artistic ambitions. She was annoyed at the misportrayal of Larkin in the 1993 Andrew Motion biography Philip Larkin: a Writer's Life. She completed the topographical guide Philip Larkin's Hull and East Yorkshire in 1995, and was made vice-chairman of the Philip Larkin Society in the same year, editing the society's journal About Larkin. In 2002, Hartley was a key figure in encouraging Maeve Brennan to author the book The Philip Larkin I Knew. Eight years later, David Pattinson wrote the play Wrong Beginnings about her life. Hartley was on the steering committee of the Larkin 25 programme in 2010, which celebrated the life and works of Larkin on the 25th anniversary of his death with various celebrations in Hull. This included substantial planning to the Larkin Trail taking in the places where Larkin lived and worked. She enjoyed pottery and graphic art, with her work exhibited in Hull and at Beningbrough Hall. She was a socialist and agnostic. In January 2011, Hartley received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Hull. She was cared at home by her daughters and granddaughter in her final years, and died on 18 July 2011, from heart failure at Victoria Avenue, Hull. Following a humanist ceremony, Hartley was buried in Hull Western Cemetery. Legacy The Hull History Centre hold a collection of papers relating to the life and works of Hartley from 1954 to 2011. They include her manuscripts, personal letters and correspondence to her friends, poets and Marvell Press, and items relating to her career. References 1933 births 2011 deaths Writers from Kingston upon Hull Alumni of the University of Hull 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 21st-century English women 21st-century English people English magazine editors English book publishers (people) English autobiographers English women non-fiction writers English radio writers English potters Graphic artists Women radio writers 20th-century English businesspeople