Hi Daniel,
Adding in hPutStrLn h ("Connection: close\r\n") or hPutStrLn h ("Connection: keep-alive\r\n") as appropriate should sort that.
Works like a charm.
This is responding with a 302, the resource has been found but is temporarily at another location indicated in the responses Location header. So, now you'll have to start parsing responses. In this case the Location header is www.cs.york.ac.uk/public.php
I didn't get as far as getting the 302, but it works now.
The cheap and cheerful solution might be to invoke cURL.
My standard solution was to invoke wget, but a Haskell solution would be nicer. For my purpose following redirects etc. isn't required, so thanks very much for your help. I will be releasing this function as part of a library shortly, so will be giving you credit for your help! Thanks Neil