Jul 2017 · Blog
Larkin as Vampire
A little card from 1954 sits in a glass case in Hull’s university library, in an exhibition that seeks to contain his life. Philip Larkin had just been interviewed for the librarian’s post.…
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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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