This year we celebrate Larkin’s birthday and the 70 year anniversary of the publication of The Less Deceived with a full reading of Larkin's second collection.
We begin with an introduction to the collection with regular attendees of the podcast, our chair Graham Chesters and trustee Philip Pullen, and we reflect on some of the history of the publication of The Less Deceived.
Thank you to all the people that have helped produce this podcast.
A special thank you to our chair Rosie Millard, who was of enormous help with making the recording of Sir Tom Courtenay reading Church Going.
Readers:
Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album Philip Pullen
Wedding-Wind Lynn Harrison
Places, Loved Ones Julia Munrow
Coming Brian Bilston
Reasons for Attendance Daniel Wain
Dry Point Michael Egan
Next, Please Dr Andrew Palmer
Going Greg Sestero
Wants Joe Malago
Maiden Name Mary Mccollum
Born Yesterday Cate Blanchett
Whatever Happened? Melissa Dennison
No Road Hannah Sullivan
Wires David Biespiel
Church Going Sir Tom Courtenay
Age Dr Jane Bluett
Myxomatosis Daniel Vince
Toads Justine Gaubert
Poetry of Departures Prof Douglas Bell
Triple Time Jacqueline Baron
Spring Cate Blanchett
Deceptions Hannah Sullivan
I Remember, I Remember Brian Bilston
Absences Sinead Morrissey
Latest Face Gerry Skeens
If, My Darling Alex Howard
Skin Marco Pirroni
Arrivals, Departures Jeremy Wikeley
At Grass Julian Wild
References:
Early Larkin by James Underwood (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021)
Pretending to Be Me by Tom Courtenay (2003) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pretending-Be-Me-Philip-Portrait/dp/1405500824
Jean Hartley- Philip Larkin, The Marvell Press and Me (Faber, 2011)
Philip Larkin, Life, Art and Love by James Booth (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014)
TS Eliot- The Four Quartets (Faber, 1941)
On First Looking into Larkin’s The Less Deceived A T Tolley 2 The paper first delivered at the 2003 Conference https://philiplarkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/About-Larkin-18.pdf
The background to the article in the Beverlonian that Graham refers to is referenced in Philip Pullen’s piece in About Larkin 45 about the Beverley walk
https://philiplarkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/About-Larkin-45.pdf
https://rosiemillard.substack.com/p/what-will-survive-of-us
Music:
Home Cooking by Eddie Condon and his Orchestra from the Larkin’s Jazz box set, 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/22/various-artists-larkins-jazz-review
Theme music:
The Horns of the Morning by Wes Finch and the Mechanicals Band
https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz
Produced by Lyn Lockwood, Simon Galloway and Gavin Hogg
Please email Lyn at plsdeputychair@gmail.com with any questions or comments
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