The Hermit of Hull, Philip Larkin

Bachelor poet Philip Larkin, known as the ‘Hermit of Hull’, took pains to present himself as an unassuming man, with little appetite for the trappings of a public literary life. His much loved poetry was brilliant and profound without being wilfully obscure. In his poem ‘Coming’ he wrote that his childhood was a ‘forgotten boredom’. ... Read more » The post The Hermit of Hull, Philip Larkin…