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John Betjeman

John Betjeman

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About John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984) was an English poet, famous for poetry portraying British life and nature, often humorously. He recorded four albums for Charisma Records: Betjeman's Banana Blush, Late Flowering Love (both 1974), Betjeman's Britain (1977). and Varsity Rag (1981) with musical arrangements by Jim Parker. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death.

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The Licorice Fields At Pontefract

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Indoor Games Near Newbury

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A Shropshire Lad

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Business Girls

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A Subaltern's Love Song

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A child Ill

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The Cockney Amorist

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Agricultural Caress

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The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel

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Youth and Age on Beaulieu River

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How to Get on in Society

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Hunter Trials

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On A Portrait Of A Deaf Man

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Lenten Thoughts

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Norfolk

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False Security

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Seaside Golf

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Christmas

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Sunday in Ireland

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Trebetherick

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Remorse

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Middlesex

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In The Public Gardens

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Harrow-On-The-Hill

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Diary Of A Church Mouse

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Youth And Age On Beaulieu River, Hants

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The Arrest Of Oscar Wilde

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The Flight from Bootle

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Longfellow's visit to Venice

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Business Women

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In A Bath Teashop

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Henley-On-Thames

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Wantage Bells

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A Lincolnshire Church

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The Attempt

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Eunice

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Matlock Bath

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House of Rest

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Our Padre

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The Heart Of Thomas Hardy

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Song of a Night-Club Proprietress

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Upper Lambourne

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Senex (read by Dylan Thomas)

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To My Son Aged Eight (read by Dylan Thomas)

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A Russell Flint

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Beside the Seaside

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Death At Leamington

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Senex

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The Irish Unionist's Farewell

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Slough

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