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January - February 2020
Tiny In All That Air
Have you heard the Philip Larkin Society podcast yet? ‘Tiny in All That Air’, presented by Lyn Lockwood, is now in its sixth episode and has been accumulating glowing reviews since its pilot in November 2019. Episodes already released include Lyn in conversation with Eddie Dawes, James Booth, Philip Pullen, Wes Finch and Kyra Piperides Jaques, and approach Larkin with personality and informality from fresh, new angles. You can listen across popular platforms including Apple Podcasts, Anchor FM and Spotify by searching for ‘Tiny in All That Air’ or clicking on any of the links below:
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Larkin About on the Internet

The start of the decade has been a lively one, with Larkin mentioned frequently online and in the press. Some of the references that our eagle-eyed members have spotted include:
A brilliant testimonial of the Larkin 25 toads by Angus Young in the Hull Daily Mail on 1st January 2020, which effectively attributes the meteoric rise of arts and culture in Hull in the previous decade to the toads, which were ‘a masterstroke […] suddenly public art in the city was both trendy and relatable’.
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Lucy Sweeney Byrne’s presents Letters to Monica as one of her favourite books, in The Irish Times on 11th January 2020, discussing the 'love story' she finds within: ‘Reading the letters, one is overwhelmed by a sense of inertia. They were two people, faced with the unsolvable problem of their love, combined with his unwillingness to commit.’
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‘Ambulances’ was Poem of the Week in The Telegraph on 17 January 2020, with columnist William Sieghart’s poignant commentary on the poem noting that ‘Larkin is not a man to make your heart sing with hope and possibility. What makes him such an important poet is his ability to home in on some of life’s most difficult feelings and help us to express them, rather than running away.’ 
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On this day

10 January Eva Larkin born (1886)
1 February Larkin’s memorial service in Westminster Abbey (1986)
9 February All What Jazz published (1970)
15 February Monica Jones dies (2001)
21 February A Girl in Winter published (1947)
28 February The Whitsun Weddings published (1964)
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The Society is a charity run entirely by volunteers. It aims to promote awareness of Larkin’s life and work, to bring together all those who admire Larkin’s work and to bring about publications on all things Larkinesque.

But we cannot achieve this mission without the continued and generous support of our members. Your subscriptions, supplemented by Gift Aid where possible, keep the Society going.

So, if you share our aims and enthusiasm for Larkin and his work, please join us and encourage others to do the same. You’ll benefit from two issues of the Society’s journal About Larkin delivered to your door each year, plus a strong sense of being involved in a worthwhile cause.

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