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Considered coldly, Poet Betjeman's life seems anything but exciting; yet in his graceful blank verse he creates drama from the ordinary. His father owned a small factory and was well...
...modest man, which he is, British Poet John Betjeman has unsuspected temerity. Although he has done nothing more significant in life than to farm a little, review books, write guides about the English countryside and turn out delightful light verse, Betjeman at 54 has published an autobiography of his boyhood and young manhood. What is more, he has written it in verse. At first glance, this might seem to be a supremely unnecessary exercise. In fact, it is a tour de force of considerable charm...
...Betjeman's a German spy-Shoot him down...
...Best of Betjeman, and handed...
Despite the lack of encouragement from T. S. Eliot, young Betjeman persisted. He haunted bookshops, became a passionate connoisseur of church architecture, a champion of the Victorian and other obsolescent styles. At Oxford he went through a lot of his father's money but did not get his degree, because, with all his love of churches, he failed in divinity...