tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2794810431942301889..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: A Welshman speaks about BetjemanFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46767482252531358302021-01-26T17:53:27.036+00:002021-01-26T17:53:27.036+00:00A sentiment very much in ther
vein of Charles Wil...A sentiment very much in ther<br /> vein of Charles Williams.Stephen Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035020087162868502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-81332007258160397502021-01-24T17:57:35.303+00:002021-01-24T17:57:35.303+00:00Was that letter genuine or a prank by Betjeman'...Was that letter genuine or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/04/books.booksnews" rel="nofollow">a prank by Betjeman's previous biographer Bevis Hillier</a>?william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-61841283846037817042021-01-23T20:49:10.634+00:002021-01-23T20:49:10.634+00:00Surely all tea-shops are in Bath.Surely all tea-shops are in Bath.Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18628885225769927772021-01-23T18:41:49.713+00:002021-01-23T18:41:49.713+00:00Come friendly buns and fall on Bath...
Come friendly buns and fall on Bath...<br /><br />Atticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537205387276510875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-51382544595531984502021-01-23T15:00:43.924+00:002021-01-23T15:00:43.924+00:00According to a review of Wilson's biography (I...According to a review of Wilson's biography (I haven't read the book) the couple are Betjeman and a woman he was involved with at the time. She is said to have written him a letter after seeing the poem: "You may be a thumping crook, but I'm not an ordinary little woman."<br /><br />The next-to-last line scans better without the "a" before "little lower" Jhayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07064136312272621107noreply@blogger.com