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Helen Cooper is no longer the King Henry VIII School Librarian but can be followed on her personal Twitter account @hacthinksaloud

Our school playing fields on the A45 in Coventry fall victim to the drought. bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

Today is the centenary of the birth of Philip Larkin, who attended the School from 1930 to 1940. kinghenryviiischool.daisy.websds.net/authenticated/…

What is the proper role of a literary executor? Where are the proper boundaries between celebration/prurience, personal privacy/public interest, analysis/exploitation? The Larkin industry picks over the bones of his legacy. theoldie.co.uk/article/what-l…

@laurenabigail8 wishing you all the best for this morning #BirminghamCommonwealthGames

Old Coventrian, Anna Coopey, wrote this:

The Red-Handed Red Pill: The Role of Social Media in Incel Violence, by @anna_coopey #MentalHealthMatters #mentalhealth #SocialMedia bit.ly/3zdmEwC

It’s South Asian Heritage Month southasianheritage.org.uk/events-informa…

Japanese creator of hit manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! dies aged 60 theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…

Very sad to hear of the death yesterday of one of our most eminent Old Coventrians, Professor Sir Colin Blakemore FRS @BKHSKHVIII medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/professor…

If you missed our Summer Art Exhibition…..

Today members of the Anti-Bullying and Anti-Racism teams ran a photo booth to get as many people as possible pledging their support for a fully inclusive school. This was our first event for Respect, Diversity and Inclusion week. Look out for more events this week. #KHVIIISpark

We're looking forward to celebrating #SchoolDiversityWeek in the Library next week. There will be loads of new LGBTQ+ books in our Equalities Section.

Thanks to @philipcpullen, here's the link to the video of the lecture given at @bkhskhviii on Saturday after the @PLSoc AGM by @OldCoventrians #PeterHoDavies about the writer's invisible art of revision. A fabulous masterclass in the art of novel writing. bkhscsf-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal…

A beloved former teacher (who died in 2010) loaned this picture of Philip Larkin to a former pupil several years ago and it found its way back to us this morning with the original negative & an apology. It's always exciting to discover a new piece of Larkinalia @PLS @The_Herbert

@PLSoc @HolroydHowe fabulous catering by Amanda and Sue as usual!

Enticing desserts at the PLS AGM! King Henry VIII School are doing us proud.

King Henry Vlll School, Coventry. We’re delighted to be holding our AGM here today.

International author, Peter Ho Davies, concludes a brilliant PLS day at King Henry III, drawing on both Larkin and Jerry Dammers in his talk about the writer’s invisible art of revision

‘Someone running up to bowl’. Cricket still going on at Larkin’s old school