21. Betjeman, John Asterisks indicate multimedia. Comments/Inquiries ©New York University 19932004. betjeman, john. Sex, Male. National Origin, England. Era, Mid 20th Century. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webauthors/betjeman1043-a

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 53rd Edition-April 2004 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Author Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Editors' Choices Choices Editor's Biosketch Indexes Book Order Form Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Betjeman, John Sex Male National Origin England Era Mid 20th Century Born Died Awards Poet Laureate of Great Britain (1972-1984) Annotated Works The Cottage Hospital Death in Leamington

22. This Is Cornwall Information on the open air john betjeman poetry readings held near the poet's grave at Daymer Bay each Monday evening during the summer. http://beehive.thisiscornwall.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=9540&Pag

23. Betjeman, John Death In Leamington Literature Annotations. betjeman, john Death in Leamington. Genre, Poem. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/betjeman11771

About the Database Editorial Board Annotators What's New ... MedHum Home 53rd Edition-April 2004 Art Annotations Artists Meet the Artist Viewing Room ... Art in Literature Literature Annotations Authors Meet the Author Listening Room ... Reading Room Performing Arts Film/Video Annotations Screening Room Theater Editors' Choices Choices Editor's Biosketch Indexes Book Order Form Search Options Word/Phrase (All) Word/Phrase (Lit) Keyword Annotator ... Special Author Asterisks indicate multimedia Comments/Inquiries Literature Annotations Betjeman, John Death in Leamington Genre Poem Keywords Aging Caregivers Death and Dying Grief ... Nursing Summary A nurse enters an elderly woman's bedroom. "Wake up! It's nearly five," she cries. Does she mean five AM, or is it afternoon teatime? The nurse lets the window blinds unroll and puts some coal on the fire in the fireplace. In fact, the patient is dead. She had died the previous evening, "by the light of the ev'ning star." Setting aside her "chintzy cheeriness," the nurse begins to pay attention. She looks "at the gray, decaying face," realizing what has happened. Her response is simply to straighten up a bit and leave the room. [28 lines] Commentary This poem is infused with loneliness and despair. Death is inevitable, of course, but we yearn for our lives to make a difference in the world, and for our deaths to have meaning. The only thing we know about this woman's life narrative is that she died alone, and, at least within the frame of these 8 quatrains, there is no one to mourn her. Life goes on. Though her death was certainly expected, she had lived in a world of "chintzy cheeriness." No one was willing to acknowledge that the plaster of the house was falling, or the inevitability that the old woman's heart would stop.

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Welcome to the Parish of St. Minver St. Enodoc St. Menefreda St. Michael The ecclesiastical parish of St. Minver is situated on the north coast of Cornwall, England, across the river from Padstow and next to Wadebridge. It is part of the Diocese of Truro and through that, part of the Church of England The parish is bounded on the west by the River Camel from Trewornan Bridge to its mouth at Pentire Head; then the boundary follows the coast to the hamlet of Port Quin, from where it crosses inland, just skirting Chapel Amble, until it returns to Trewornan Bridge. The parish is blessed with three churches; the parish church of St. Menefreda with the chapels of St. Enodoc at Trebetherick and St. Michael at Porthilly, Rock. History and Legend. Cornwall is a county rich in legend and poor in history. For many hundreds of years, whilst the rest of Britain was being civilised, first by the Romans and then by the Normans, Cornwall remained isolated, a country with its own language and customs, remote and aloof. Legend and history intermingle. It is impossible to be certain when legend ends and history begins in Cornwall. This is particularly true of early church history. Some religious records were kept in our few monasteries. These were mostly lost during the Reformation, early in the 16th century. Others were destroyed in coastal raids by Danes, Spaniards and Frenchmen. More destruction occurred during the Civil War.

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27. Special Collections English Literature Fonds/ Collections Fonds levels description of the john betjeman Archives. prepared by Chris Petter,. 1996. betjeman, john, 19061984. Title. http://gateway1.uvic.ca/spcoll/Lit/Eng/Betj.html

Ask Us! - Email Borrowing : UVic External Interlibrary loan ... More ... Special Collections English Literature Fonds/ Collections Fonds levels description of the John Betjeman Archives prepared by Chris Petter, Main Entry Betjeman, John, 1906-1984 Title John Betjeman fonds. 1913-1986. Extent 24 m of textual records. Arrangement and Description Access to the Betjeman Fonds is currently provided through a card catalogue lodged in Special Collections. Biographical Sketch John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Chetwood in 1933; and travelled extensively in Europe, North America and the Middle East between 1948 and 1975 giving lectures, slide shows and readings. He was an officer and patron of more than 40 organizations, including Royal Commissions of Fine Art and of Historic Monuments. With all his public exposure, he became Britain's most popular poet by 1962, when his "Collected Poems" sold more than 100,000 copies. His poetry publisher throughout most of his career was John Murray. Scope and Content The fonds consists of correspondence, published and unpublished literary works, notebooks, sketchbooks, desk diaries, financial accounts and agreements, and ephemera. Correspondents include family and friends, professional and business associates, and aspiring poets and fans. Many letters include enclosures such as pamphlets, manuscripts, drawings, reports, plans, contracts, scripts, clippings, and bills. The correspondence series include occasional replies from Betjeman.

28. Special Collections Additionally, there is correspondence from Irving Layton and others. SC015 betjeman, john, 19061984 betjeman, john, 1906-1984 john betjeman fonds. 1913-1986. http://gateway1.uvic.ca/spcoll/filmarc.html

Ask Us! - Email Borrowing : UVic External Interlibrary loan ... More ... Special Collections Film Scripts: Archival Descriptions All of the finding aids for these collections are available in hard copy and electronic form from Special Collections. Only the Bell inventory is available on the web. For more information on the other fonds, please contact Chris Petter Bell, Allen Bell Betjeman, John SC330 Gudmundsson, Agust Gudmundsson, Agust Agust Gudmundssen collection 1981 1 folder Agust Gudmundsson is an Icelandic screenwriter. The collection consists of a typed carbon shooting script of "Utlaginn" (Outlaw), in a black binder, and a typed and bound shooting script of "Land Og Synir". Both scripts are in Icelandic. return to SC homepage Send comments or questions about this page to the page editor Last modified September 29, 1998. Top of Page Home Catalogues Databases ... Site search

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John Betjeman by Jocelyn Brooke Chapter III The first poem in the Collected Poems, Death in Leamington' She died in the upstairs bedroom By the light of the ev'ning star That shone through the plate glass windows From over Leamington Spa. Beside her the lonely crochet Lay patiently and unstirred, But the fingers that would have work'd it Were dead as the spoken word. And Nurse came in with the tea-things But Nurse was alone with her own little soul, And the things were alone with theirs.... And 'Tea !' she said in a tiny voice 'Wake up ! It's nearly five.' Oh ! Chintzy, chintzy cheeriness, Half dead and half alive ! . . . Death in Leamington ' with ' Remorse ' (1954), of which I quote the first two stanzas: The lungs draw in the air and rattle it out again; The eyes revolve in their sockets and upwards stare; She whom I loved and left is no longer there. The nurse puts down her knitting and walks across to her With quick professional eye she surveys the dead. Just one patient the less and little the loss to her, Distantly tender she settles the shrunken head....

32. In A Bath Teashop angels In the teashop’s inglenook. © john Murray publishers, London. From john betjeman’s Collected Poems (4 th Edition, 1979). http://www.kategreen.org.uk/In a Bath Teashop.htm

'In a Bath Teashop' 10½" x 14¾" Linocut In a Bath Teashop “Let us not speak, for the love we bear one another – Let us hold hands and look.” She, such a very ordinary little woman; He, such a thumping crook; But both, for a moment, little lower than the angels In the teashop’s ingle-nook. John Murray publishers, London. From John Betjeman’s Collected Poems (4 th Edition, 1979) Captain Webb Dark and Furry Cupboard In a Bath Teashop Life be Kind to you Oscar Business Girls History of the Collection This site was last updated July, 2002 Website designed by Andy Howard ( AJ Webart Services

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Channel4.com Text Only News Sport Entertainment Film ... Graphical: Channel4 Homepage The Real John Betjeman. Sir John Betjeman's public image is that of a lifelong devotee of the English upper classes. In a 40-year career as a poet, he celebrated the English countryside, poked affectionate fun at the country set and cursed the vulgarity of the lower orders. The same patrician viewpoint informed his writings on architecture. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, he was eventually hailed by The Times newspaper: 'By appointment: Teddy Bear to the Nation'. Channel 4's The Real John Betjeman shows that behind the public image was a more complex reality. Combining hitherto unseen archive material with the testimony of friends ranging from journalist Simon Jenkins to Barry (Dame Edna Everage) Humphries, it shows that Betjeman was a high Tory lyricist who was deeply insecure about his social background and his gift for poetry; a believer in the cohesive force of Christianity who could not himself believe; and an apolitical old buffer who spied for Britain. Finding his way.

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Broadband FilmFour Text Only TV Listings ... Credits The Real John Betjeman Find out more This website contains links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by Channel 4 Television. Channel 4 Television is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not necessarily endorse the material on them. Websites John Betjeman Society www.sndc.demon.co.uk/alslist.htm#JBE List of upcoming events and links to membership details. Lobster www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/ The acclaimed 'parapolitical' magazine which named Betjeman as an MI6 asset in 1985. It contains details of other secret service revelations. National Piers Society www.piers.co.uk/ The society, founded by Betjeman, for the preservation of Britain's littoral architectural heritage. Metroland www.metroland.org A fascinating, sprawling site. Not so much a homage to Betjeman, more a series of variations on the theme of suburbia. The Metropolitan Line www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html

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38. Betjeman, Sir John encyclopediaEncyclopedia betjeman, Sir john, bet jumun Pronunciation Key. Related content from HighBeam Research on Sir john betjeman. http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0807364.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Betjeman, Sir John u m u n] Pronunciation Key Betjeman, Sir John , English poet, b. London. His verse combined a witty appraisal of the present with nostalgia for the past, especially the Victorian past. His published collections include Mt. Zion Continental Dew Old Lights for New Chancels A Few Late Chrysanthemums High and Low Collected Poems (1977), and Church Poems (1981). He also published numerous architectural studies, including Ghastly Good Taste or a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture (1933, rev. ed. 1971) and A Pictorial History of English Architecture (1972). Knighted in 1969, from 1972 until 1984 he was poet laureate of England. See Summoned by Bells (1960), an autobiography in verse; and studies by M. L. Stapleton (1974) and F. Delaney (1983). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

39. Sir John Betjeman 1974 A Nip in the Air is published. 1983 Names a railway locomotive after himself, the Sir john betjeman. Written Works 1932 “Mount Zion”. http://www.britainunlimited.com/Biogs/Betjeman.htm

Who was He? Poet and architectural historian. Date and Place of Birth: 28th August 1906, 52 Parliament Hill Mansions,Highgate, London, England. Family Background: Only child of a furniture maker. Education: Byron House School. Highgate Junior School. Dragon School, Oxford. Marlborough College. Sent down from Magdallen College, Oxford. Chronology: The Betjeman family move to 31 West Hill in Highgate, London. Writes a poem whilst at junior school about the Zeppelin raids which are happening over London during the First World war. Gives a copy of his work "The Best of Betjeman" to the Poet T.S. Eliot , who was then one of his teachers, despite the fact that he is only ten years old. Goes to Oxford and is inspired by the churches and other buildings. Family moves to Church Street, Chelsea, London. He spends his summer at the family cottage in Cornwall. Meets Louis McNeice and Anthony Blunt at Marlborough College.

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Bernard Quaritch Ltd. BETJEMAN'S CORNWALL BETJEMAN, John. Complete autograph draft of the spoken commentary for Betjeman's television programme 'One Man's County' broadcast on BBC 1 in 15 foolscap pages, numbered 1-3, 3-14, written in ball-point pen on ruled paper, heavily revised, in very good condition. 'John Betjeman first fell in love with Cornwall during his childhood holidays and continued to return to it yearly until his death ... It has inspired some of his best poems and most evocative prose. Many other places in Britain and Ireland ... have been celebrated by him, but the Cornish cliffs and beaches, modest churches and formidable sea have the power to stir him which only first love possesses' (prefatory note to Betjeman's Cornwall, 1984, where this script was first published). 'One Man's County' draws together all these aspects of Cornwall – the moorland granite landscape, the traces of early man, the coming of Christianity, the churches and the 'Cornish miracle of carving' at St. Mary Magdelene in Launceston, the Methodists, the mines and quarries, granite and slate, Cornish engineers, and Brunel's great railway bridge. The programme ends with reflections on the damage caused by pyramids of white silica waste from the china clay industry, and by tourism. Betjeman made this programme for BBC Documentaries at Bristol (John Boorman was then director of the unit). He will first have collaborated with the BBC in choosing which sites to film in Cornwall, and then will have written the commentary while watching the roughly-edited film on a screen editor, writing to footage. This requires a particular talent (Auden's The Night Mail is the best-known example), and Betjeman writes a rhythmical prose set out as it is to be read:

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