Philip Larkin statue placed on secret racism review s list following Black Lives Matter protests
Poet cited on secret list of major statues of concern by Hull City Council over comments made in his published letters
6 March 2021 • 5:00pm
Poet Philip Larkin, who died in 1985, was honoured with a statue in Hull in 2010
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Poet Philip Larkin has been cited in a secret racism review carried out by a council after officials admitted they could not be seen to be doing nothing in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests.
Emails seen by The Telegraph shared among staff at Hull City Council reveal how they quietly began compiling a list of major statues of concern in the city.