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We mark the recent death of sometime #Hull resident, poet Douglas Dunn, with this 1972 picture of his house 4 Terry St, with the car (his?) parked outside, proving what he says in his poem 'Removal from Terry Street': "There is no grass in Terry Street." @PLSoc @hull_libraries
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Ach, what a loss. I lived down the road from Terry Street when I was a student at Hull, and he was so fondly remembered there. ‘I wish him grass’
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Imagine hearing this for the first time. The song Philip Larkin thought was probably the most beautiful in the world.
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I was sad to read of the death of the poet Douglas Dunn. A quiet voice, always a resonant one, probably still best known for his first mature poetry collection 'Terry Street', 1969, but 'Elegies', 1985, stands one of the great collections of the late 20th Century.
The preface is written by Brenda Moon (Larkin’s former deputy at Hull) and the essay was first presented at the annual winter meeting of the Friends of Edinburgh University Library on 2nd December 1986. A brilliant self-deprecating tribute to Larkin.
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R.I.P. Douglas Dunn 1942 - 2026
Very sad news about the passing of poet Douglas Dunn. He wrote many great poems in and about Hull. As tribute, here’s the film @PoetDeanwilson6 made about the him.
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Really pleased to have this photo of Larkin's statue (in Hull Paragon station) in the exhibition. Looking forward to going - it's on until January.
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How Many Times Did Houdini Appear In Hull?
Our legendary escapolgist correspondent Angus Young reports on a new book about our city and the world famous daredevil.
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‘This be the verse’ in Ted Lasso and elsewhere. Larkin’s ‘signature rock album’. fictionhorizon.com/the-poem-…
Worth a read! As always with Henry Oliver. Larkin’s most controversial publication.
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Larkin, laundry and insurance. An insight from the Insurance Museum. insurance.museum/history-sni…
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The new edition of Roger Lewis's biography of Charles Hawtrey has an excellent additional chapter where (amongst other things) he maps some of the individuals in PL's poems to the Carry On team. Hawtrey is Mr. Bleaney, of course.
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The Humber Estuary at Sunset! 'Your petalled head of flames Continuously exploding. Heat is the echo of your Gold.' Solar by Philip Larkin. @PoetryDayUK @PLSoc 🔥☀️#Hull
Any bibliophile Larkinophile out there: this is your Christmas come early.
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In the graveyard close to Robert Burns’s birthplace. The words are from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem ‘Requiem’ which were used on his own gravestone.
