Published: August 8, 2022 11:47am EDT Self portrait by Philip Larkin for a library staff Christmas party, December 1963. University of Hull, Author provided (no reuse) ...

Philip Larkin in 1961, with gin and tonic. Simon K, CC BY Larkin’s poetry, though avowedly lucid, remains complex and conflicted.

She returned to Hull for a job in the Transport Department in 1945 and then obtained the role of Philip Larkin's secretary at the Brynmor Jones Library, at the University of Hull, on in May 1957 ...

It took me to the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull, where he was librarian for 30 years, and the nearby house on Newland Park where he lived until his death in 1985 at the age of 63.

English poet Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) with his muse and mistress Monica Jones at the memorial service for Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman at Westminster Abbey, London, 29th June 1984.

In 2010, the Philip Larkin Society selected Martin Jennings from a short-list of three sculptors competing to design a statue in Hull.

Larkin lived in Hull for more than 30 years. He worked as the head librarian at the University of Hull and produced most of his published poetry and other writing while living in the city.

Philip Larkin will be honoured Hull has been named UK City of Culture 2017, beating competition from Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay. The City of Culture initiative was established by the Department ...

Philip Larkin (PA) The Tidal Surge Barrier, which is also being Grade II listed, is a prominent landmark in the city, where the River Hull meets the Humber. It was built between 1977-1980 to safeguard ...