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Tiny In All That AirDaniel Seifert- Two Guitars and DaysDaniel Seifert is a journalist and editor who has written for the New York Times, National Geographic and BBC. His poems have appeared in Poetry Wales, Rattle and Terrain. He lives in Singapore, and tweets @DanSeifwrites. Larkin poems discussed:The Mower, The Trees, Two Guitar Pieces, Broadcast ,For Sidney Bechet, Reference Back, Days, If My DarlingPoets mentioned:Seamus Heaney, John Betjeman, Emily Dickinson, TS Eliot Selected Poems (Prufrock, The Wasteland, Rhapsody on a Windy Night)When You Are Levitated by Danie...
2025-08-1557 minTiny In All That AirThe Less Deceived full reading for Larkin's birthdayThis year we celebrate Larkin’s birthday and the 70 year anniversary of the publication of The Less Deceived with a full reading of Larkin's second collection.We begin with an introduction to the collection with regular attendees of the podcast, our chair Graham Chesters and trustee Philip Pullen, and we reflect on some of the history of the publication of The Less Deceived.Thank you to all the people that have helped produce this podcast.A special thank you to our chair Rosie Millard, who was of enormous help with making th...
2025-08-091h 34
Cold Case Adventures and how to Survive ThemThe Adventures of Lyn IrvineSend us a textThere is no doubt that a woman’s perspective of life in the Antarctic is unique.An adventurous spirit adds extra colour to the Antarctic woman’s story.Lyn Irvine is definitely such a woman. Listen to Lyn as she relates some of her remarkable Antarctic adventures and achievements during the years 1998 to 2002 at Mawson and Casey Australian Antarctic Bases.
2025-05-191h 22Tiny In All That AirIan Kerry and the Humber BridgeMy guest today is Ian Kerry who is a photographer and Hull enthusiast. And today’s episode is a new direction for me as I take the microphone outside and travel 70 miles up the road from Sheffield to the Hessle Foreshore, sitting on a picnic bench taking in the view of the Humber Bridge. Ian, Gavin and I talk about the construction of the bridge and the effect of the bridge’s arrival on the local community and the changes to the landscape and human relationships that the bridge brought about. We read a selection of Larkin’s poems and pr...
2025-04-2753 minTiny In All That AirRishi Dastidar
My guest today is Rishi Dastidar who is a poet and editor based in London. Rishi discusses his own particular view of Larkin’s portrayal of Englishness in both his letters and his poetry, Larkin’s contemporaries such as TS Eliot and Alan Bennett, and the vibrant role poetry plays in the UK’s cultural landscape.
Rishi Dastidar’s poetry has been published by the Financial Times, The Guardian and BBC and more. He is a fellow of The Complete Works, and a consulting editor at The Rialto magazine. A poem from his debut collectio...
2025-01-2458 min
Skyline SIB PodcastWisdom in Crisis - DANIEL Series - Ps Dr Philip LynAre you facing a crisis in your life that seems insurmountable and you don’t know how much longer you can take it? Maybe it’s your marriage, you job, your finances, your health or even your mental state. Daniel faced an existential crisis with imminent disaster! He needed wisdom. He needed answers… fast. Where are these to be found today in crisis? Join us this Sunday as Ps Dr Philip Lyn shares this timely message!
2025-01-1355 min
Tiny In All That AirFive Year Anniversary Celebration
Reading Larkin’s poetry
Eddie Dawes - The Trees (Aug 2022)
Graham Chesters- The First Thing (Aug 2021)
David Quantick - Days (Aug 22)
Imtiaz Dharker - Broadcast (Aug 22)
Martin Jennings - High Windows (Aug 24) Nominated by Graham Chesters
Hans Rutten introducing and reading An April Sunday Brings the Snow in English and Dutch (Aug 21)
Richard Johnson- Sad Steps (Aug 21)
Sally Button- To The Sea (Aug 21)
Joe Riley - Church Going (Aug 24)
Devon Allison- Cut Grass (Aug 24) Nominated by Chris Sewart
2024-12-101h 18
Skyline SIB PodcastDEEP FAKE Knowing True from False In the End Time - 'The Last Days' Series - Ps Dr Philip LynToday’s cults will pale in comparison to tomorrow’s false prophets. They will be far more subtle, and much more impressive and persuasive! Think we can easily spot them in the end time? Think again! Jesus warns us even the elect will be deceived! So how can we learn to tell the real from the false now? This latter part of the Olivet Discourse will help you develop discernment today!
Listen to this powerful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-11-1456 minTiny In All That AirKate Romano, CEO Stapleford GranaryOur guest today is Kate Romano. Kate is the CEO of arts centre Stapleford Granary which recently dedicated a whole weekend to celebrating many different aspects of Philip Larkin’s life, photography, jazz and poetry. Gavin and I were lucky enough to be able to head down there and enjoy the events as well as running a PLS stall in the middle of it all, talking about all things Larkin to the good people of Cambridgeshire. Kate joined me to reflect back on the weekend and what she learned about Larkin in the process as well as to look at...
2024-10-2547 min
Skyline SIB PodcastAI and Faith Future: Friend or Foe? - Digital Christianity - Ps Dr Philip LynArtificial Intelligence is changing the face of society and will eventually impact the life of every person on planet earth. Are you ready? It poses significant theological concerns and ethical dilemmas. Many fear AI could challenge core beliefs about our faith and identity. Yet AI can be a powerful ally in deepening our spiritual journey, giving fresh biblical insights, reaching new communities, and facilitating gospel outreach.
Listen to this powerful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn today!
2024-10-161h 04
Skyline SIB PodcastConfronting Sin in the Church Today - Ps Dr Philip LynHow do you address and confront the areas of sin in the church when it is a sensitive subject matter? How do you go about with it in Jesus' way? How do you still keep the church intact while addressing these issue? Listen to this powerful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn today!
2024-10-081h 01Tiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: This Be The VerseThey might not meant to, but they do...
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin's poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this final episode of the summer, Joe heads out with his daughter and reads This Be The Verse.
Please note this episode contains strong language.
Music: Feeling Drowsy by Henry Allen Junior and his Orchestra (1929)
Produced...
2024-08-2331 min
Skyline SIB PodcastYou Are A Workplace Minister - Workplace Series - Ps Dr Philip LynWorkplace ministers! What are they? Are they a new breed? No they’re believers who just haven’t woken up to who they truly are yet from Mondays to Saturdays!
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-08-1251 minTiny In All That AirHigh Windows- A full reading to celebrate Larkin's birthday on 9th AugustToday on the 9th August we celebrate Philip Larkin’s birthday and we read High Windows from start to end, in order to mark the 50th anniversary of Larkin’s final collection.
Philip Pullen and Graham Chesters chat to Lyn about High Windows.
Please note there is some strong language and challenging themes in the collection.
Poems and readers:
To the Sea- Lyn Lockwood Deputy Chair of the Philip Larkin Society
Sympathy in White Major- Dale Salwak Honorary Vice President of the Philip Larkin Society, professor English, magician
The Trees-Carole Collinson Trustee of t...
2024-08-091h 06Tiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: The Whitsun WeddingsThat Whitsun, I was late getting away:
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin's poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this episode, Joe takes his seat on the 11.31 to London Waterloo and reads The Whitsun Weddings.
Music: Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Gavin Hogg and Joe Riley
Please email Lyn at lynlockwood70@yahoo.co.uk with any questions...
2024-08-0221 min
Skyline SIB PodcastLighting Up Your WorkLife - Workplace Series - Ps Dr Philip LynLighting up your unique work-space is part of God’s incredible calling on your life! So don’t waste it. Light the fire and see what God will do! 🔥 🔥
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-07-3149 minTiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: Cut GrassCut grass lies frail...
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin's poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this episode, Joe ventures out on his school field to read and discuss Cut Grass from High Windows.
Music: Sidney Bechet - Si tu vous ma mere (Lonesome)
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Gavin Hogg and Joe Riley
Please email Lyn...
2024-07-2617 minTiny In All That AirPhilip Larkin in ChinaOur guest today is Douglas Bell, Professor of English Language Education at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China.
Professor Douglas Bell first joined us in April to talk about the 2024 Conference in Hull and kindly stayed on the line to talk to me more widely about Philip Larkin in China. We talk about the reading and translation of Larkin in China, as well as the use of persona and thematic readings of Larkin. We also talk about why Larkin is not a sexist poet, Larkin’s use of rhyme, using Larkin’s poetry to exem...
2024-07-1951 min
Skyline SIB PodcastPeople of the Towel - Ps Dr Philip LynWhen Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, He was showing us the amazing pathway to serve. If we are to be great, we must first be the least. This is the spirit of true servanthood. It starts with learning to be a people of the towel.
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-07-1652 minTiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: Church Going
'Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut...'
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a
lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin’s poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this episode he explores Church Going from High Windows.
Music: Feeling Drowsy by Henry Allen Jr and His Orchestra
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Gavin Hogg and Joe Riley
Please email Lyn at lynlockwood70@yahoo.co.uk with any questions, comments or sug...
2024-07-1226 minTiny In All That AirIn Celebration of Betty Mackereth
Betty Mackereth was Philip Larkin’s secretary at the library at the University of Hull. They were work colleagues and good friends, growing closer and more intimate, as the years went on. Betty turns 100 on 27th June 2024.
We begin with Betty herself in conversation with James Booth when James was beginning his research into his biography of Philip Larkin . James calls her, Larkin’s ‘ageing muse of vitality’.
After this, we hear directly from James Booth who spoke Lyn and trustee Philip Pullen at James’s house earlier this year.
Thank you and spe...
2024-06-271h 28Tiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: The TreesThe trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a
lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin’s poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this episode he explores The Trees from High Windows
Music: In A Mellow Tone by Count Basie
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Gavin Hogg and Joe Riley
Please email Lyn at lynlockwood70@yahoo.co.uk with any questions, comments or sugges...
2024-06-2117 minTiny In All That AirJoe Riley Presents: The MowerThe mower stalled, twice...
Joe Riley, teacher and poet of no great renown, is a
lifelong lover of Larkin. In this series he attempts to read some of Larkin’s poems in suitable places with his trusty tape recorder. In this episode he explores Larkin’s late poem The Mower.
Music: Just a Mood (A Blue Mood) by the Teddy Wilson Quartet
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Gavin Hogg and Joe Riley
Please email Lyn at lynlockwood70@yahoo.co.uk with any questions, comments or suggestions for more readings for the...
2024-06-0716 min
Skyline SIB PodcastThe Spirit of Abundance - 2 Corinthians - Ps Dr Philip LynHow do we grow a faith mindset that knows God will supply all our needs? By developing a spirit of Abundance! Join us as Ps Philip Lyn unpacks the apostle Paul’s teaching on giving in 2 Corinthians 9.
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-06-041h 04Tiny In All That AirCelebrating The Philip Larkin Society Conference 2024This episode is all about the 2 PLS conference events that took place on 13-15th March 2024 at the University of Hull.
Professor Douglas Bell, now back home in the city of Ningbo in China, reflects on visiting Hull City centre and Cottingham for the first time in over 30 years, having graduated from the University of Hull in 1991. Rachael Galletly, PLS Trustee and merchandise officer talks about speakers David Quantick, Blake Morrison, our actors Daniel Wain and Lynne Harrison, and the contribution made by our wonderful artist D J Roberts. Helen Cooper reflects on her research into larkin, L...
2024-04-191h 05
Skyline SIB PodcastTreasure in Jars of Clay - 2 Corinthians Series - Ps Dr Philip LynDo we realise the incredible treasure we carry within if we have Christ in us? This was the light that shone into the apostle Paul’s heart and from thence outwards to the whole world! It changes who we are, the way we live, and the power to live the supernatural life out whatever the storms and trials that blow our way.
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-04-1659 min
Skyline SIB PodcastGlory to Glory - 2 Corinthians 3 - Ps Dr Philip LynReligions teach us we can never know if we’ve made it to heaven by our efforts, even at the very end. Only the gospel tells us that we qualify from the beginning! The life we receive in Christ is a glory beyond all comparison because it is not dead religious laws inscribed on stones but the glory of the new LIFE living in our lives! There is hope for you because the gospel changes everything!
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-03-2651 minTiny In All That AirRosie Millard OBEToday we are joined by our society President, Rosie Millard. Rosie came to Hull as an undergraduate while Larkin was still librarian at the university and she has maintained close links with Hull ever since. She was made Chair of Hull City of Culture 2017 and appointed OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours List for services in the arts to the city of Hull. Rosie is a writer, broadcaster and arts journalist and is also the chair of BBC Children In Need. In today’s podcast, Rosie and I discuss Solar, Money, Cut Grass and How Distant from High Windows to...
2024-02-161h 15
Skyline SIB PodcastStrength, Gradually…. then Suddenly! - Ps Dr Philip LynWhat happens when the blessings we expect do not come? How do we get through times of dryness? Strength is about preparing ourselves for the timing of God’s divine flow when times are tough! Before the breakthrough comes “suddenly!” something has to happen gradually and deeply inside us!
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2024-01-2258 min
Skyline SIB PodcastThe Strength of Joy - Ps Dr Philip LynJoy is strength. It laughs in the face of the enemy. It hopes in the face of the impossible. Because it has the same genes as faith! This year you can be a joyous person of power and influence even as you believe, become, and belong with God’s people!
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr. Philip Lyn!
2024-01-0858 min
Skyline SIB PodcastWe've Never Been Here Before - Ps Dr Philip LynA new space at SkyArena means a brand new journey for us in Skyline! Who are we called to be and what convictions must we hold on to, if we are to impact our city and nation? Knowing this will define us! Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr. Philip Lyn!
2024-01-0252 min
Skyline SIB PodcastIt's Time - Ps Dr Philip LynChristmas is a special time! It is a time to wonder how something so small in Bethlehem could become a timeless hope for all peoples of the world. There is a personal message for you and me! It’s to be found in Jesus.
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2023-12-2753 min
Skyline SIB PodcastHope For All - Ps Dr Philip LynHope is the one element missing in the world today. Yet it is the central element of Christmas! Jesus is the Hope that lasts.
Listen to this impactful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2023-12-2743 minTiny In All That AirPhilip Larkin Society Pub Quiz 2/12/23
The Philip Larkin Society always mark the 2nd of
December which is the anniversary of Philip Larkin’s death in 1985. In 2022 we marked the date with the unveiling of a blue plaque in Coventry at Larkin’s birthplace and we held an evening event at Westminster Abbey with poetry readings at the site of his plaque in Poet’s Corner. It felt right to do something a little more informal and closer to home in Hull. This episode is a live recording of the quiz in the Haworth Pub, Hull.
Thank you to Honorary Vice P...
2023-12-1656 min
Skyline SIB PodcastReversing the Tsunami - Book of Esther - Ps Dr Philip LynWhenever adversity comes, turn to God! You can take authority for a turnaround! This was how the genocidal law of the kingdom was reversed.
Listen to this life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2023-12-041h 04Tiny In All That AirChris Sewart and Phil PullenIn this episode we talk to Beverley based poet Chris Sewart in his second appearance on Tiny in All That Air, and Phil Pullen, trustee of the PLS, who regular listeners will be familiar with from a number of previous episodes. We talk about Chris's poetry and his upcoming performance as the 'warm up' for Roger McGough in Beverley next year (details below). We also discuss Phil's new project for the PLS You-Tube account documenting the Larkin Trail. We end the episode considering three poems from High Windows- The Explosion, Livings and Forget What Did- as we look ahead...
2023-11-171h 42
Skyline SIB PodcastWhen “No!” Is God’s “Yes!” - Book of Esther - Ps Dr Philip LynWe live in a world of “No!”s. But out of the upheaval of “No!” can come God’s massive “Yes”! Yes to divine change, yes to family salvation, yes to untold generational blessings in the rubble and ashes of a “No!”Listen to this life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2023-10-021h 03
Skyline SIB PodcastANNI-HI-LATION Introduction to Esther - Book of Esther - Ps Dr Philip LynEsther is a unique book. It never mentions “God”. So should it be in the Bible? But wait a minute! Read it and you’ll see that He is not absent! His finger is all over this pulsating real-life story! In this new series, we can know the God WHO IS with us in every crisis, the God who watches over His people and who challenges us to take risks for His Kingdom. Listen to this life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn
2023-09-1859 minTiny In All That AirLarkin the LibrarianThis episode was researched and planned by PLS Trustees Julian Henry and Dr Chris Fletcher, Keeper of Special Collections at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Philip Larkin was a librarian for 42 years. He had no formal training when he set off; he chose the career on the spur of the moment as a 21 year old after leaving university, like many students, without a career in mind. However, he came to be one of the UK's most influential and ground-breaking librarians of the post-war years, and his influence is still felt today. In this episode we examine Larkin's life...
2023-09-151h 02
Sunday SermonsFour Lights At Work | Philip Lyn | FCC Online"You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."
– Matthew 5:14-16
What does it mean to be a light at work? How can we be a light that shines wherever we are so that our Father in Heaven may be glorified? Join guest speaker Ps...
2023-09-1247 minTiny In All That Air'Philip Larkin: Funny Man' by John White (2010)
This talk was given to the Philip Larkin Society in 2010 by Emeritus Reader of American History at the University of Hull, John White. John White is the PLS jazz consultant and along with Trevor Tolley, compiled the wonderful ‘Larkin’s Jazz’ 4 disc CD released on Proper Records. This was part of the Larkin25 commemorative events. The talk is a warm and witty exploration of Larkin’s -sometimes extremely dry- sense of humour taking in camels, Jack Nicholson, raccoon coats and wine that tastes ‘like cricket bats.’
Content warning- liberal use of swearing…
References:
Philip L...
2023-08-0945 min
Skyline SIB PodcastPresence - Ps Dr Philip LynIf Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. - Exodus 33:15 This year our theme for Faith Promise Day is "Presence". Why Presence? Because we need the presence of God in our church as we move toward our new home, SkyArena. Let us unite together to encounter God's Presence this year on Faith Promise Day!
Listen to this life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn today!
2023-08-0958 min
Skyline SIB PodcastMoving with Revival - Ps Dr Philip LynREVIVAL! That’s the cry of our hearts! O that we would experience a fresh outpouring of God’s Spirit upon our land and a spiritual awakening of His Church like never before! Listen to this life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn today!
2023-08-011h 03Tiny In All That AirPhilip Larkin and Thomas HardyPhilip Larkin was just five years old when Hardy died in 1928, but this English poet and novelist was going to have a profound influence on Larkin’s writing.
To discuss some of the connections between Larkin and Hardy, Lyn is joined by Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Hull Jane Thomas and composer Arthur Keegan.
Thomas Hardy Novels: Jude the Obscure, Far From the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, A Pair of Blue Eyes,
Thomas Hardy Collections: The Dynasts, Winter Words, Poems 1912-13
Thomas Hardy poems: Drummer Hodge, Neutral Tones...
2023-07-141h 10
Skyline SIB PodcastREAL DADS DON’T QUIT Father's day - Ps Dr Philip LynCheers to the unsung heroes of our lives, our beloved dads! On this Fathers' Day, let's raise a toast to their unwavering love, guidance, and sacrifices. Remember, dads to cherish these moments, embrace your role, and continue to be the superhero in our children's lives. Don’t Quit! Happy Fathers' Day!Listen to this Sunday’s powerful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn.
2023-06-1954 minTiny In All That AirWinifred Dawson reading 'Love and Larkin'.
This talk was given to the PLS in 2001 by Winifred Dawson. Winifred was born in London, but educated in Belfast which is where she met Larkin when they were both working at Queen’s University Library. Win also went on to write herself and published a biography of Amy Audrey Locke, a muse for the poet WB Yeats. Win opens with a reflection on Larkin’s love for his parents, However, the talk is mainly about Larkin’s relationship with the women in his life: Ruth Bowman, Winifred, Monica Jones, Patsy Strang, Maeve Brennan (who is listening in the au...
2023-06-161h 04Tiny In All That AirAlan Plater- By The Tide of Humber I Walked Among Poets (talk given to the PLS 28/11/98)
This episode features a writer who would be familiar not only to Hull residents but also to keen telly watchers, radio listeners and theatre goers across the country. Alan Plater was born in Jarrow in 1935 but having moved to Hull when he was just three years old, the city was pleased to adopt him and he lived there for much of his life. His most famous writing credit was probably Z Cars. Alan Plater was also a huge fan of jazz music and his ITV comedy drama The Beiderbecke Affair staring James Bolam and Barbara Flynn in the mid 1980s...
2023-05-1245 min
Skyline SIB PodcastTHE DRAGNET PARABLE When The Time Comes - Kingdom of God - Ps Dr Philip LynGod’s Kingdom is like a dragnet: universal in its reach, but ultimately discerning in its final catch! All are in the embrace of His grace but are we all finally chosen? This parable calls us to reflect and to make our salvation sure in response to God’s love and grace! Listen to this Sunday’s powerful message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn.
2023-05-0859 min
Skyline SIB PodcastRe-imagine Life! - Easter Sunday - Ps Dr Philip LynEaster Sunday is when Jesus rose from the dead to give us hope and a new life! Listen to a powerful life-changing message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn.
2023-04-1037 min
Skyline SIB PodcastKingdom of God - Kingdom Life - Ps Dr Philip LynThe Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Spirit, and much more! It’s about doing life in a new community that models a message of unchanging hope to the world. It’s a life of freedom from fear, sin, hopelessness, and despair because of Jesus.Listen to this Sunday’s powerful message by Ps Philip Lyn.
2023-04-031h 02
Skyline SIB PodcastKingdom of God - Kingdom Power - Ps Dr Philip LynGod’s Kingdom authority must be seen in Kingdom Power to heal the sick, cast out demons, break bondages, and set lives free from oppression! Find out how every believer can live out this delegated power by faith, obeying the Holy Spirit, and stepping out in boldness with this message by Ps Dr Philip Lyn.
2023-03-201h 03
Tiny In All That AirLarkin in Objects, Objects in Larkin: Clarissa Hard and Francesca GardnerAt the time of recording this podcast we received the sad news that our founding chairman Professor Eddie Dawes had passed away on the 3rd March 2023 at the age of 97. Gavin and I were very privileged to be able to record the very first Tiny podcast with Eddie at his home in Hull. Eddie was so open to new ideas and ways of doing things. He was so supportive of my crazy idea to have a society podcast and was extremely patient as I fussed around with my microphone and notes. But I knew that Eddie had to be...
2023-03-1756 min
Skyline SIB PodcastKingdom of God - Kingdom Authority - Ps Dr Philip LynIs the visible world the only real world? Or do we believe what the Bible says, that there is an unseen realm controlled by satanic forces that bring sin and sickness? scarcity and self-oppression in the world today without let-up?
Jesus came and has given us Kingdom authority to break the powers of darkness and to live fully for Him.
Listen to this Sunday’s powerful message by Ps Philip Lyn.
2023-03-131h 13
Skyline SIB PodcastG3n Believe - God Of The City - The Gospel In The Urban World - Ps Dr Philip LynThe Gospel is for everyone but what about it being in the city? What does it look like? Why is it different? And most importantly, why is it important for us as Christians living in this present time?
Find out more with this message preached by Ps Dr Philip Lyn!
2023-02-131h 02Tiny In All That AirPoet and musician, Ivor Cutler (Larkin's contemporary) with Bruce Lindsey and Gavin Hogg (January 2023)This episode’s guests are Gavin Hogg and Bruce Lindsay and we are discussing Ivor Cutler, poet, writer, teacher and musician, who was born Jan 15th 1923 and so is a close chronological contemporary of Philip Larkin, although their paths never crossed. We look at their surreal sense of humour, their different experiences of World War II, their approach to poetry, letter writing, jazz, public performance and the cultural landscape of Britain in the twentieth century.
Bruce Lindsay, Ivor Cutler: Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023)
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/ivor-cutler/
Gavin Hogg an...
2023-01-271h 08
Skyline SIB PodcastG3n Believe - The Gospel Unbridled - Ps Dr Philip LynGenerations: Believe is our new series. The Gospel changes everything! How might we live out the gospel in all its power and beauty? What pushbacks may we expect from a hostile post-modern society?
The Gospel Unbridled challenges us to look at how the early church did it and why the gospel is THE answer to today’s challenges! And why we must each live to share the gospel!
Find out more with this message preached by Ps Dr Philip Lyn!
2023-01-091h 06
Skyline SIB PodcastG3nerations - Believe, Belong, Become - Ps Dr Philip LynExpounding on Skyline’s 2023 theme and the next 3 years; it’s all about raising the next Gen through an intergeneration church. How? By together Believing in the Power of the Gospel, Belonging to this Amazing Community & Becoming a People of Passion and Faith.
Come and be part of Skyline as we kick off our “G3nerations” sermon series with Ps Dr Philip Lyn!
2023-01-0348 minTiny In All That AirReview of 2022 with Larkin100 trustees Graham Chesters, Phil Pullen and Vicky Foster - December 2022This episode welcomes three Larkin100 trustees to look back on 2022; Graham Chesters, Phil Pullen, and teacher, writer and poet Vicky Foster who has a very particular connection to Hull and the work of Philip Larkin.
Vicky Foster Poet Hull
Please watch and subscribe; https://www.youtube.com/@thephiliplarkinsociety1930/featured
PLS Membership and information: The Philip Larkin Society – Philip Larkin
Presented by Lyn Lockwood.
Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/albu...
2022-12-311h 02
Skyline SIB PodcastBelong - Ps Dr Philip LynAfter two years of the pandemic and isolation, Christmas is a time to BELONG! God is with us. Jesus was born at Christmas to save us and make us part of His great family. Are you ready to step into His love and promises? This Christmas God is calling you to BELONG and to come home.
Find out more with this message preached by Ps Dr Philip Lyn during our Christmas service.
2022-12-2747 minTiny In All That AirHugh Odling-Smee & Philip Pullen (November 2022)This episode features Belfast arts manager Hugh Odling- Smee and PLS trustee Philip Pullen who, as part of his centenary lecture tour, took part in the 2022 Belfast International Arts Festival with a talk on Larkin in Belfast. Hugh and Phil discuss the literary heritage that Belfast enjoys and Larkin’s life in Belfast between 1950 and 1955.
Books and writers discussed:
A Rumoured City: New Poets from Hull by Douglas Dunn (Editor), Philip Larkin (foreword), (Bloodaxe, 1982)
Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse ed. Philip Larkin (OUP, 1973)
Andrew Motion- Larkin A Writer...
2022-11-181h 12Tiny In All That AirDaniel Vince (October 2022)Daniel Vince joined the PLS board of trustees earlier this year and is currently studying for a Masters by research on the post-war novel at the University of York having graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University earlier this year. He is also an antiquarian book seller and can often be found hunting down rare and wonderful books. When the Barbara Pym Society invited a member of the PLS to present a paper at their AGM in Oxford this year, Daniel bravely took up the challenge. Daniel speaks to Lyn and reads his talk A Few Green Leaves: Pym, Larkin...
2022-10-2146 min
2022-07-031h 11
Tiny In All That AirThe Larkin Family (June 2022)This is the King Henry VIII School, Coventry takeover! Led by the school's Librarian and Archivist Helen Cooper, and introduced by former Head of English Sheila Woolf, the pupils of Larkin's former school in Coventry have recorded a fascinating short fictional play written by Fred Holland that explores the Larkin family during Word War II. Helen Cooper and Phil Pullen (Chair of Larkin100 and Larkin researcher) join Lyn to discuss the writing and performance of the play, as well as exploring the play's many themes- family life, gender identity, jazz music, the destruction of Coventry, the rise of fascism...
2022-06-031h 07
Skyline SIB PodcastFuture Is Now: Freezing Out Hell - Ps Dr Philip LynHeaven is a game changer! But what about Hell? Is Hell real and why would a loving God allow people to go to Hell? Listen on as our senior pastor, Ps Dr Philip Lyn shares on this hot subject - it will challenge us on how we think of God, our lives, & eternity!
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2022-05-0950 minTiny In All That AirKelvin Everest and Dr Jane Bluett discuss Monica Jones (May 2022)In this episode, Lyn talks to Emeritus AC Bradley Professor of Modern Literature at Liverpool University Kelvin Everest and writer, lecturer and poet Dr Jane Bluett, who is the poetry editor for English In Education.
Monica and Philip met in Leicester in 1947, and although Philip soon left Leicester for Belfast and then Hull, Monica stayed as a lecturer at Leicester University for the next 34 years until her retirement. Their life long love affair was a source of great joy and great anguish for both of them. Kelvin tells us about his two years working alongside Monica as a...
2022-05-071h 00Tiny In All That AirDeb Fisher and Triona Adams (Barbara Pym Society)In this episode, Lyn talks to Deb Fisher, Chair of the Barbara Pym Society and writer and actor Triona Adams, also a member of the Barbara Pym Society. We discuss how it was Larkin who initiated the friendship between the two writers in 1961 when he wrote a letter to Pym admiring her novels. Both Oxford graduates, and resolutely unmarried, they communicated by letter for 14 years until they finally met in person at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford. In 1977, the Times Literary Supplement printed an article where contributors named who they considered the most underrated writers of the previous seventy-five years...
2022-04-151h 13Tiny In All That AirJohn Robins, Robin Allender and Thomas Gordon.In this episode, Lyn is joined by writer, comedian and BBC radio presenter John Robins, PLS Treasurer Thomas Gordon and writer and musician Robin Allender. The conversation focuses on some of Robin and John's favourite Larkin poems, such as Deceptions and I Remember, I Remember and their huge knowledge and love for Larkin's work.
Poems discussed: Sad Steps, High Windows, The Whitsun Weddings, Absences, Here, Livings, The Building, How, Dockery and Son, An Arundel Tomb, Deceptions, Afternoons, Mythological Introduction, I Remember, I Remember, Vers de Societie, The Life With a Hole in It, Toads, Toads Revisited, Home...
2022-03-181h 38Tiny In All That AirDr James UnderwoodIn this episode, Lyn talks to Dr James Underwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Huddersfield and Deputy Director of the Ted Hughes Network. James's book Early Larkin (2021) reveals so many aspects of Larkin's less well known writing and charts Larkin's growth into the towering poet he eventually became. We look at poems, letters and prose, and how Larkin shaped his world through his writing.
Larkin poems referred to- -Livings, Dockery and Son, The Whitsun Weddings, Afternoons, The Mower, Dublinesque, The Winter Palace, I See A Girl Dragged By The Wrists, Femmes Damnes, A Schoo...
2022-01-281h 12Tiny In All That AirRound Table with Philip Pullen & Rachael GalletlyIn this episode, PLS trustee and Larkin100 Chair Philip Pullen and PLS trustee and merchandise officer Rachael Galletly join Lyn to reflect back on 2021, look ahead to 2022, read some poetry and talk Larkin.
Larkin poems/novels discussed- Toads, Toads Revisited, The Whitsun Weddings, Show Saturday, High Windows, The Old Fools and Dockery and Son.
Other writers and references: Philip Larkin In New Orleans from Anthony Thwaite’s Selected Poems 1956-1996 (Enitharmon Press, 2002), John Sutherland Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me: Her Life and Long Loves (W&N 2021)
Larkin100 partners:
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2021-12-171h 04
Skyline SIB PodcastStrength Builders: True Friendship - Ps Dr Philip Lyn"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." - John 15:13
We're now in the sixth week of our Strength Builders Series and in this episode, we're talking all about True Friendship with Ps Dr Philip Lyn.
2021-10-1848 minTiny In All That AirHorror Larkin with Joe James & Alex HowardIn this episode, Joe James from the Right In The Schoolies podcast and PLS Trustee Alex Howard talk to Lyn about their definitions of horror and where they see horror in Larkin's writing.
Larkin poems/novels discussed- High Windows, Sunny Prestatyn, The Old Fools, At Grass, Aubade, Mr Bleaney, Ambulances, The Building, If, My Darling, Jill, Love Again.
Other writers and references: Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667), the work of Stephen King, the Metaphysical Poets, Oscar Wilde, 'the Seven ages of man' speech from As You Like It (1599), MR James, Wuthering Heights (1847) By Emily Bronte...
2021-10-151h 08
ENGLISH SERMONSeptember 26 - God Loves Your Workplace - Ps Dr Philip LynDATE: 26 September 2021
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2021-10-0852 min
Skyline SIB PodcastSermon On The Mount: Unshakable - Ps Dr Philip LynWe’ve finally come to the end of our Sermon On The Mount Series and what an incredibly insightful series it has been. For the past few months we’ve talked about how we should live our lives as followers of Christ and now we’re going back to the basics. This week we’re focusing on what kind of foundation we need to build our lives upon. Hear from Ps Dr. Philip Lyn as he shares on what it means to be unshakable!
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2021-08-3040 minTiny In All That AirLarkin's 99th Birthday special (part 2)The Society is looking forward to the Centenary celebrations next year, but we wanted to mark what would have been Larkin's 99th birthday this year by reading his poems. The readings have been recorded and submitted by PLS society members, trustees, honorary vice presidents and podcast listeners from across the world. Larkin was famously reluctant to read his poems in public, but we hope listeners enjoy hearing his words being read out loud. Please raise a glass and join us with our birthday celebrations! This is the second of two parts.
Poems and readers featured as follows.
2021-08-1654 min
Sunday SermonsLiving The Missional Life | Philip LynLiving The Missional Life | Philip Lyn by Faith Community Church (Perth)
2021-08-1251 minTiny In All That AirThe Young Larkin AcademicsLarkin has a rather curious place in the academic world- a little bit on the edge of things (maybe that’s how he would have liked it?). Lyn chats to Dr Alex Howard, Dr Kyra Piperides and Clarissa Hard who are all at different stages of their doctoral studies on Larkin’s writing. Alex and Clarissa have recently become new trustees of the Philip Larkin Society. We also have a reading of Church Going from PLS member Joe James.
Poems discussed: Aubade, High Windows, Take One Home for the Kiddies, Myxomatosis, At Grass, The Whitsun Weddings, Here, The...
2021-06-181h 05
Skyline SIB PodcastSermon On The Mount: Radical Sex & Divine Love - Ps Dr Philip LynSex. Let’s talk about it! This week we tackle a topic that some of us may be unsure about as Christians. The internet, entertainment industry, and social media have so many things to say about it. But what does the Bible say about sex? Ps Dr Philip Lyn breaks it down for us and shares how we can apply the Word of God in our lives and our relationships whether we are single, married, or divorced.
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2021-05-2444 min
Skyline SIB PodcastSermon On The Mount: Salt & Light In The World - Ps Dr Philip LynWe continue our Sermon On The Mount Series with Ps Dr Philip Lyn. In this episode, we tackle our relation to people and the world and find out how to lead consistent Christian lives.
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2021-05-1945 min
Skyline SIB PodcastSermon On The Mount: The Beatitudes - Ps Dr Philip LynWe start a brand new series with a deep dive into the Sermon on the Mount from the book of Matthew. Ps Dr Philip Lyn first brings us an overview of the upcoming series and then examines the Beatitudes with us so we know what this passage means for each of our own personal walks with Christ.
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2021-05-1945 min
Skyline SIB PodcastTGIM: The Monday Morning God - Ps Dr Philip Lyn"It is not what we do that determines whether our work is sacred or secular. It is why we do it!" - Nicky Gumbel We often compartmentalize our lives especially when it comes to work and God. Is God in your workplace? We end our TGIM Series with Ps Dr Philip Lyn on why the workplace is God’s favorite working place and how we can bring Him into the work aspect of our lives.
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2021-05-1949 min
Skyline SIB PodcastTGIM: Don't Let The New Normal Lock You In - Ps Dr Philip LynThe pandemic hasn’t been easy on many, if not all of us. We have had to make hard and difficult decisions when it comes to our finances and businesses. In fact, some of us still have to make these decisions everyday! How can we make the right decisions? In the second part of our TGIM series, we take a look with Ps Dr Philip Lyn on what the Bible has to say about our situation.
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2021-05-1945 min
Skyline SIB PodcastOne Thing: This One Thing - Ps Dr Philip LynWe finish our One Thing Series this episode with Ps Dr Philip Lyn sharing on Philippians 4:13-14: “This one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
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2021-05-1846 min
Skyline SIB PodcastBlessed! Bond, Build, & Bless - Ps Dr Philip LynDespite the pandemic, loving God and others doesn’t stop. This year we are called to focus on 3 aspects: to bond, to build, and to bless. Listen to Ps Dr Philip Lyn on what these three things entail in the second part of our Blessed sermon series.
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2021-05-1839 minTiny In All That AirFor Sidney BechetPhilip Larkin was not just a poet, he was also a jazz journalist. His collected articles can be found in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–1971. (Faber and Faber. 1985). Larkin's love of jazz was less prominent in his poetry, but one poem stands out as a startling 'love song' to New Orleans - For Sidney Bechet, (to be found in The Whitsun Weddings, 1964). In this episode we tell the fascinating story of saxophonist Sidney Bechet and how his life and music interwove with that of Larkin's. We have some amazing jazz to accompany us and some voices of the time...
2021-05-1440 minTiny In All That AirPhil Pullen and Rachael GalletlyPhil Pullen (Larkin researcher and chair of Larkin100) and Rachael Galletly (PLS Trustee) join us to discuss Larkin poems that are either about or are directly addressed to specific people in his life; Eva Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Winifred Arnott. We also find out about Larkin’s attitude to summer, his favourite poetic phrase, Kingsley Amis’s wilder moments, what book Rachael nicked from a library, and who made Philip Larkin ‘yowl’.
Mother, Summer, I, Heads on the Women’s Ward, Reference Back, Hospital Visits, Love Songs in Age, Letter to a Friend About Girls, The Old Fools, Livi...
2021-03-191h 24Tiny In All That AirAnne O'Neill and Julian HenryAnne O'Neill and Julian Henry are newer members of the Philip Larkin Society team and many people will have already been feeling the benefit of their fantastic work on the PL Instagram page. Julian is also a trustee and is now supporting the society committee and its planning and events work. Anne is based in County Kerry and Julian in Oxford. We got together to talk about Larkin in the media, Twitter, Instagram, radio and television and Anne and Julian talk about their route into Larkin, their favourite poems, cancel culture, Hull University, Beatrix Potter, Larkin’s legacy and mu...
2021-01-221h 15Tiny In All That AirReflection on the Larkin year, 2020Lyn and Rachael look back on the events of 2020 in the PLS world. This episode also includes contributions from Professor Graham Chesters (PLS Chair), novelist Chris Walsh, PLS trustee Julian Wild, Philip Pullen (Chair of Larkin100), PLS members Sally Button and James Tarry, Leigh Bird and Esther Johnson from Ships In The Sky, Hull.
Poems discussed: Self’s the Man, Vers De Societe, Home Is So Sad, The Mower.
Topics discussed: PLS online events, Coventry City of Culture, Larkin100, Larkin embroidery, cricket, John Betjeman, Larkin on YouTube, About Larkin, merchandise, the Larkin quiz, lockdown.
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2020-12-181h 16Tiny In All That AirJonathan Smith (novelist, playwright and teacher)Novelist, playwright and teacher Jonathan Smith has written two plays about Poet Laureate John Betjeman (1906-1984), Mr Betjeman's Class, and Mr Betjeman Regrets that were first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017. His wonderful new book Being Betjeman(n) has recently been published by Galileo Publishing (https://galileopublishing.co.uk/being-betjemann). We talk about the life of John Betjeman and his wider cultural significance, Betjeman’s many connections to Philip Larkin, and Jonathan’s own very personal relationship with Betjeman and actor Ben Whitrow, who played Betjeman in Jonathan’s plays. Jonathan also reads Devonshire St, W1.
Betjeman poems discu...
2020-11-1359 min
Couch to ActiveI miss our November Walking ChallengeThis would have been our 6th year. Hear motivation from our friends who completed all five years. https://www.couchtoactive.com Mentioned November walking challenge Advice from 5-year finishers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NovemberWalking/permalink/796446960825695 Edith - I'll add, do what you can do and don't beat on yourself for what you couldn't do. Each day is a chance to try again Bonnie - 1. I try something new each year with a personal challenge (e.g. do a different walk/find new place I've never bee...
2020-11-0312 minTiny In All That AirProfessor Graham Chesters (the new Chair of the Philip Larkin Society)Professor Graham Chesters, the new Chair of the Philip Larkin Society, joins us to talk about how came to Hull University, inadvertently following the footsteps of Larkin. Graham also tells us about his relationship with Philip Larkin both as a university colleague and a neighbour in Hull and some of his more disconcerting and memorable encounters with Larkin. Graham talks about his involvement with the Philip Larkin Society and the impact of Covid on the Society. Graham also talks to us about the Larkin poem Absences. A couple of little technology gremlins sneaked in here, so apologies for the...
2020-10-161h 14Tiny In All That AirDavid Quantick (writer and broadcaster)Our guest on this episode is David Quantick - journalist, essayist, writer of television shows Veep and The Thick Of It, horror novel All My Colours (2019, Titan Books), soon-to-be released novel Night Train (2020, Titan Books) and much, much more!
A few months ago, David Quantick tweeted about his enjoyment of Trouble At Willow Gables and other Brunette Coleman works by Philip Larkin. In this episode he joins us to talk about Brunette Coleman and in particular her essay What Are We Writing For? (1943), poem Femmes Damnes and the wider ‘schoolgirl’ writing of Philip Larkin.
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2020-07-1740 minTiny In All That AirWes Finch, Sophie Lewis, Esther Johnson & Chris SewartThis episode has four contributors, all of whom have very different connections to Philip Larkin.
Wes Finch from The Mechanicals Band performs his beautiful new setting of The Trees by Philip Larkin.
Sophie Lewis, Folio Society editor, discusses the remarkable new limited edition of Philip Larkin’s Collected Poems, which is the first to combine both Larkin’s poems and photographs, with the introduction and image selection by Andrew Motion. https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/philip-larkin-collected-poems.html
Esther Johnson, Professor of Film and Media at Sheffield Hallam University, talks to us about the new fun...
2020-06-121h 03Tiny In All That AirRachael Galletly (Merchandise Officer)Lyn and Rachael have been friends for over twenty years. In this episode, they discuss their shared enthusiasm for all things Larkin.
Larkin poems referred to: Afternoons, Dockery and Son, The Mower, Sunny Prestatyn, The Large Cool Store, A Study of Reading Habits, Toads, Toads Revisited, As Bad as A Mile, Vers De Societe, Home is So Sad, At Grass, The Old Fools, Solar, Church Going, For Sidney Bechet, Reference Back, Wild Oats, Take One Home For the Kiddies.
Prose: Jill and A Girl In Winter by Philip Larkin.
Other Larkinalia: Trouble at Will...
2020-05-2252 minTiny In All That Air‘Larkin in Lockdown’ with Kyra Piperides JaquesThis ‘Larkin in Lockdown’ episode was recorded specially to look at Larkin in the context of Covid-19 and we would like to send out thoughts out to all our supporters and listeners at this difficult time. Lyn and Kyra look at Larkin’s poems of social isolation as well as his poetry about spring and nature. We read from and discuss a range of Larkin’s poems, including Best Society, Here, High Windows, Going, Going, The Whitsun Weddings, Coming and The Trees. We also surprise ourselves with current mole behaviour, recommend a fellow literary podcast, and Lyn reveals what she is g...
2020-04-0934 minTiny In All That AirPhilip Pullen (writer and researcher)In this episode we speak to Philip Larkin Society trustee, Philip Pullen, a writer and researcher who is also the society's Media and Publicity Officer and chair of the Larkin 100 celebrations, being planned by the society for 2022.
He talks to us about the plans for Larkin 100 and his extensive research into Larkin's life, which has uncovered many fascinating stories about the poet and his family.
Presented by Lyn Lockwood.
Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band.
Audio production by Simon Galloway.
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2020-01-2737 minTiny In All That AirJames Booth (Larkin expert and biographer) (part 3)In this third and final part of our in-depth conversation with James Booth, he tells us about his own books on the poet, Larkin's early schoolgirl poems and astonishing use of language. If you haven't heard parts one and two, be sure to give them a listen.
James Booth is the Philip Larkin Society's Literary Adviser & Co-Editor of About Larkin, the society's journal. He has published two books on Philip Larkin: Philip Larkin: Writer (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991) and Philip Larkin: The Poet’s Plight (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). He has also edited Larkin’s early girls’-school stories and poems as Trouble...
2020-01-1743 min
The LindberghsHBO - The Plot Against AmericaThis is Erik and Lyn's first response to the upcoming HBO mini-series based on the Alternate History novel by Philip Roth titled, The Plot Against America. This fiction account imagines an alternate American history told through the eyes of a Jewish family as Charles Lindbergh (Erik's Grandfather), an aviator-hero and "xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation towards fascism." Obviously, grandfather was not a hater in real life, so how do Erik and Lyn respond to this fictional story that is about to go mainstream? If you know Erik and Lyn, their answer won't surprise...
2020-01-1218 minTiny In All That AirJames Booth (Larkin expert and biographer) (part 2)In this second part of our conversation with James Booth, he talks about Larkin's development as a writer, takes a closer look at 'The Old Fools' and reflects on Larkin's long-term partner, Monica Jones.
James Booth is the Philip Larkin Society's Literary Adviser & Co-Editor of About Larkin, the society's journal. He has published two books on Philip Larkin: Philip Larkin: Writer (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991) and Philip Larkin: The Poet’s Plight (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). He has also edited Larkin’s early girls’-school stories and poems as Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions (Faber, 2002), and a volume of critical essa...
2019-12-1624 minTiny In All That AirEdwin Dawes (Chairman of the Philip Larkin Society)In our first full episode, we talk to Edwin (Eddie) Dawes, chairman of the Philip Larkin Society and former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull. Eddie was Chairman of the Library Committee for a record period of eleven years, during which time he worked closely with Philip Larkin. He is now Professor Emeritus. As a friend and colleague of Philip Larkin, he was honoured to accept the invitation to chair the Larkin Society on its foundation in 1995. Eddie shares his memories of working with Philip Larkin and their friendship, the role of the Society and a guest lecture...
2019-12-0236 minTiny In All That AirJames Booth (Larkin expert and biographer) (part 1)James Booth is the Philip Larkin Society's Literary Adviser & Co-Editor of About Larkin, the society's journal. He has published two books on Philip Larkin: Philip Larkin: Writer (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991) and Philip Larkin: The Poet’s Plight (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). He has also edited Larkin’s early girls’-school stories and poems as Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions (Faber, 2002), and a volume of critical essays, New Larkins for Old (Macmillan, 2000), arising from the first Hull International Conference on the Work of Philip Larkin mounted by the Society in 1997. He has recently retired from the Department of English at the University of H...
2019-12-0227 min