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Have a listen to our podcast Tiny In All That Air's new episode, with PLS Deputy Chair Lyn Lockwood talking to photographer Ian Kerry about Larkin's writing inspired by the East Yorkshire landscape.

That note you hold, narrowing and rising, shakes Like New Orleans reflected on the water, And in all ears appropriate falsehood wakes, Building for some a legendary Quarter Of balconies, flower-baskets and quadrilles, Everyone making love and going shares— Oh, play that thing!

Selflessness is like waiting in a hospital In a badly-fitting suit on a cold wet morning. Selfishness is like listening to good jazz With drinks for further orders and a huge fire. Philip Larkin #InternationalJazzDay

'The Guardian' reports new research that novelist Barbara Pym may've been a spy for MI5. There's much on her in the archive of her friend and supporter Philip Larkin. Maybe we should look through it for microfilm dots and hidden codes... tinyurl.com/4uxsftw9 PhilipLarkinSociety

Gorgeous day in Kingston upon Hull! Fortunately, I always wear trainers for work and was prepared for the extra hike! "Always, it is by bridges that we live" (quoted from Philip Larkin's "Bridge For The Living" poem) 😍PhilipLarkinSociety #Hull

The brilliant Barbara Pym Society had a Blue Plaque unveiling in Pimlico this week, with Lucy Worsley and PLS President Rosie Millard amongst the many guests. Rosie read An Arundel Tomb, one of Pym's favourite Larkin poems.

Larkin’s hokey-cokey spectator.co.uk/article/specta…

Tickets are now available for a one off performance of this excellent play on Saturday 7th June at 2pm at Hull History Centre, followed by a Q&A with the cast, led by PLS President Rosie Millard, OBE. Open to all, no need to be a member! eventbrite.com/e/almost-insti…

Larkin, Mrs Thatcher and Amis. thecritic.co.uk/the-convivial-…

About Larkin is our journal that will land on your doorstep and/or in your inbox twice a year- no glossy adverts, just thoughtful, creative and engaging writing about Philip Larkin's work, legacy and influence.

For Sidney Bechet (1954) was Larkin's love letter to jazz. Find out more about Larkin and Bechet here, on Sidney Bechet's birthday. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/3QDfr3CgmTb

Called in at the excellent ⁦Hull History Centre⁩ venue for the ⁦PhilipLarkinSociety⁩ AGM on 7 June. Full day of activities🙂🚶‍♂️📚🎭🍺

Most people know more as they get older: I give all that the cold shoulder. I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university. And refusing to take in what had happened since… Philip Larkin

This is a great blog about literature, including this week a fascinating exploration of Larkin's poem of early summer, The Trees. open.substack.com/pub/jwikeley...

Don't miss your chance to see this wonderful play next month. Tickets available here. eventbrite.com/e/almost-ins...

I've got a new piece up on the S*bstack on Philip Larkin's "The Trees", a seriously uncanny poem disguised as a much simple one. Link below. PhilipLarkinSociety.

Our podcast guest and PLS Conference panelist from 2022- BBC News - Cambridge study suggests 'poetic obsession' with lawnmowers - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Philip Larkin's fear of death youtu.be/431lORYYieU?si… via YouTube

So many things I had thought forgotten Return to my mind with stranger pain: - Like letters that arrive addressed to someone Who left the house so many years ago. Philip Larkin

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.