"Literary Links" is a series of posts celebrating
Britain's wonderful links with great authors, dramatists and poets.
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| John Betjeman |
·John
Betjeman (1906-1984) came from a middle class family selling
furniture. As a boy he was taught
briefly by T. S. Eliot and gained a love for words. In Oxford his tutor was C.S. Lewis which
sounds like a match made in heaven – but neither thought highly of the
other. But… supported by his travelling
companion – a teddy bear called Archibald Ormsby-Gore – and armed with his love
of the English language he acquired a growing appreciation of architecture and
fell in love with Oxford. Academically
he failed, but his subsequent career was a delight. He wrote guidebooks, co-founded the Victorian
Society, composed poems, campaigned to save buildings, and became a television
personality.
This
is an excerpt from the tour Oxford’s Noble and Great Ones - Part
1 which explores around the southern part of Oxford.
The full tour is found on www.obelisktours.co.uk
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