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17 de abr. de 2024 · John Betjeman (born August 28, 1906, London, England—died May 19, 1984, Trebetherick, Cornwall) was a British poet known for his nostalgia for the near past, his exact sense of place, and his precise rendering of social nuance, which made him widely read in England at a time when much of what he wrote about was rapidly vanishing.
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29 de abr. de 2024 · Works of John Betjeman. Betjeman in 1961. Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984) was a twentieth-century English poet, writer and broadcaster. Born to a middle-class family in Edwardian Hampstead, he attended Oxford University, although left without graduating. [1]
29 de abr. de 2024 · They say the English disease is an aching for a time that was never really there. That is maybe true...However here Betjeman shows a part of London, that did...
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Há 3 dias · Contact. This programme will be available shortly after broadcast. Betjeman's World. Readings by Tamsin Greig and archive recordings of former poet laureate John Betjeman, who died 40 years...
29 de abr. de 2024 · Second in the series of programmes celebrating the work and ways of the Poet Laureate. First aired in 1983
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8 de mai. de 2024 · Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition.
28 de abr. de 2024 · "I can just remember the excitement and the hope," remarked poet laureate John Betjeman, speaking 50 years after the King's historic address, for his seminal documentary Metroland.
