Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and ...
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Apr 07, 2009
Janice
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A sentimental journey for Anglophiles. Evocative descriptions of the architecture and ambience of England before the first world war. By turns charming and insufferable. The whiff of privilege taints its point of view from time to time, but Betjeman wasn't wrong about the soul-deadening properties of urban sprawl. And besides, these were radio pieces, not meant as literary essays.
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