Mar 2016 · Blog
Philip Larkin’s Grave
Julian Barnes agreed to come and talk to students at Hull about his book A Sense of an Ending on one condition – he would be taken to visit the grave of Philip Larkin.…
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Aug 2015 · Blog
Highgate Cemetery & Douglas Adams
In Highgate Cemetery, a forested hillside contains tumbling tombs. Star attraction is the grave of Karl Marx, beside a wide and gravelled path. This time, I came to hunt down other graves. As a…
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