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The John Betjeman Poetry Competition for Young People began in 2006 and was open to 10- to 13-year-olds living anywhere in the British Isles (including the Republic of Ireland), with a first prize of Β£1,000. In addition to prizes for individual finalists, state schools who enter pupils may win one of
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after leaseholder Mrs E. R. B. Graham died in 1962. Betjeman felt he could not afford the financial implications of taking over the house permanently, with his potential liability for Β£10,000 of renovations upon the expiry of the lease. After damage from vandals, restoration began in 1966. Betjeman's
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and other English authors). Betjeman's academic failure at Oxford rankled him for the rest of his life and he was never reconciled with C. S. Lewis, towards whom he nursed a bitter detestation. This situation was perhaps complicated by his enduring love of Oxford, from which he accepted an honorary
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and his religious beliefs come through in some of his poems. In a letter written on Christmas Day 1947, he said: "Also my view of the world is that man is born to fulfil the purposes of his Creator i.e. to Praise his Creator, to stand in awe of Him and to dread Him. In this way I differ from most
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Betjeman responded to architecture as the visible manifestation of society's spiritual life as well as its political and economic structure. He attacked speculators and bureaucrats for what he saw as their rapacity and lack of imagination. In the preface of his collection of architectural essays
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We accept the collapse of the fabrics of our old churches, the thieving of lead and objects from them, the commandeering and butchery of our scenery by the services, the despoiling of landscaped parks and the abandonment to a fate worse than the workhouse of our country houses, because we are
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during the "Emergency" (the war) including "The Irish Unionist's Farewell to Greta Hellstrom in 1922" (written during the war) which contained the refrain "Dungarvan in the rain". The object of his affections, "Greta", remained a mystery until revealed to have been a member of a well-known
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wrote of his work, "how much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding of rural
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in November 2007. He called the plan to demolish St Pancras a "criminal folly". About it he wrote, "What sees in his mind's eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy sunset and the great arc of
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Betjeman's poems are often humorous, and in broadcasting he exploited his bumbling and fogeyish image. His wryly comic verse is accessible and has attracted a great following for its satirical and observant grace. Auden said in his introduction to
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modern poets, who are agnostics and have an idea that Man is the centre of the Universe or is a helpless bubble blown about by uncontrolled forces." He combined piety with a nagging uncertainty about the truth of Christianity. Unlike
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in Wiltshire, in the 1920s. She said: "he had a terrifying dream, that he was handed a card with wide black edges, and on it his name was engraved, and a date. He knew this was the date of his death".
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Betjeman claims that his tutor, C. S. Lewis, said "You'd have only got a third" β€“ but he had informed the tutorial board that he thought Betjeman would not achieve an honours degree of any class.
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since boundary changes of 1974) where he lived from 1934 to 1945. That year, he paid for the cleaning of the church's royal arms and later presided over the conversion of the church's
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Betjeman continued writing guidebooks and works on architecture during the 1960s and 1970s and began to broadcast. Betjeman was closely associated with the culture and spirit of
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is called Betjeman Gardens. The suburb was described by Betjeman as "the prettiest suburb in England" and was the subject of his poem "An Edwardian Sunday, Broomhill, Sheffield".
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was selected from a shortlist. The finished work was erected in the station at platform level, including a series of slate roundels depicting selections of Betjeman's writings.
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It is a common misapprehension, cultivated by Betjeman himself, that he did not complete his degree because he failed to pass the compulsory holy scripture examination,
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after Hewitt recommended him over Betjeman, whom Hewitt described to Wilson as a "backward-looking choice" and "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters".
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from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
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and entered the newly created School of English Language and Literature. At Oxford, Betjeman made little use of the academic opportunities. His tutor, a young
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During the First World War the family name was changed to the less German-looking Betjeman. His father's forebears had actually come from the present day
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set five of Betjeman's poems to music in 1976, just before her death. His recording catalogue extends to nine albums, four singles and two compilations.
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Betjeman left Oxford without a degree. Whilst there, however, he had made the acquaintance of people who would later influence his work, including
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to prepare for a retake of the exam; he was then allowed to return in October. Betjeman then wrote to the Secretary of the Tutorial Board at
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By 1948, Betjeman had published more than a dozen books. Five of these were verse collections, including one in the USA. Sales of his
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In a 1962 radio interview he told teenage questioners that he could not write about 'abstract things', preferring places, and faces.
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annually presents a John Betjeman award to recognise the repair and conservation of places of worship in England and Wales.
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In 1939, Betjeman was rejected for military service in World War II but found war work with the films division of the
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had a number of Welsh tutors who more probably would have taught him. Betjeman finally had to leave at the end of the
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in Wiltshire. In his penultimate year, he joined the secret Society of Amici in which he was a contemporary of both
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between 1930 and 1935, as a full-time assistant editor, following their publishing of some of his freelance work.
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On the centenary of Betjeman's birth in 2006, his daughter led two celebratory railway trips: from London to
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student newspaper during 1927. His first book of poems was privately printed with the help of fellow student
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of the hotel seen from gloomy Judd Street". On the reopening of St Pancras station in 2007, the
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and was only a testament to money with no architectural merit. He also praised the architecture of
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Betjeman was born in London to a prosperous silverware maker of Dutch descent. His parents, Mabel (
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by the man in person at St Pancras station on 24 June 1983, just before his death; it was renamed
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with difficulty, having failed the mathematics portion of the university's matriculation exam,
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Betjeman was baptised at St Anne's Church, Highgate Rise, a 19th-century church at the foot of
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On 28 August 2016, a bust of Betjeman based on the St Pancras statue was unveiled outside the
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had, ironically, added the extra "-n" to avoid the anti-Dutch sentiment existing at the time.
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He fought a spirited but unsuccessful campaign to save the Propylaeum, known commonly as the
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In a BBC film made in 1968, but not broadcast at that time, Betjeman described the sound of
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were to be his true university". At this time, while his prose style matured, he joined the
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Permission to sit the Pass School was granted. Betjeman decided to offer a paper in Welsh.
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1928, Betjeman failed Divinity for the second time. He had to leave the university for the
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were known before the war. In 1967, Betjeman was considered as a candidate to be the new
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which manufactured the kind of ornamental household furniture and gadgets distinctive to
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Betjeman would become Poet Laureate in 1972 following the death of Day-Lewis, the first
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lease included furniture from the house by Burges and Betjeman gave three pieces, the
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She became a Roman Catholic in 1948. The couple drifted apart and in 1951 he met
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In 2006, a blue plaque was installed on Betjeman's childhood home, 31 West Hill,
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The John Betjeman Centre Memorabilia Room showing the office from his home in
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up to Magdalen with him, the memory of which inspired his Oxford contemporary
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in 1998 and was scrapped in February 2020. The nameplate was also carried by
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to be of "Victorian buildings crashing to the ground". He went on to lambast
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in Oxfordshire, where he lived from 1951 to 1972 and where he set his book
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In 1973, he made a well-regarded television documentary for the BBC called
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tells the story that a tutor came by train twice a week (first class) from
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in 1972, defending the beauty of 12 stations. He led the campaign to save
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Gardner, Kevin J. (2016). "Anglicanism and the Poetry of John Betjeman".
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Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of His Religious Verse
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Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of his Religious Verse
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at a time when it was unfashionable, and he was a founding member of
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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (30 November 2017).
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as "pure gold". The classic status of this book is acknowledged by
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more than a century earlier, setting up their home and business in
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was commissioned from curators Futurecity. A proposal by artist
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In 1909, the Betjemanns moved half a mile north to more opulent
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John Betjeman: coming home: an anthology of his prose 1920–1977
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On 1 September 2014, Betjeman was the subject of the hour-long
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Civil servants in the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
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Old Lights for New Chancels: Verses Topographical and Amatory
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in 1958 reached 100,000. The popularity of the book prompted
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programme. From 1945 till 1951 he lived at The Old Rectory,
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reported that the prize was to close after thirteen years.
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Lovely Bits of Old England: John Betjeman at The Telegraph
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A blue plaque has been erected at 43 Cloth Fair, opposite
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John Betjeman Poetry Competition for Young People website
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Four with Betjeman: Victorian Architects and Architecture
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and was vice-president from 1965 to 1971, at a time when
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from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of
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Betjeman on Faith: An anthology of his religious prose
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John Betjeman Goes by Train: King's Lynn to Hunstanton
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In 2006, a blue plaque was erected at Garrard's Farm,
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The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste
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Commanders of the Order of Saint James of the Sword
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Paths of Progress: A History of Marlborough College
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In 1977, the BBC broadcast 4123:at University of Victoria, Special Collections 4117:at University of Victoria, Special Collections 2459: 2457: 1673:On 10 June 2017, a plaque was unveiled at the 1373:), saying how it blocked all the light out to 1045:Betjeman's sexuality can best be described as 1031:and had a son, Paul, in 1937, and a daughter, 949:. In 1975, he proposed that the Fine Rooms of 931:. In 1974, Betjeman and Mirzoeff followed up 4434:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 4190: 3963:Lycett Green, Candida (Ed.) (Methuen, 1995). 3764:The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature 3673: 3082: 3080: 3041: 3039: 2911:British Universities Film & Video Council 2585: 2520: 2431: 2429: 2427: 2425: 2418:. Marlborough: The Bursar. 1953. p. 653. 2379: 2377: 1464:, where Betjeman lived in the nearby Rectory. 770: 4014:Stylistic Cold Wars, Betjeman versus Pevsner 3606:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 3381:"Betjeman's childhood home gets blue plaque" 3253: 2841:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2568:"How verse saved poet laureate from the IRA" 2315:Stylistic Cold Wars: Betjeman Versus Pevsner 1827:The Collins Guide to English Parish Churches 1692:Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1320:The Collins Guide to English Parish Churches 1185: 405:Betjeman's early schooling was at the local 3965:Letters: John Betjeman, Vol.2, 1951 to 1984 3951:Letters: John Betjeman, Vol.1, 1926 to 1951 3519:(Supplement). 29 December 1959. p. 11. 2899: 2743: 2454: 1497:is called Betjeman Close, while another in 1016:On 29 July 1933, Betjeman married the Hon. 997:M. R. James β€“ Book of the Supernatural 460: 326: 4439:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in England 4197: 4183: 4093: 3426: 3231: 3077: 3036: 2995: 2925: 2799: 2536: 2534: 2484: 2422: 2409: 2407: 2374: 2304: 2302: 1011: 999:. He was susceptible to the supernatural; 987:Betjeman was fond of the ghost stories of 710:(1936) were written by Betjeman. 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(2006). 3590: 3278: 2825: 2658: 2384:Gardner, Kevin J. (30 August 2006). 2308: 1730:American Academy of Arts and Letters 1491:, a town covered in Betjeman's film 190: 4206:Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 3669:. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 3379:Kennedy, Maev (16 September 2006). 3215:"Leeds International Film Festival" 2806:Gowers, Justin (17 December 2008). 1724:Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1138:lampshades, come shine on us all." 1100:May see the light as did St. Paul. 834:Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 606: 487:English ecclesiastical architecture 71:Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 24: 4514:People educated at Highgate School 4394:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 3743:. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 3722:. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 3407:Wilson, A. N. (28 December 2014). 3048:"St Pancras faced demolition ball" 3046:Shukor, Steven (6 November 2007). 2941:. Faber & Faber. p. 147. 2566:Gibbons, Fiachra (23 April 2000). 2545:. Paladin (Granada). p. 158. 1908:. 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Betjeman
Sir
CBE

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II
Cecil Day-Lewis
Ted Hughes
Trebetherick
Penelope Chetwode
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish
Candida Lycett Green
Marlborough College
Alma mater
Magdalen College, Oxford
CBE
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Poet Laureate
The Victorian Society
Victorian architecture
St Pancras railway station
nΓ©e
Pentonville Road
Victorians
Netherlands
Islington
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Highgate West Hill
Lissenden Gardens
Gospel Oak

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