Tennis Whites and Teacakes - Hardcover

Betjeman, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719569036 ISBN 13: 9780719569036

Publisher: John Murray, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

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 writes about in architecture and language. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, made documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and has workedfor the Independent, the Guardian,the Los Angeles Times, and wasdeputy editor of the RIBA Journal. In 2002, he edited the radio talks of Nikolaus Pevsner.

Review:

Praise for Trains and Buttered Toast" -- : 'A real treat ... A lovely, lovely anthology' -- Daily Mail, Val Hennessy, Critic's Choice 'Games! has produced a volume which no Betjemaniac will be without.' -- Evening Standard: A.N. Wilson 'What a joy' -- Sunday Herald Magazine 'Beautifully produced! Betjeman was evidently a comic writer of the highest class' -- Guardian 'Excellent' -- Spectator 'Informative and entertaining' -- Scotsman 'In Trains and Buttered Toast Betjeman's voice is gloriously new again' -- The Times 'Stephen Games has made a useful, entertaining selection of Betjeman's radio talks' -- Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0719569036
• ISBN 13: 9780719569036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Games Stephen