RECENT UPDATES
2013 May 8
Added an EVENTS GALLERY (and a link to it from the Events page). This Image Stacker Gallery — which members should find fairly intuitive to use — is a tentative addition to the website, and it may change, develop or be replaced in the future.
2013 March 4
Added to the Notices page - information (including a link) about the new Faber Voices list, which features a combined text/audio ebook of a Selected Larkin.
2013 February 21
Added to the EVENTS page - information about several events taking place as part of the 20th Century British Poets in Music Festival (sponsored by Beverley and East Yorkshire Concerts, Philip Larkin Society, University of Hull, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Royal Musical Association, CASH Music Fund)
2013 February 17
Added to the Notices page - a link to a downloadable Entry Form for the Larkin & East Riding Poetry Prize 2013.
2013 February 5
Added a new Philip Larkin Timeline poster OTHER section of the Shop page.
2013 January 23
1. Added to the Obituary section of the LINKS page - a link to the Guardian's Obituary (by James Booth) of Ruth Siverns.
2. Added to the Societies section of the LINKS page - a link to a review on The Thomas Hardy Society website of the Societies' joint event in October 2012 in downloadable Doc file format).
2013 January 12
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the death of Ruth Siverns (née Bowman)
2012 December 21
Added to the EVENTS page - information about an event taking place during the Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2013.
2012 December 9
Added to the NOTICES page - a link to a video on Youtube demonstrating the effectiveness of 'Larkin with Toads', the public art project that took place as part of Larkin25.
2012 December 2
Added to the NOTICES page - photographs of the Philip Larkin Bench Unveiling event.
2012 November 04
Added to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the SHOP page - DVD recording A Tribute to Jean Hartley.
2012 October 1
Added to the NOTICES page - acknowledgement of donations to the Society for the year 2012-13.
2012 September 25
Added to the EVENTS page - details of two events relating to Under Travelling Skies, the winner of the 2012 Larkin25 Words Award.
2012 July 18
Added to the EVENTS page - details about a production of Ben Brown's Larkin With Women at the Ilkley Playhouse.
2012 July 4
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the delay (until September) in mailing out new membership cards.
2012 June 29
Added to the EVENTS page - details about a production of Ben Brown's Larkin With Women at the Bolton Little Theatre.
2012 June 13
Uploaded the 2012-2013 'New Membership' application form (PDF), linked to from the MEMBERSHIP section of the SHOP page (this form is for new membership applications only). Existing members will receive renewal forms during the week beginning 2 July.
2012 June 11
Added to the NOTICES page - a link to a PDF of the PLS AGM papers.
2012 May 25
Added to the EVENTS page - details about two separate events taking place on the eve of the PLS AGM.
2012 May 10
1. Added to the NOTICES page - information (including link) about the sale by Bertram Rota Ltd. Booksellers of a selection from the Library of Anthony and Ann Thwaite, including the Anthony Thwaite Philip Larkin collection.
2. Updated the 2012 AGM section of the EVENTS page with a link to download the Notice and Programme papers for the Society's's 2012 Annual General Meeting.
2012 March 29
Added to the NOTICES page - information about - and a link to - Take Me To The Kittens!, an exciting new photographic exhibition by D Jun-Yu Low (better known as Dennis Low, the official photographer for Larkin25, including Larkin with Toads).
2012 March 10
Added to the Joint Event in Hull with the Thomas Hardy Society section of the EVENTS page - a link to a PDF document containing details and an Application Form for the event.
2012 February 8
1. Added The Beat of Happiness by John Harris and The Making of Larkin's Statue (edited by Graham Chesters) to the BOOKS section of the Shop page.
2012 January 10
Added to the NOTICES page - information about, and a link to,a BBC Radio 4 Front Row programme in which Archie Burnett discusses his The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin.
2011 December 23
Added to the NOTICES page - information about the new album by the celebrated American pianist Simone Dinnerstein Something Almost Being Said, which takes its title from Larkin's poem 'The Trees'.
2011 December 21
2011 November 21
2011 November 15
2011 November 7
2011 November 4
The new forum offers a much richer experience for users. However, it's not clear from the number of people who actually used the previous forum that there is a real demand among our members and visitors for such a forum on our website. So, while we aim to do whatever we can to provide this facility for those who find it useful, we will monitor the situation to see whether this is in fact the best method for PLS members and visitors to exchange views and opinions on Larkin-related (and many other) topics. 2011 October 27
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2011 July 10
2. Added a CD recording of Philip Larkin reading The Less Deceived to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the SHOP page. 2011 May 25
2011 April 10
2011 April 06
2011 April 03
2011 March 17
2011 February 26
2011 February 10
2011 February 07
2011 January 26
2010 December 16
2010 December 10
2010 December 3
2. Added to the Notices page – information about Philip Larkin and the Third Woman, a programme scheduled to be broadsact on BBC One tomorrow evening, with further broadcasts on BBC Four on 7th (repeated on 8th) December. 2010 December 3
2010 December 2
2010 December 2
2010 December 1
2010 November 24
2. Added CD recordings of the Maureen Lipman and the John White events to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the SHOP page. 3. Added two poetry collections by Maurice Rutherford to the BOOKS section of the Shop page. 2010 November 16
2010 November 16
2010 November 1
2010 October 1
2010 September 27
2. Added to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page – a link to a video interview with Martin Jennings talking about the Larkin statue. 2010 September 16
2010 September 1
2010 August 10
2010 August 1
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!
2010 July 11
2. Added the all night north CD to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the Shop page. 2010 July 1
2010 June 27
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2010 February 1
[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
2010 January 18
2010 January 16
2010 January 3
2010 January 1
2009 December 15
2009 December 7
2009 December 1
2009 December 1
2009 November 27
2009 November 21
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2009 November 16
Added to the REVIEWS section of the Content page – a review, from About Larkin 32, of Larkin and East Riding Poetry Prize 2011 award ceremony
Added to the EVENTS page - details about an opportunity for PLS members to purchase books formerly owned by Monica Jones.
Added the recently published The Larkin Trail by Geoffrey Waters to the BOOKS section of the Shop page.
I should have made it clear in the previous post that it was not possible to migrate the list of members from the old forum to the new one, so those who wish to remain contributing by posting or responding to the posts of others will need to register anew.
Updated the FORUM page with a completely new forum powered by phpBB Open Source software.
Added to the NOTICES page - information and links for 2 new Philip Larkin French language editions.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement of the winners of the new Larkin25 Arts Awards.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the Larkin Toads winning a White Rose award.
Added to the EVENTS page - further information about the launch of the Geoffrey Waters Larkin Trail Sketchbook, plus details of an exhibition of the art of Jean Hartley.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the late processing by the Society's General Secretary, Andrew Eastwood, of membership renewals and new applications for the year which began on 1st July 2011.
Added to the NOTICES page - an announcement about the launch of The Geoffrey Waters Larkin Trail Sketchbook.
Added to the NOTICES page - details of a Larkin-related event taking place in October, at the University of Sheffield.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the PLS sponsoring new music inspired by Larkin.
Added to the EVENTS page - more new events for 2011-2012.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about a Heritage Open Days (Hull) poetry event.
Added to the EVENTS page - details of two new events for 2011.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the late processing by the Society's General Secretary, Andrew Eastwood, of membership renewals and new applications for the year which began on 1st July 2011.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the death of Jean Hartley.
Added to the NOTICES page - announcement about the delay in sending out new Membership Renewal forms.
1. Added new set of 4 postcards and a new set of 2 notelets, featuring images of the Philip Larkin statue, to the OTHER section of the Shop page.
Added to the EVENTS page - details of Philip Larkin: Too clever to Live?, part of Poetry Week with Josephine Hart, at the Donmar Warehouse (30 May — 3 June).
Added to the EVENTS page - details of the launch of The Larkin Trail on Wednesady 20 April.
Added to the AUDIO/VIDEO section of the SHOP page - DVD recording of the Philip Larkin statue unveiling ceremony.
Added to the EVENTS page - details of a Larkin walk (lead by Don Lee) taking place in Lichfield as part of the Alliance of Literary Societies' AGM weekend.
Added to the EVENTS page - details of a Larkin Centre event celebrating the launch of Maurice Rutherford's New & Selected Poems And Saturday Is Christmas.
Added an IMAGES section to the LARKIN STATUE pages.
Added to the NOTICES and the LINKS pages - information about a Philip Larkin account on Soundcloud.
Added details of the this year's AGM to the EVENTS page.
Updated the LARKIN25 page.
Added a new set of 4 Philip Larkin postcards to the OTHER section of the Shop page.
Added to the About Larkin page – online payment facilities via PayPal.
1. Added to the REVIEWS section of the Content page – a review, from About Larkin 30, of all night north, the CD of new songs using poems by Philip Larkin as lyrics.
To reflect the fact that the Larkin Statue has now been unveiled and the Statue Appeal activities are therefore concluded, the left navigation menu has been changed. The Statue Appeal page has been renamed the Larkin Statue page, and the link to it has been placed in its correct alphabetical position in the list.
Embedded into the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page – a short video showing some footage of the Philip Larkin Statue unveiling ceremony, which took place on 2 December 2010.
Added to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page – a photograph of the newly unveiled Philip Larkin statue. Also added is a link to a short video showing some footage of the statue installation, which took place on 29 November 2010.
Uploaded 'Wants', Poem of the Month chosen this month by the sculptor of the Philip Larkin statue at Hull Paragon Station, Martin Jennings.
1. Added new postcard with a photograph of Philip Larkin with Anthony Thwaite to the OTHER section of the Shop page.
Added to the Notces page – an announcement of the death of PLS member and King Henry VIII School stalwart Jeff Vent.
Added to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page – photograph of the commencement on 9 November of preparations for the placement of the Larkin statue.
Uploaded Poem of the Month for November, chosen this month by Andrew Motion.
Uploaded Poem of the Month for October, chosen this month by Rachel Fox.
1. Added to the UPDATES section of the Statue Appeal page – the Larkin25 announcement that the Appeal target figure has been reached.
Added to the Events page and the Larkin25 page information about the first in the autumn series of Larkin25 lectures.
Uploaded Poem of the Month for September, chosen this month by Anthony Thwaite.
Added to the Notices page links to two different versions of the video for Philip Larkin's 'The Dance' by The Holy Orders.
1. Uploaded Poem of the Month for August, chosen this month by Jim Orwin.
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.
1. Added new notelets and postcards bearing images from the 1964 Monitor documentary Down Cemetery Road to the OTHER section of the Shop page.
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Tom Hancocks.
Added 2 new Philip Larkin T-shirts to the OTHER section of the Shop page.
Added a MEMBERSHIP section to the Shop page, with the facility for Membership Fees to be paid online via PayPal.
Added James L. Orwin's' 'Serious Earth: Philip Larkin's American Tape (The Watershed recording) ' to the ESSAYS section of the Content page .
Added a specific all night north page with links to the all night north website, iTunes and Amazon pages.
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.
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.
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.
Updated the Events page with the changed details of the Distinguished Guest Speaker for the AGM.
Updated the Notices page with details about All Night North, the album of new songs using poems by Philip Larkin as lyrics.
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.
Added a MEDIA section to the Content page, and embedded the new Larkin25-commissioned film interpretation of 'Here'.
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.
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Douglas Dunn.
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.
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.
Minor updates to the Statue Appeal page and the Statue Appeal THE SCULPTORS page, to reflect recent developments.
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.
Updated the Events page with further details relating to Philip Larkin's Coventry and the Thomas Hardy Birthday Weekend.
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Barbara Everett.
Updated the Statue Appeal UPDATES page with the announcement that Martin Jennings has been awarded the commission for the Larkin statue.
Added to the Statue Appeal UPDATES page photographs of the three Larkin maquettes produced by the sculptors being considered for the Larkin statue commission.
Added a little more information to the Events page item A Larkin Trail in Coventry.
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.)
[1] Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Graham Chesters.
Added to the OTHER section of our Shop page information about, and an image of, the new Philip Larkin poster now available.
Added to the Notices page an announcement about the new Philip Larkin poster now available.
Added to the Links page a link to www.allnightnorth.com, the website of the new Philip Larkin musical settings CD project.
Added to the Notices page a link to the Midas PR video publicizing the Larkin Statue Appeal on Youtube.
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by composer Peter Dickinson.
Created the different sections of the Shop page, and added the various avalable merchandise items.
Added a dedicated Statue Appeal page, available from the internal links in the left pane of the main pages of the website.
Reinstated comments from previous proposers of Poem of the Month, now reformatted and indexed by both poem title and surname of proposer.
Uploaded Poem of the Month, chosen this month by Ken Starkey of London.
Added a number of forthcoming events to the Events page.
Uploaded some more items to the Events Reports section of the Content page. More to follow shortly
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.
Poem of the Month for November uploaded. This month's poem, 'Autumn', has been chosen by Jim Orwin.