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

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!

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

Our latest newsletter is a pandemic special, full of content that we hope will keep you amused while you wait it all out from the

In these days of extreme, house bound, social isolation Larkin aficionados will be pleased to know that a wealth of Larkin-related material is available online

Our commemoration of Larkin’s death this year is entitled: ‘We need to talk about Philip… New Pespectives’ and will take place at The Royal Station

The Philip Larkin Society is very pleased to be supporting The Mechanicals Band,  a group of Coventry based musicians and actors who are developing a

The Philip Larkin Society is pleased to announce exciting plans for a year long celebration of Larkin’s centenary in 2022. Under the banner of ‘Larkin100’

We are delighted that Coventry, the birthplace of Philip Larkin, is to be the next UK City of Culture commencing in 2021. It is fitting,

The opening of the wonderful new  Larkin Exhibition in the Brynmor Jones Library (of which we’re very proud), combined with Grayson Perry’s visit to Hull

The Philip Larkin Society is delighted to announce that Grayson Perry CBE RA is to be its Distinguished Guest Lecturer for 2017. The event will

On 2 October 1974 Larkin sent his mother a colour postcard of Prince Charles, saluting in military uniform : ‘I am in the train going

In celebration of Philip Larkin’s memorialisation in Poets’ Corner, the Friends of the Bodleian are to hold a  reading of Philip Larkin and Barbara Pym’s

St James the Less, Pimlico: 21 September 2016, 6.00 for 6.30 – 8.00 pm Schoolgirls, Seaside, Churches and Death: Betjeman and Larkin James Booth The

Our 42nd AGM, held at the Lawns Centre, Cottingham on 4 June 2016, showed the Society at a high point. Our finances are under no

Saturday 4th June 2016 The Lawns Centre, Cottingham AGM 12.30 followed by lunch at 1.15 pm and at 2.30 pm our distinguished Guest Lecturer: Mark

On Sunday 9th August 2015, to mark Larkin’s birthday and the 30th anniversary of the year of his death, a fabulous evening of musical and