In our final podcast of the year Lyn 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 [...]

On Saturday 5th December2020 the Philip Larkin Society held its first online event, ‘New Generation Women Poets and the Larkin Legacy’ The event, chaired expertly and engagingly by Dr John Osborne, one of the founders of PLS, featured three of the UK’s most exciting new poets – Rachael [...]

We are  proud and delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Eddie Dawe and Professor James Booth as Honorary Vice-Presidents and Honorary Life Members of The Philip Larkin Society. Eddie, a close friend of Philip Larkin,  gave outstanding service  as Chairman of the Society for 25 [...]

Sadly, the current pandemic has robbed us of the chance to get together in person this year for our customary December commemoration. However, we are delighted to be able to announce an exciting virtual alternative for the afternoon of Saturday 5th December commencing at 3.00 PM GMT. John [...]

Our latest podcast is the first of two podcasts exploring one of Larkin’s major contemporaries, Sir John Betjeman, to coincide with the publication of Jonathan Smith’s book Being Betjeman(n) (Galileo Publishing)   Lyn is joined by Jonathan as he discusses his long term love of [...]

At PLS we want to do our bit to help people stay safe during these difficult and dangerous times while at the same time adding to the growing fashion trend in cool face coverings. We’re very pleased to announce the release of the Larkin Face Mask – safe, secure, and very definitely [...]

‘Now you’ll be wondering what I thought of The Secret Garden,’ ^Philip Larkin wrote to Monica Jones on 24th June 1953,’ Well I thought it astonishingly good. I can’t imagine how I’ve never come across it before {…] If it has any message, it’s surely that – well, I can’t put it into [...]

PLS continues to move on apace. We are proud to have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Society with a very special commemorative edition of ‘About Larkin’ which beautifully captures the highlights and events of the past quarter century during which there have been so many. The edition, [...]

Quiz results- Thank you for all the interest and responses. Our top three winners are: Sally Button – 29 James Tarry-29 Alain Sinner-29 Brilliant work!  You are clearly not hare eyed clerks. Treat yourself to an awful pie and a G&T. Please find the quiz sheet here  and a copy of the [...]

The Lockdown Larkin Quiz- as the ‘poet laureate of social isolation’, who better to turn to at this time than Philip Larkin? But how well do you know your Larkin? Do you know your Monicas from your Ruths? Do you know your Brynmor Jones from your Wellingtons? Are you a toad or a sea anemone? [...]