2021
‘The Highgate Highflyers’, on the poets John Betjeman and Gerard Manly Hopkins on Saturday 2 October 2021. This is a joint Betjeman Society and Hopkins Society event under the auspices of the Association of Literary Societies (ALS) of which both societies...
2021, Uncategorised
John Betjeman was a lover of country houses and there is plenty to enjoy for Betjeman fans in Hollow Palaces, a new anthology of modern country house poems. The book contains several of JBs poems and the collection starts with one of them. This new book from Kevin...
2021
Sadly we have had to cancel the Society’s AGM which was to be held on Saturday 10 July at Marlborough College. The letter to members below sets out the situation in full. It is hoped to hold a virtual AGM in the Autumn. Dear Betjeman Society Member Betjeman...
2021
A new book by Kevin Gardner, winner of the Betjeman Society Award 2020, is coming soon, Hollow Palaces: An Anthology of Modern Country House Poems. Coedited by Kevin Gardner and John Greening. Due for publication at the beginning of August. The book is illustrated by...
2021
The Betjemanian Volume 32 : 2020/2021 is available now. This latest edition includes a wide range of great articles, book reviews, poems and news about the Society. Read about Poetry’s Odd Couple? John Betjeman and Gerard Manley Hopkins in an article by Lance...
2021
River & Rowing Museum Henley on Thames Opening 20 May 2021 This exciting new display in the River & Rowing Museum’s nationally significant John Piper Gallery, shines a spotlight on Piper’s lifelong passion for stained glass, influenced by the medieval windows...
