast · Every two months · This is the podcast for anyone who is interested in Philip Larkin. We will bring you new insights into Larkin's life and writing by talking to people with fascinatin...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New episode out today, a gentle ramble through all things PLS with Lyn Lockwood and @chriswriting.bsky.social
Tiny In All That Air - Podcast - Apple Podcasts share.google/4WSVZQtT0ZVk...
Tiny In All That Air - Podcast - Apple Podcasts share.google/4WSVZQtT0ZVk...
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Lovely day for the Avenues walk and writing workshop with Lyn Lockwood and Jane Bluett. The Avenues and Pearson Park looked splendid in the autumn sunshine, and Jane's writing guidance produced all kinds of fascinating responses to Larkin. Thank you to all our attendees and the excellent Artlink.
October 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Lovely day for the Avenues walk and writing workshop with Lyn Lockwood and Jane Bluett. The Avenues and Pearson Park looked splendid in the autumn sunshine, and Jane's writing guidance produced all kinds of fascinating responses to Larkin. Thank you to all our attendees and the excellent Artlink.
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Please enjoy this wonderful piece about Larkin by @zoomburst.substack.com
Of course I love #Larkin. I'm From #Hull, and Larkin is as Hull as Dean Windass, pattie and chips, the plotting parlour in Ye Olde White Harte and Reckitt's chimney. Despite the fact that he was a librarian from Coventry. #Poetry #hcafc
2.43 Philip Larkin, The Wordsworth of Deprivation
Kingston upon Hull, swearing and unhappiness as components of great poetry.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Please enjoy this wonderful piece about Larkin by @zoomburst.substack.com
Sad to see the passing of Dickie Bird. I once met him on a train heading out of London after a meeting at Lord’s. He told me he couldn’t wait to get home to Barnsley; also that Richard Hadley was the best all round cricketer he’d come across.
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sad to see the passing of Dickie Bird. I once met him on a train heading out of London after a meeting at Lord’s. He told me he couldn’t wait to get home to Barnsley; also that Richard Hadley was the best all round cricketer he’d come across.
After leading a tour of St Mary’s in Beverley today for Heritage Open Days we headed up the bell tower. Astonishing views.
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
After leading a tour of St Mary’s in Beverley today for Heritage Open Days we headed up the bell tower. Astonishing views.
A beautiful day for leading ‘Walking With Words, a poetic stroll around Beverley’, as part of the East Yorks Walking Festival along with Beverley poet and creative writer, Chris Sewart.
September 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A beautiful day for leading ‘Walking With Words, a poetic stroll around Beverley’, as part of the East Yorks Walking Festival along with Beverley poet and creative writer, Chris Sewart.
If only they’d made the movie @plsoc.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If only they’d made the movie @plsoc.bsky.social
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A very special podcast philiplarkin.com/uncategorize...
August 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A very special podcast philiplarkin.com/uncategorize...
Very good Lincoln City FC exhibition in the Chapter House in Lincoln Cathedral
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Very good Lincoln City FC exhibition in the Chapter House in Lincoln Cathedral
Beverley Folk Festival weekend is underway. Brilliant evening with the Hillbilly Troupe tonight. Better than ever
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Beverley Folk Festival weekend is underway. Brilliant evening with the Hillbilly Troupe tonight. Better than ever
Glorious day in Oxford
June 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Glorious day in Oxford
‘Don’t know what I should do if it weren’t for The Archers & other forms of unreality’ Philip Larkin to Monica Jones, 6-8-62 @plsoc.bsky.social #TheArchers
June 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
‘Don’t know what I should do if it weren’t for The Archers & other forms of unreality’ Philip Larkin to Monica Jones, 6-8-62 @plsoc.bsky.social #TheArchers
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Today marks the birthday in 1913 of one of Larkin's favourite writers, and personal friend, novelist Barbara Pym. Pym was born in Oswestry in Shropshire, and a blue plaque dedicated to her can be found there.
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today marks the birthday in 1913 of one of Larkin's favourite writers, and personal friend, novelist Barbara Pym. Pym was born in Oswestry in Shropshire, and a blue plaque dedicated to her can be found there.
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'Hospitals, hotels and cathedrals.' Please have a listen to this thoughtful and moving exploration of Philip Larkin's poem The Building. All best wishes to Joe and family.
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The Building-Philip Larkin🏥
Sketch Poetry · Episode
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April 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
'Hospitals, hotels and cathedrals.' Please have a listen to this thoughtful and moving exploration of Philip Larkin's poem The Building. All best wishes to Joe and family.
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And now this stride into our solitude,
A swallow-fall and rise of one plain line,
A giant step for ever to include
All our dear landscape in a new design.
Bridge For The Living (1975)
A swallow-fall and rise of one plain line,
A giant step for ever to include
All our dear landscape in a new design.
Bridge For The Living (1975)
April 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
And now this stride into our solitude,
A swallow-fall and rise of one plain line,
A giant step for ever to include
All our dear landscape in a new design.
Bridge For The Living (1975)
A swallow-fall and rise of one plain line,
A giant step for ever to include
All our dear landscape in a new design.
Bridge For The Living (1975)
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Join the Larkin Society between 1st April and the end of June and you’ll receive the two 2024-25 issues of our fabulous journal and your membership will last until July 2026! Plus a free download of our Special Anniversary issue - 200 pages of articles. philiplarkin.com/membership/
March 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Join the Larkin Society between 1st April and the end of June and you’ll receive the two 2024-25 issues of our fabulous journal and your membership will last until July 2026! Plus a free download of our Special Anniversary issue - 200 pages of articles. philiplarkin.com/membership/
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The wonderful writer and performer Ralph Dartford is our next podcast guest. Ralph takes us on a (train) journey exploring both the landscapes of The Whitsun Weddings and Edward Thomas's Adlestrop, taking in the halts and sidings of poetry, performance and teaching along the way. Coming soon.
March 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The wonderful writer and performer Ralph Dartford is our next podcast guest. Ralph takes us on a (train) journey exploring both the landscapes of The Whitsun Weddings and Edward Thomas's Adlestrop, taking in the halts and sidings of poetry, performance and teaching along the way. Coming soon.
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Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day with this proud plaque in De la Pole Avenue, Hull. Larkin championed Stevie Smith in his review of her Selected Poems (1962) which concluded ‘Miss Smith’s poems speak with the authority of sadness’. No greater praise.
March 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day with this proud plaque in De la Pole Avenue, Hull. Larkin championed Stevie Smith in his review of her Selected Poems (1962) which concluded ‘Miss Smith’s poems speak with the authority of sadness’. No greater praise.
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Today is World Book Day #ReadYourWay. Why not pick up a book by Philip Larkin or one of his contemporaries?
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Today is World Book Day #ReadYourWay. Why not pick up a book by Philip Larkin or one of his contemporaries?
