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2008 – Larkin Study Day
'Larkin Re-covered by a New Generation'.
A Larkin Study day held in the Lyndsey Suite, University of Hull, 13 March 2008
[From About Larkin 25, April 2008]
The latest in the Larkin Society's series of annual Study Days for A-Level students was ably coordinated by Belinda Hakes, Head of English at Wyke College and former editor of About Larkin. It was a bustling event attended by 170 students from five colleges in Hull, Newcastle, Sheffield, Rotherham and Grimsby.
James Booth talked about 'Living Rooms and Dying Rooms in the Work of Philip Larkin', and Charles Mundye from the Scarborough Campus gave a vivid lecture on 'Larkin, Memory and History', illustrated with images of Coventry and the Great War. Belinda Hakes led workshops on 'The Essential Larkin'.
Belinda Hakes and Jean Hartley Charles Mundye After lunch the students gave their own presentations. Set the task of creating a cover for a selected edition of Larkin's poetry, they came up with some imaginative images. Then came a first-hand personal account, 'Larkin's Love of Life', by Larkin's erstwhile publisher, Jean Hartley, and the proceedings ended with a highly animated question and answer session involving all the speakers.
Photographs © James Booth 2008
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