Word: inigo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Betjeman, his wife Penelope and their two children live near Wantage (birthplace of Alfred the Great) in Berkshire, in an old rectory designed by Inigo Jones. He farms, earns side money by reviewing books for the London Daily Herald. He would like to be a stationmaster on a small country branch line (single track). But, says he, "journalism is a better way out for weak characters, such as I am, who are slaves to nicotine and drink...