Betjeman's infectious enthusiasms have made him a keystone of England's common culture.
'A real treat ... A lovely, lovely anthology'
'Games... has produced a volume which no Betjemaniac will be without.'
'What a joy'
'Beautifully produced... Betjeman was evidently a comic writer of the highest class'
'Excellent'
'Informative and entertaining'
'In Trains and Buttered Toast Betjeman's voice is gloriously new again'
'Stephen Games has made a useful, entertaining selection of Betjeman's radio talks'
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 was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, made documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and was the first arts correspondent on the Independent. He has been a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and deputy editor of the RIBA Journal.