The Less Deceived full reading for Larkin's birthday

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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 ⁠[email protected] ⁠ with any questions or comments

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