divorce from George, 1, 2;
Philip Larkin, The Marvell Press and Me, 1n, 2n
Hatchards, 1, 2,
Hawkes, Jacquetta, 1
Hawkshead, The Square, picture postcard, 1
Haworth-Booth, Mark, 1n, 2n, 3n; 4n
Haydon Bridge, 1a Ratcliffe Road, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
‘Heads in the Women’s Ward’, 1
Heath, Edward, 1
Heathcoat or Heathcote St, Loughborough, 1
Heath-Stubbs, John, 1
hedgehog, 1, 2
Helps, Racey, picture postcards: ‘Hide-and-seek’, 1, ‘Sports Day, The Sack Race’, 1
Henley, William Ernest, ‘When you are old’, 1, 2n
Henry V (Laurence Olivier film), 1
Herbert, A. P., 1
‘Here’, 1, 2
herring gull (‘the gull that goes oghoghogh’), 1
Hertford College, Oxford, 1
Hessle, 1n, 2n, 3, 4, 5n
Hewett, Catherine (Kitty, née Larkin; L’s sister): on parents’ ‘worship’ of L, 1; Sydney’s treatment of her, 1;
L’s attitudes, 1;
role in L’s upbringing, 1;
small number of surviving letters, 1;
letter from Kitty to Eva, 1n;
‘Blak Pussy’ nightdress case, 1, 2n, Plate 11B;
exhibits work in Loughborough, 1;
L corrects her spelling, 1, 2;
coloured notepaper and elaborate envelopes, 1, 2, 3, 4;
L’s spellings of her name, 1, 2;
gives L silk tie, 1;
L’s telegram about his degree, 1;
L’s letter about war work in a Welsh mine, 1;
The Kingdom of Winter originally titled Katherine, 1;
wedding to Walter Hewett, 1, 2n, 3;
gold initials on L’s cigarette case, 1, 2;
Marmite, 1;
L sends her a postcard-photograph of himself, 1;
L lodges with the Hewetts in York Road, Loughborough, 1;
birth of Rosemary, 1n, 2;
finds house for Eva in York Road, 1n;
L apologises for being awkward with her at Christmas, 1;
L asks her opinion on postage stamp design, 1;
L tears up one of her letters, 1;
quarrels over holiday plans, 1, 2, 3, 4;
‘manners of a hog’, 1;
L’s letter to Kitty and Walter about holiday arrangements, 1;
handbag torch birthday gift, 1;
L finds Features Editress of Vogue ‘far less glamourous’ than Kitty, 1;
criticises design of Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, 1n;
the move away from 53 York Road, 1;
L dreams about her, 1;
colour imagery in relation to Kitty, 1, 2;
L’s poems ‘better than John Betjeman’s’, 1n;
arrangement for 21 York Road expenses, 1;
L’s concerns about Eva in Berrystead, 1, 2;
Rosemary’s wedding, 1
Hewett, Ivor and Connie, 1; wedding, 1, 2n
Hewett, Rosemary (later Parry; L’s niece and god-daughter), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11n, 12n, 13n, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20n, 21, 22n, 23n, 24n, 25, 26, 27n, 28, 29; birth, 1 and n;
photographs, 1, Plate 7C and D;
letters and cards from L, 1n, 2n, 3n;
L attends her confirmation, 1 and n;
L visits in Warwick University, 1;
hyacinths, 1, 2n;
degree day, 1;
wedding, 1
Hewett, Walter (Kitty’s husband), 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6n, 7, 8, 9n, 10n, 11, 12n, 13, 14n, 15n, 16n, 17n, 18, 19n, 20, 21, 22, 23n, 24, 25, 26n, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; earns £1,000 p.a., 1;
advises L to buy a car, 1;
drives Eva and Kitty to Hull to visit L in hospital, 1 and n;
holiday plans, 1 and n;
letter from L about holidays, 1;
the move to ‘Oddstones’, 1
Hexham, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; picture postcards: Market Place and Abbey, 1;
the Roman Wall, Clag Lough, 1; 2n
High Windows, 1
Hilary (Oxford acquaintance), 1
Hill, Geoffrey, 1
Himmler, Heinrich, 1
Hitler, Adolf, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Mein Kampf, 1
hockey, 1
Hogarth Press, 1
Hoggart, Richard, 1
Hoi Sun Restaurant, 1n
Holderness, 1
Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire), 1
Holmes, Sheila (Eva’s home help), 1, 2, 3
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, ‘The Leaden Echo’, 1
horses, picture postcards, 1, 2, 3
‘hot’ records, 1, 2
Houghton, Rev. Ralph E. C., 1 and n
Housman, A. E., 1; ‘Loveliest of trees’, 1
Howard, Elizabeth Jane, 1, 2
Hughes, Arthur M. D., 1, 2, 3, 4; Cobbett: Prose and Poetry, 1n
Hughes, Noel (‘Josh’), 1, 2n, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7, 8n, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15n; with L ridicules a poem by the College Principal, 1n;
with L to Coventry after the blitz, 1, 2;
punting, 1
Hughes, Ted, 1n, 2
Hull, 1; L’s lodgings in, 1 and n:
11 Outlands Road, 1; 2
Pearson Park, 1n, 2, 3;
headed notepaper, 1 and n; 2
Newland Park, 1, 2, 3;
hires gardener, 1;
picture postcard, East Park boating lake, 1
Hull Daily Mail, 1, 2n
Hull Fair, 1
Hull, Kingston General Hospital, 1
Hull University, picture postcards: the University, 1; altarpiece, Catholic Chaplaincy, 1;
the Lawns student accommodation, 1, 2
Hulton, Edward, 1
Humber, 1, 2, 3, 4n; picture postcard, artist’s impression of the proposed Humber Bridge, 1
Hunstanton, 1, 2n
Huxley, Aldous, 1, 2; Brave New World, 1;
Crome Yellow, 1
hyacinths, 1 and n
Hyde, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester), 1, 2, 3n, 4n, 5n, 6n, 7n, 8, 9, 10
‘I dreamed of an out-thrust arm of land’, 1n, 2n
‘If hands could free you, heart’, 1n
Iles, Norman, 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5; climbing into college, 1
Ilkley Literature Festival, 1
incendiary bombs, 1, 2
Indiscreet (Ingrid Bergman), 1
Inge, W. R., 1n
Irwin, Margaret, Still She Wished For Company, 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1; Lions and Shadows, 1;
Prater Violet, 1
Istanbul, 1
Ivanhoe Hotel, Cranston’s, Bloomsbury Street, London, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5
jam, 1
jam session, 1 and n
Japolsky, Leo, 1, 2n, 3, 4, Plate 9C
jazz, see Larkin, Philip
Jepps, Elizabeth (friend of Eva), 1, 2n, 3n, 4n, 5
Jerusalem Post, 1
Jesus College, Oxford, 1
Jill, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9n, 10, 11; Faber reprint, 1, 2, 3, 4
John o’ London’s Weekly, 1
Johnson, Samuel, 1, 2
Jones, Alan Pryce, 1
Jones, Brynmor, 1; L suggests naming the Library after him, 1;
knighthood, 1;
L’s opinion of, 1, 2
Jones, Monica, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; L’s correspondence with, 1, 2;
rivalry with Eva, 1;
reads proof of A Girl in Winter, 1;
visits L in Belfast and they visit Dublin, 1;
invites Eva to tea, 1;
fear of birds, 1, 2, 3;
offer of academic exchange in USA, 1;
attends opening of Hull Library Stage 1, 1n;
deaths of parents, 1;
Christmas with Eva and Philip in Loughborough, 1n;
depression, 1, 2, 3;
basque, 1 and n;
L’s present of striped tights, 1;
in London during L’s health tests, 1;
buys Haydon Bridge holiday home, 1, 2;
Christmas alone in Haydon Bridge, 1;
L’s telephone bill for calls to Haydon Bridge, 1;
holidays with L in: Dorset and Devon, 1;
Lake District, 1;
Mallaig, 1n;
Winchester, Brockenhurst and Chichester, 1;
Sark, 1, 2, 3, 4;
Skye, 1n, 2;
Lincoln, 1;
the Border Country, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Dentdale and Swaledale, 1;
Scotland, 1, 2;
Jura, 1;
Bellingham Show, 1, 2, 3;
County Cork, 1;
Lochgoilhead, 1;
London, cricket Tests at the Oval or Lord’s, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
The Boy Friend in London, 1;
with L to Ilkley Festival, 1;
with L for honorary D.Litt. ceremony at St Andrews, 1;
flies with L to Hamburg where he receives the Shakespeare Prize, 1;
L contrasts her cooking with Eva’s, 1, 2;
grazes knee, 1;
visits Eva in hospital with L, 1;
heavy drinking, 1;
L’s gift of opal earclips, 1;
Foyles launch of the Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse, 1;
‘looking stunning’ at L’s honorary D.Litt. in Hull, 1;
diet for arthritis, 1
Judd, Helen, 1, 2
Judd, Mary, see Wrench, Mary
Judd, Stephen, 1, 2
Jung, Carl G., 1, 2n
Junior Carlton Club, 1
Kabbala, 1
Kafka, Franz, 1
Keats, John, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, 1
Kelly, Mr (neighbour), 1, 2, 3, 4
Kelly, John, 1n
Kenilworth, 1
Kennedy, Margaret, 1; 2n
Kerry, Ring of, 1, 2
Keyes, Sidney, 1, 2n
King, Francis, To the Dark Tower, 1
Kingsmill (Lunn), Hugh, Frank Harris, 1
Knox, Father Ronald, 1, 2n
Koran, The, 1, 2
Korda, Alexander, 1
Labour Club Bulletin (Oxford), 1, 2
Labour Party, 1, 2
Lane, Homer, 1
Larkin, Alan (son of Sydney’s brother, Alfred), 1
Larkin, Alfred (brother of Sydney), 1n, 2n, 3, 4n, 5
Larkin, Alice (wife of Ernest Larkin), 1n, 2, 3n
Larkin, Catherine (L’s sister), see Hewett, Catherine
Larkin, Ernest (brother of Sydney), 1
Larkin, Eva (wife of Alfred Larkin), 1
Larkin, Eva (née Day; L’s mother)
CHARACTER AND LIFE: correspondence with L, 1, 2, 3; L recalls childhood homes, 1;
name tapes sewn into Sydney’s and Philip’s clothes, 1;
lists contents of L’s pockets, 1;
socks, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5n, 6, 7, 8;
lives with L in 12 Dixon Drive, 1;
lives with Kitty, 1n;
attempts to employ paid companion, 1 and n, 2n, 3, 4 and n, 5n;
possible move to Belfast, 1, 2, 3n;
moves to 21 York Road, Loughborough, 1, 2n, 3 and n;
possible move to Hyde, 1n;
L’s drawings of ‘Old Creature’ in mob cap, 1, 2;
‘monst-haugh’, 1 and n, 2, 3, 4;
her ‘creature’ drawings, 1, 2n, 3 and n, 4, 5n, 6, 7;
card and telegram on missed letter, 1;
reproaches L for putting off her visit to Hull, 1;
forgives L for forgotten Friday card, 1, 2n;
L’s overbearing behaviour, 1, 2n 3, 4n, 5 and n;
L’s apology for angry phone call, 1;
thanks L for Mother’s Day telegram, 1n;
birthdays, 1, 2, 3;
L’s home-made card, 1;
78th birthday party, 1;
Christmas alone with L, 1;
‘Bunny news’, 1 and n, 2n, 3n, 4, 5, 6, 7n;
Brains Trusts, 1, 2n;
sherry one glass a day, 1, 2, 3, 4n;
Effie’s television, 1n;
‘spring’ cleaning, 1, 2n, 3n, 4;
coke, 1;
full coal cellar, 1, 2n;
worries about Sydney’s diary, 1;
out-of-date tins of salmon, 1, 2n;
mouse, 1, 2n;
blackbird’s nest, 1n;
butterfly in church, 1n, 2;
neighbours’ dog, 1 and n;
toad, 1;
anxious that Walter and Kitty will move away, 1n, 2;
finances, 1;
‘planned Christian giving’, 1 and n;
bank manager’s advice, 1n;
new electric fire, cistern and immersion heater, 1n, 2;
L’s dispute with National Coal Board and contractors about Parkray fire, 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5;
possible move to a bungalow, 1n;
possibility of avoiding stairs, 1 and n, 2;
home help, 1;
light and heater in outside lavatory, 1, 2n;
pedal bin, 1;
L’s honorary D.Litt. at Leicester, 1;
stays in Abbeyfield House, 1, 2, 3, 4;
L reviews her options, 1;
insists on cooking duck at Christmas, 1;
enters Berrystead Nursing Home, 1;
L to reclaim expenses from her estate after her death, 1; 2
HEALTH (PHYSICAL AND MENTAL): fear of thunderstorms, 1, 2n, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7n, 8, 9n, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14n, 15, 16; fear of sleeping alone, 1, 2, 3n, 4;
injures wrist, 1;
depression and guilt, 1n, 2 and n; 3, 4n, 5n;
Dr Edith Folwell, 1 and n, 2, 3n, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8n, 9;
Circle of Silent Ministry, 1n, 2n, 3n, 4;
sees psychiatrist, 1 and n, 2 and n;
prescription for pills, 1n;
electrical treatment, 1n;
Christmas at Grantham, 1;
recuperation, 1;
ill-fitting false teeth, 1;
without dentures for a time, 1 and note;
injures hip, 1;
death, 1
HOLIDAYS AND TRIPS: anxiety about travel arrangements 1, 2n, 3, 4n; with Cann family in Newark, 1 and n, 2 and n;
with L in: Belfast, 1n;
Hull, 1 and n;
Weymouth, 1, 2n;
Stratford, 1n;
Norwich, 1n;
King’s Lynn, 1 and n;
visits Hull while L convalesces, 1 and n;
with Nellie in: Hyde, 1n, 2;
Llandudno, 1n;
Bournemouth, 1n;
Cromer, 1;
Southport, 1n;
Morecambe, 1n;
Great Yarmouth, 1, 2;
Nellie visits Eva in Loughborough, 1n, 2
LITERARY: reads Kafka’s, Diary, 1; Dostoevsky, 1, 2n;
‘WHO LOVED IS’ (anon), 1;
passage from Meredith’s The Egoist, 1 and n;
G. B. Shaw, 1;
W. E. Henley, 1, 2n;
L sends Patience Strong cuttings; 1, 2, 3, 4n;
on Omar Khayyám, 1, 2n;
on Jill, 1n;
reads review of A Girl in Winter together with Sydney, 1;
‘Love, we must part now’ and ‘Coming’ remind her of Hardy, 1, 2n;
on The Less Deceived, 1n;
‘Love Songs in Age’, 1 and n;
begins autobiography, 1, 2n;
L corrects her grammar, 1, 2n;
L praises her handwriting and style, 1, 2
Larkin, Philip (L)
CHARACTER AND ATTITUDES: animals: Eva and Kitty as cats, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
bird calls, 1;
dawn chorus, 1, 2;
tits nesting, 1;
toad, 1;
hedgehog, 1, 2;
myxomatosis, 1;
rabbits, 1, 2, 3;
Bunny village, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7n;
rabbit postcards, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
&nb
sp; Virginia, wicker rabbit, 1, 2, 3;
butterfly, 1, 2;
‘froggy’ soft toy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
cricket, 1, 2;
Test matches at the Oval or Lord’s, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
membership of MCC, 1, 2;
jazz, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
drum kit, 1;
Abbey Road jam session, 1;
record reviewer for Daily Telegraph, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5n, 6, 7, 8;
Louis Armstrong in Bridlington, 1;
Duke Ellington in Sheffield, 1;
Humphrey Lyttelton in Hull, 1;
All What Jazz, 1, 2;
letters of complaint: to Daily Telegraph (unheated trains), 1;
to National Coal Board (Eva’s fire), 1n, 2n, 3n, 4n;
to Chief Constable of Hull (out of control dog), 1;
politics: on Fascism, 1, 2;
Daily Worker, 1;
Churchill, 1;
Wilson, Heath and Enoch Powell, 1;
race, 1;
Star of David bookplate, 1, 2;
Indians in Oxford, 1, 2;
‘negroidist jazz’, 1;
West Indian neighbour in Belfast, 1;
Porgy and Bess, 1;
Pakistanis, 1;
Indian or Ceylonese applicants for library posts, 1, 2, 3;
his neighbours’ adopted coloured daughter, 1;
US race riots, 1;
cancellation of MCC tour of apartheid South Africa, 1, 2n;
‘Indians & negroes’ in London, 1;
religion: Catholicism 1, 2;
Orange celebrations in Belfast and Finaghy, 1;
Rosemary’s confirmation, 1, 2n;
Remembrance Day, 1, 2, 3;
stammer, 1, 2, 3n, 4;
money, 1, 2;
Oxford battels, 1, 2, 3, 4;
salary: in 1946–7 £450, 1;
in 1964–5 £3,950 (‘Far more than I am worth’), 1;
in 1968–9 £4,200, 1;
earns £178 by writing in 1955–6, 1;
investments, 1;
£125 for the Monitor film, 1;
The Less Deceived royalties in cash to avoid tax, 1, 2, 3;
‘over £3000 in my current a/c!’, 1;
cheques for £1,300 tax in 1975, 1;
the seasons: spring, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
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