Philip Larkin: Masterspy

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

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Location

Gulbenkian Centre | Kingston Upon Hull, EN

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Philip Larkin: Masterspy
Tasked by Margaret Thatcher with carrying out an audacious piece of international espionage that could alter the course of the Cold War, poet Philip Larkin must steal a top secret document from the handbag of Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s wife, Raisa. But can the Hermit of Hull – ageing, infirm and almost pathologically grumpy – really turn James Bond and complete his dangerous mission?
“You’re asking me, a knackered old poet, to commit espionage against the wife of a world leader!Look at me – I’m 63, half-deaf, and I can hardly even get up the stairswithout needing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.I’m Philip Larkin. I’m the Archbishop of Negativity. It’s sort of my thing.”
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