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Hace 2 días · The poet Philip Larkin wrote that Betjeman "was not only the best loved poet, but one of the best loved men of our time", while his biographer, the academic John Clarke, described him as a "unique figure in twentieth-century English poetry, enjoying a degree of fame and success unequalled by any poet since Byron".
12 de may. de 2024 · Today's Words and Music hears BBC archive recordings of Betjeman performing some of his best-loved poems - A Subaltern's Love Song and Christmas - and excerpts from broadcasts he gave on...
Hace 1 día · “He was a visionary.” [Alan Bennett] . Poet Laurette John Betjeman was associated with several places – from Slough to the West Country – and, famously, Sidmouth, in his ode to the ‘seductive’ town by the sea: It’s exactly forty years ago since Sir John passed away – with some charming pieces of appreciation happening, including… Read More »John Betjeman: forty years on
12 de may. de 2024 · Poet John Betjeman, All Poems of John Betjeman and best poem of John Betjeman, his/her biography, comments and quotations.
29 de abr. de 2024 · First in the series of programmes celebrating the work and ways of the Poet Laureate. First aired in 1983.
8 de may. de 2024 · Poetry Betjeman's poems are often humorous, and in broadcasting he exploited his bumbling and fogeyish image. His wryly comic verse is accessible and has attracted a great following for its satirical and observant grace.
12 de may. de 2024 · I have a Vision of the Future, chum, The workers' flats in fields of soya beans. Tower up like silver pencils, score on score: And Surging Millions hear the Challenge come. From microphones in communal canteens. “No Right! No Wrong! All's perfect, evermore!”. John Betjeman.
