Betjeman's England

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848543808
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
For more than half a century Betjeman's writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of gaslight in suburban churches, to the hissing of backwash on a shingle beach. Betjeman is England's greatest topologist: whether he's talking about a townhall or a teashop, he gets to the nub of what makes unexpected places unique. This new collection of his writings, arranged geographically, offers an essential gazetteer to the physical landmarks of Betjeman Country. A new addition to the popular series of Betjeman anthologies, following on from Trains and Buttered Toast and Tennis Whites and Teacakes, this is a treasure trove for any Betjeman fan and for anyone with a love for the rare, curious and unique details of English life.

Betjeman’s Best British Churches

Author: Sir John Betjeman
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007416881
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1171

Book Description
A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain’s best parish churches.

Trains and Buttered Toast

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words--the poetry for which he is best known and, even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman's talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now, collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of 20th-century broadcasting.

Summoned by Bells

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780719522208
Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Tells the story of a boy's growth to early manhood, seaside holidays, meddling arts, school bullies and an unexpected moment of religious awakening.

John Betjeman's Collected Poems

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Betjeman's England Ssb

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781444728002
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Sir John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish Churches

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 840

Book Description
First published in 1958, the Collins Guide to English Parish Churches, edited by John Betjeman, won its way into the hearts of all those who love the churches of England and Wales.

Illustrated Poems of John Betjeman

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
ISBN: 9780719555329
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This volume presents a selection of Betjeman's poems. They deal with love of many sorts, with people of all kinds observed with comedy and pathos, with the places he made his own and with the church whose foibles he pinpointed so exactly.

Betjeman's Britain

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: Stacey International
ISBN: 9781858483672
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description

English Cities and Small Towns

Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9781853752513
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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