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According to one of Philip Larkin’s most famous poems, sexual intercourse began in 1963 — which was, he noted, ‘rather late for me’.  As with much else in Larkin’s life however, this was not entirely truthful. Because by 1963 he had been enjoying sex for a good 18 years, with many, many women. He may have been a late starter — he was a virgin until he was 23 — but, once under way, the man who was to become one of our most celebrated poets adopted a sexual template of juggling two or three women throughout his life. His two most enduring relationships, with fellow librarian Maev...

The poet, who died in 1985, was honoured with a posthumous statue at Hull Paragon Interchange railway station in 2010 Philip Larkin has been included on a 'secret list' of 'major statues of concern' over comments he made in private letters published years after his death. The poet, who died in 1985, was honoured with a posthumous statue at Hull Paragon Interchange railway station in 2010 - having moved to the city in 1955 where he worked as a librarian and penned works that earned him an offer of poet laureate. But Hull City Council has cited it in a review prompted in the wake of Black Li...