Every year the PLS holds a members only event on 2nd December to mark Larkin’s death at the age of 63 in 1985. These events have taken many different forms over the years but we always try to find a way to celebrate his work and to bring members of the society together to do so. This year we held the event online via Zoom for the first time which meant we were able to welcome members from across the country and from the US. Our special guest was Dave Lee (top left) who is a Hull based film maker. Dave played the films he has made of three Larkin poems, each of which narrated is by Sir Tom Courtenay, distinguished actor (Billy Liar, Dr Zhivago, Little Dorrit and many more), Hull native and PLS Honorary Vice President. The films feature ‘Here’, ‘Bridge for The Living’ and ‘This Be The Verse’ and are wonderfully evocative.

Dave talked us through some of the many fascinating stories around the filming, production and interpretation of the poems. It was a great evening. If you would like to see the films they are available on Dave’s You-Tube channel  

A recording of the event is now available on the PLS You-Tube channel.

Thank you to Phil and Graham for presenting, thank you to Dave to being such a fabulous guest, and thank you all the PLS members who joined us.