Hugh Whitemore’s witty but dull homage to the quintessentially English poet lacks the cleverness and drama of his Stevie Smith play “Arbitrary and irrelevant” was the Manchester Guardian’s view on ...

The BBC is doing for John Betjeman what it recently did for Bach and Beethoven: dedicating a month of programming to the poet's works. To mark the centenary of his birth, BBC2 and BBC Radio will ...

The third and final volume of Bevis Hillier's biography of John Betjeman covers some 25 years - from 1958, when Betjeman was 52, to his death in 1984. They were years in which he continued to write ...

To mark the centenary of his birth, BBC TWO and BBC Radio present a series of programmes about poet John Betjeman. John Betjeman is still remembered as one of Britain's best loved poets - a man who ...

A new exhibition celebrates the life of poet John Betjeman and lays a long-standing secret to rest, writes Catherine Foley. A new exhibition celebrates the life of poet John Betjeman and lays a ...

One of the country's many celebrations honouring the late John Betjeman centenary was the unveiling of a Blue Plaque at Garrards Farmhouse, Uffington, where the poet lived from 1934 until the outbreak ...

In 1968, Sir John Betjeman, the poet and architectural critic, was asked by the BBC to make a television programme about Leeds. The result was a half-hour film in which he explored the city's ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter In the wake of Bevis Hillier's three volumes, a bumper selection of letters, a three-part TV extravaganza and a centenary celebration ...