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Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. Larkin wrote in a letter to Monica Jones on 26 August 1951, of his appreciation of the 'calm measureless world' in which Jane Austen's characters 'have their being'.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. Larkin wrote in a letter to Monica Jones on 26 August 1951, of his appreciation of the 'calm measureless world' in which Jane Austen's characters 'have their being'.
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Where Is Hull’s Other Garden Village?
Another interesting tale for the ‘Well I Never Knew That’ file from our unrealised suburbs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/where-is-hul...
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@hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
Another interesting tale for the ‘Well I Never Knew That’ file from our unrealised suburbs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/where-is-hul...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Where Is Hull’s Other Garden Village?
Another interesting tale for the ‘Well I Never Knew That’ file from our unrealised suburbs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/where-is-hul...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
Another interesting tale for the ‘Well I Never Knew That’ file from our unrealised suburbs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/where-is-hul...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
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We had a fantastic afternoon at the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull for our annual event to mark Larkin's death on 2 December 1985. Thank you to @jwikeley.bsky.social for an absorbing talk about The Less Deceived followed by some lovely readings.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We had a fantastic afternoon at the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull for our annual event to mark Larkin's death on 2 December 1985. Thank you to @jwikeley.bsky.social for an absorbing talk about The Less Deceived followed by some lovely readings.
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Is There A Tunnel Under The Humber?
A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/is-there-a-t...
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@nationalgrid.bsky.social
A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/is-there-a-t...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@nationalgrid.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Is There A Tunnel Under The Humber?
A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/is-there-a-t...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@nationalgrid.bsky.social
A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social
curiosityhull.co.uk/is-there-a-t...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@nationalgrid.bsky.social
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What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver?
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
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Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver?
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
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Why Is There A Danish Church In Hull?
We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg.
curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there...
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We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg.
curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Why Is There A Danish Church In Hull?
We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg.
curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg.
curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
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A National Poetry Day post from "the most poetic city in England"
Who Is Douglas Dunn?
Hull poet and bon vivant @deanwilson.bsky.social heads just off Bev Road to outline why Terry Street holds a unique place in the poetic pantheon.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yc2stc29
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@uniofhull.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
Hull poet and bon vivant @deanwilson.bsky.social heads just off Bev Road to outline why Terry Street holds a unique place in the poetic pantheon.
Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yc2stc29
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
@uniofhull.bsky.social
@plsoc.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A National Poetry Day post from "the most poetic city in England"
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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
Our permanent maritime structures correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social has spotted something potentially significant in council papers.
curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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
Our permanent maritime structures correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social has spotted something potentially significant in council papers.
curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
How did this survive?
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
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A celebration marking 70 years of Philip Larkin's 'The Less Deceived'
For World Poetry Day, poet, lyricist and broadcaster Stewart Henderson presents a celebratory assessment of Hull's most famous librarian.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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...?
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.
February 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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!
Broke out, to show
Its bright incipience, sailing above...:
From Love Songs in Age (The Whitsun Weddings, 1957)
Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'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!
Broke out, to show
Its bright incipience, sailing above...:
From Love Songs in Age (The Whitsun Weddings, 1957)
Happy Valentine's Day!
@plsoc.bsky.social Feels like a Larkin Christmas card.
December 10, 2024 at 10:42 PM
@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
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 AM
‘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
‘And now Christmas is coming again, as if we hadn’t enough to put up with’. Larkin card available philiplarkin.com/product/lark...
November 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
‘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.
MEMBERSHIP – The Philip Larkin Society
philiplarkin.com
November 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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.
November 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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.
November 10, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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/...
High Windows: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48417/...
October 25, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Doesn't take much to get me thinking about Philip Larkin...
High Windows: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48417/...
High Windows: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48417/...