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Book Synopsis Betjeman’s Best British Churches by : Sir John Betjeman
Download or read book Betjeman’s Best British Churches written by Sir John Betjeman and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 1171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and practical up-to-date guide to over two thousand of Britain’s best parish churches.
Book Synopsis Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches by : John Betjeman
Download or read book Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches written by John Betjeman and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Betjeman on Churches by : Jonathan Glancey
Download or read book John Betjeman on Churches written by Jonathan Glancey and published by Methuen Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-loved of English poets, John Betjeman (1906-1984) was also a great champion of British heritage and his legacy lives on, not just in his poetry, but in his diaries, broadcasts, and letters. He famously campaigned to save many church buildings, and his work encouraged a greater appreciation of overlooked Victorian churches and architects. Illustrated with black and white photographs and accompanied by Glancey's amusing editorial notes, this is a beautiful book for enthusiasts of Betjeman, and people similarly passionate about conservation and restoration.
Book Synopsis England's Thousand Best Churches by : Simon Jenkins
Download or read book England's Thousand Best Churches written by Simon Jenkins and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.
Book Synopsis Going to Church in Medieval England by : Nicholas Orme
Download or read book Going to Church in Medieval England written by Nicholas Orme and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century. In this comprehensive study, Nicholas Orme shows how they came into existence, who staffed them, and how their buildings were used. He explains who went to church, who did not attend, how people behaved there, and how they—not merely the clergy—affected how worship was staged. The book provides an accessible account of what happened in the daily and weekly services, and how churches marked the seasons of Christmas, Lent, Easter, and summer. It describes how they celebrated the great events of life: birth, coming of age, and marriage, and gave comfort in sickness and death. A final chapter covers the English Reformation in the sixteenth century and shows how, alongside its changes, much that went on in parish churches remained as before.
Book Synopsis Summoned by Bells by : John Betjeman
Download or read book Summoned by Bells written by John Betjeman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of a boy's growth to early manhood, seaside holidays, meddling arts, school bullies and an unexpected moment of religious awakening.
Book Synopsis City of London Churches by : John Betjeman
Download or read book City of London Churches written by John Betjeman and published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Fire of London in 1666 there were 97 parish churches in the City of London. 51 were rebuilt by Christoper Wren and new ones were built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Book Synopsis The Treasures of English Churches by : Matthew Byrne
Download or read book The Treasures of English Churches written by Matthew Byrne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebration of some of the greatest art, architecture and furniture to be found in English churches offers a fascinating account of centuries of accumulated wealth, and is set off by a selection of breathtaking photographs by Matthew Byrne. It covers changing architectural styles across the centuries, and prominent examples of artistic work, including stained glass, rood screens, church monuments and curious carvings. This book is published in association with The National Churches Trust, a national, independent charity dedicated to supporting church buildings across the UK.
Book Synopsis John Betjeman's Collected Poems by : John Betjeman
Download or read book John Betjeman's Collected Poems written by John Betjeman and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Trains and Buttered Toast by : John Betjeman
Download or read book Trains and Buttered Toast written by John Betjeman and published by John Murray Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words--the poetry for which he is best known and, even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman's talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now, collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of 20th-century broadcasting.
Download or read book Church Poems written by John Betjeman and published by Pan. This book was released on 1982 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Best of Betjeman by : John Betjeman
Download or read book The Best of Betjeman written by John Betjeman and published by John Murray Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Betjeman, appointed Poet Laureate in 1972, is celebrated as the best loved poet of the twentieth century. His subtle blend of wit and melancholia, affection and criticism continues to attract an ever-expanding readership. From beneath his sparkling wit and deceptively simple nostalgia, Betjeman emerges as the authority on a broad range of subjects from conservation and church architecture to tradition and Englishness. In this selection of his greatest poetry and prose, cherished classics such as Slough, Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden and A Subaltern’s Love-song sit beside rare gems like Metro-land, Betjeman’s critically acclaimed film script.
Download or read book A Nip in the Air written by John Betjeman and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1974 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the originality of John Betjeman as a poet, apart from the unique assonance of his haunting verse forms, comes from the sharp and affectionate gusto with which he introduces his readers to the people and places in a poetic world he has made so much his own. He has few rivals in the personal harmonics he draws from his themes and from the natural world as the setting for human hopes and achievements in all their odd, humorous, and poignant trajectories.
Book Synopsis First and Last Loves by : John Betjeman
Download or read book First and Last Loves written by John Betjeman and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life of safe monotony, why were you created?' First and Last Loves is a collection of Betjeman's essays on architecture, first published to coincide with an exhibition at the Soane Museum, and a worthwhile volume in its own right. Introduced with a lively tirade against mediocrity entitled 'Love is Dead', Betjeman discusses a range of topics including conservation battles, modern architecture and his passion for railways.
Book Synopsis The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman by : John Betjeman
Download or read book The Best Loved Poems of John Betjeman written by John Betjeman and published by John Murray Pubs Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Betjeman was without question the most popular poet of the twentieth century and his poems have been bought and read by millions. He opened eyes to what before him had seemed ordinary but is now unforgettable. There is no other poet remotely like him and this collection of favourites is a perfect reminder of his extraordinary originality and appeal. It is perfect too for those who still have in store the pleasure of discovery.
Download or read book C.S. Lewis written by A. N. Wilson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a documented portrait of the well-known author.
Book Synopsis Westminster Abbey by : Richard Jenkyns
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by Richard Jenkyns and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. National cathedral, coronation church, royal mausoleum, burial place of poets, resting place of the great and of the Unknown Warrior, former home of parliament, backdrop to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales—this rich and extraordinary building unites many functions. Westminster Abbey is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building’s shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers. In a highly original book, classicist and cultural historian Richard Jenkyns teaches us to look at this microcosm of history with new eyes.
