This is the definitive John Betjeman collection reissued for the centenary of his birth, and includes his verse autobiography Summoned by Bells in its entirity

A delightful anthology of Betjeman's greatest poetry and prose. The Betjeman set text for literature syllabuses.

The first volume of John Betjeman's letters covers his life from university days through to his period on the staff of The Architectural Review and as editor of the Shell Guides in the thirties, his time as Press Attache in Dublin during the War, and his activities as a broadcaster on radio and television and as a public speaker which established him as an authority and enthusiast in a wide range

Includes a selection of radio talks.

The real England, the real John Betjeman

John Betjeman was by far the most popular poet of the twentieth century. Television audiences loved his quirky evocations of landscape and architecture. As Poet Laureate, he became a national icon, but behind the public man were doubts and demons. This title offers an overview of Betjeman.

Presents the story of a boy's growth to early manhood - seaside holidays, meddling aunts, school bullies, an unexpected moment of religious awakening, then Oxford, and sparkling pen-portraits of the literary greats he met there.