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Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks
John Betjeman
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Description for Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks
Paperback. Betjeman's infectious enthusiasms have made him a keystone of England's common culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APW; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
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 - 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. ... Read more
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 - 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray London
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719561276
SKU
V9780719561276
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99-50
About John Betjeman
John Betjeman was born in 1906 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. His gave his first radio talk in 1932; future appearances made him into a national celebrity. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. He died in 1984. Stephen Games was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, made documentaries for BBC Radio ... Read more
Reviews for Trains and Buttered Toast: Selected Radio Talks
'Stephen Games has made a useful, entertaining selection of Betjeman's radio talks'
Sunday Telegraph
'In Trains and Buttered Toast Betjeman's voice is gloriously new again'
The Times
'Informative and entertaining'
Scotsman
'Excellent'
Spectator
'Beautifully produced... Betjeman was evidently a comic writer of the highest class'
Guardian
'What a joy'
... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
'In Trains and Buttered Toast Betjeman's voice is gloriously new again'
The Times
'Informative and entertaining'
Scotsman
'Excellent'
Spectator
'Beautifully produced... Betjeman was evidently a comic writer of the highest class'
Guardian
'What a joy'
... Read more