John Betjeman’s Letters edited by his daughter, Candida Lycett Green, span fifty-eight years (1926 – 1984) from his student days until his death in 1984.
The Reproaches
Maundy Thursday
Ten Years Ago
The Feast Day of St Christopher
Three Worlds
John Betjeman
(To Patrick Cullinan) “The Old Rectory Farnborough Wantage Berkshire 2 May 1950 My dear Patrick, . . . The words on you postcard are gay, lucid, arresting and sound as though you were creatively happy, even if you aren’t putting anything down on paper. Doesn’t one work in spurts? – long periods of silence, then… Continue reading John Betjeman