false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182887152m/1345105.jpg 1345105 2 <div><div>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&#8212;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.</div></div> 1334711 1 6 2006 Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks total:5|5:3|4:0|3:0|2:2|1:0| 5 19 14 1 2 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 06:42:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:04:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 07:54:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:07:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 15:41:10 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:41:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 03:09:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 03:09:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 14:12:49 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 14:12:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 06 02:14:47 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 02:14:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 06:05:23 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 06:05:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 10 11:41:25 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 06:43:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 04 02:28:41 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 11:09:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Feb 27 07:08:02 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 07:08:08 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 18 18:56:22 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 18:56:22 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 13 15:59:29 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 15:59:29 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Thu Aug 30 06:03:44 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 06:03:46 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jun 26 12:46:24 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 12:46:24 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1345105