RECENT UPDATES
2010 August 10
Added to the Notices page links to two different versions of the video for Philip Larkin's 'The Dance' by The Holy Orders.
2010 August 1
1. Uploaded Poem of the Month for August, chosen this month by Jim Orwin.
2. Added to the Events page information about the Come to 'The Dance' gig taking place at the New Adelphi Club in Hull on 4 August.
2010 July 28
Added to the Notices page - information about an attempt to get Philip Larkin to No.1 in the UK singles chart.
2010 July 20
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Added to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page - a notice offering for for general sale a limited edition of 20 bronze maquettes of Martin Jennings' winning design for the Philip Larkin Statue.
2010 July 11
1. Added new notelets and postcards bearing images from the 1964 Monitor documentary Down Cemetery Road to the OTHER section of the SHOP page.
2. Added the all night north CD to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the SHOP page.
2010 July 1
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Tom Hancocks.
2010 June 27
Added 2 new Philip Larkin T-shirts to the OTHER section of the SHOP page.
2010 June 23
Added a MEMBERSHIP section to the SHOP page, with the facility for Membership Fees to be paid online via PayPal.
2010 June 18
Added James L. Orwin's' 'Serious Earth: Philip Larkin's American Tape (The Watershed recording) ' to the ESSAYS section of the Content page .
2010 June 12
Added a specific all night north page with links to the all night north website, iTunes and Amazon pages.
2010 June 4
Added to the Notices page information about a range of new Philip Larkin Society publicity cards, produced to help promote the Society and its activities.
2010 June 3
Added to the Events page information about the launch of the all night north CD at the New Adelphi Club in Hull on 10 June.
2010 June 3
Embedded in to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page - a short video (hosted on YouTube) of Martin Jennings' visit to Hull Paragon on 14 May.
2010 June 3
Updated the Events page with the changed details of the Distinguished Guest Speaker for the AGM.
2010 May 23
Updated the Notices page with details about All Night North, the album of new songs using poems by Philip Larkin as lyrics.
2010 May 14
Updated the Events page with details about Sir Tom Courtenay's Larkin Revisited event scheduled for 19 June at the Middleton Hall, University of Hull.
2010 April 24
Added a MEDIA section to the Content page, and embedded the new Larkin25-commissioned film interpretation of 'Here'.
2010 April 3
Updated the Events page with details about The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour: Philip Larkin event scheduled for 25 May at the British Library in London.
2010 April 1
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Douglas Dunn.
2010 March 15
Added PayPal payment facility to all items on the Shop pages. The PayPal facility will be added for past issues of About Larkin and also for PLS membership very soon.
2010 March 12
Added PayPal payment facility to the Philip Larkin poster item on the Shop OTHER page. The PayPal facility will be added to more merchandise items very soon.
2010 March 7
Minor updates to the Statue Appeal page and the Statue Appeal THE SCULPTORS page, to reflect recent developments.
2010 March 5
Uploaded a revised version of the Statue Appeal leaflet to replace the original version. The new version reflects the fact that sculptor Martin Jennings won the commission to create the Larkin statue.
2010 March 3
Updated the Events page with further details relating to Philip Larkin's Coventry and the Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend.
2010 March 1
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Barbara Everett.
2010 February 13
Updated the Statue Appeal UPDATES page with the announcement that Martin Jennings has been awarded the commission for the Larkin statue.
2010 February 11
Added to the Statue Appeal UPDATES page photographs of the three Larkin maquettes produced by the sculptors being considered for the Larkin statue commission.
2010 February 9
Added a little more information to the Events page item A Larkin Trail in Coventry.
2010 February 4
Removed the Larkin Study Day for Schools item from the Events page. This event, which was scheduled for Wednesday 17 March, will not now take place. The next listed event is A Larkin Trail in Coventry. (Details yet to be announced.)
2010 February 1
[1] Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Graham Chesters.
[2] Added Graham Chesters' 'Tireless play: speculations on Larkin’s ‘Absences’ ' to the ESSAYS section of the Content page .
[3] Removed the Philip Larkin: Funny Man (John White) item from the Events page. The next listed event is the Larkin Study Day for Schools. (Details yet to be announced.)
2010 January 20
Added to the OTHER section of our Shop page information about, and an image of, the new Philip Larkin poster now available.
2010 January 18
Added to the Notices page an announcement about the new Philip Larkin poster now available.
2010 January 16
Added to the Links page a link to www.allnightnorth.com, the website of the new Philip Larkin musical settings CD project.
2010 January 3
Added to the Notices page a link to the Midas PR video publicizing the Larkin Statue Appeal on Youtube.
2010 January 1
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by composer Peter Dickinson.
2009 December 15
Created the different sections of the Shop page, and added the various avalable merchandise items.
2009 December 7
Added a dedicated Statue Appeal page, available from the internal links in the left pane of the main pages of the website.
2009 December 1
Reinstated comments from previous proposers of Poem of the Month, now reformatted and indexed by both poem title and surname of proposer.
2009 December 1
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Ken Starkey of London.
2009 November 27
Added a number of forthcoming events to the Events page.
2009 November 21
Uploaded some more items to the Events Reports section of the Content page. More to follow shortly
2009 November 16
Uploaded the new website after a major overhaul and re-design in preparation for the Larkin 25 commemoration activities. There is still some work to do. But we're well on the way.
2009 November 16
Poem of the Month for November uploaded. This month's poem, 'Autumn', has been chosen by Jim Orwin.