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The Betjeman Letters Episodes

  1. 5. 1949 to 1951: Expenses and encouragement.

    5/5 Disputes with the 91热爆 and speaking up for Dylan Thomas. More missives from the poet.

  2. 4. 1945 to 1948: Poetry, prose and religion

    4/5 Catholicism, the Church of England, Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford. More poet musings.

  3. 3. 1939 to 1940: There's A War on you know.

    3/5 Conflict, Christianity and Hugh Walpole. More correspondence from future Poet Laureate.

  4. 2. 1932 to 1937: Literature and Love

    2/5 Marriage, the Essex countryside and TS Eliot: more life and times of the wordsmith.

  5. 1. 1924 to 1929: The Early Years

    1/5 Teaching traumas and critique of a Leamington Spa guide are grist to John Betjeman's mill.