What a brilliant event. Thanks to The Charterhouse for hosting the amazing Zeb Soanes and wonderful musicians for this performance of Betjeman’s Banana Blush with a bonus of two new settings of JB poems.

Thank you to our Patron Zeb Soanes, Chris Warner and the family of Jim Parker for supporting us at this special 50th anniversary performance of Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush!

The event is sold out , but you can join the waiting list.

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Morning poetry means a bit of Betjeman. I love this man’s droll style, & his passion for churches & Victorian architecture. Although, if you’re from Slough, avoid page 24 😂✍️ #johnbetjeman

Tickets are now available for 'Tubular Bells...': A N Wilson on John Betjeman at St Barnabas Church Oxford, Oxford on Fri 17 May 2024 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oxfor…

If you would like to help us prevent the harm to the historic station and terminus hotel you can donate on Justgiving to the fundraiser - see this thread.
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#SeeItSaveIt

Looking up in awe at The Barlow Train Shed ⁦St. Pancras International⁩ the glorious station saved by John Betjeman - and Cornish Cliffs inscribed on his roundel “Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where, a misty sea-line meets the wash of air….” ⁦BetjemanSociety⁩

'The plans will demolish much of the listed sympathetic 20th-century trainshed, severing the link between the two listed Victorian buildings, and cantilevering a 20-storey tower above the hotel and station. This is unprecedented over a Grade-II* listed building.'
The Victorian Society

Thanks Ben Lynch for the story in MyLondon and Evening Standard. Over 2,100 people and two councils have objected to plans Liverpool Street Station. You can still make an objection and donate to the fundraiser.
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#SaveLiverpoolStreetStation #SeeItSaveIt

Controversial plans to redevelop Liverpool Street Station have received more than 2,100 objections, with local authorities also among those to air concerns about the scheme. mylondon.news/news/zone-1-ne…

Thank you to 2,153 people who have objected to the plans for Liverpool Street Station in support of the LISSCA Campaign. Councils have objected too - read Building Design's story bit.ly/48Y0eOI

You can still object: bit.ly/3QlZ8oy

#SaveLiverpoolStreetStation

Save the date: 13 July 2024 for the Betjeman Society AGM at St Botolphs Church Hall, London, EC2M 3TL. More details to follow.

Great news. It will be a fun event.

In the 1960s Swindon’s iconic railway village was under threat of demolition. However, a passionate local campaign and the vocal support of Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate, rescued the village and a programme of renovation began.
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Going to be a fun and joyful event with brilliant music. Get your tickets and come to this great event.

Zeb Soanes BetjemanSociety Betjemanprize Mike Read Marcus Walker Peter Aiers OBE

The exhibition at the Oxfordshire Museum focuses on poet-laureate John Betjeman and his lifelong teddy bear companion Archibald Ormsby-Gore, affectionately known as Archie, aged 114. It also features residents' teddy bears in exhibition. Open now. oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24056437.…

Don’t miss this performance of Banana Blush with Betjeman’s poems set to music by Jim Parker. Going to be a wonderful event.

Happy Birthday

The Advent bells call out ‘Prepare, Your world is journeying to the birth
Of God, made Man from us on earth.’ John Betjeman, Advent 1955

Final celebration of #CathedralTreasures #Advent on Christmas Day with Rossetti’s awesome triptych Llandaff Cathedral 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Remembering today the late great Barry Humphries who was a close friend of John Betjeman. RIP.