tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post115693357110675820..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: John Betjeman is not a GeniusBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21155372684272935352009-06-13T22:43:19.381+00:002009-06-13T22:43:19.381+00:00Just because he is accessible, doesn't mean he...Just because he is accessible, doesn't mean he is no good. Keep an open mind old chap, not everyone is as intelligent as you think you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1156947621103425242006-08-30T14:20:00.000+00:002006-08-30T14:20:00.000+00:00The archive explains a lot, esp all those centenar...The archive explains a lot, esp all those centenary TV/radio programmes - there's masses of it and he was a v good broadcaster (and brilliant self-publicist). I doubt if anyone actually reads his verse on the page. Is there much of it in print? I shouldn't think so - it doesn't need to be, alas.<BR/>A.N.OtherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1156943451025939472006-08-30T13:10:00.000+00:002006-08-30T13:10:00.000+00:00Spot on, Andrew. We can submit it to A.N.Wilson as...Spot on, Andrew. We can submit it to A.N.Wilson as a lost JB couplet.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1156937741366026532006-08-30T11:35:00.000+00:002006-08-30T11:35:00.000+00:00Until reading that piece by Moore I hadn't realise...Until reading that piece by Moore I hadn't realised the wonder of Betjeman. His idea of rhyming words is indeed masterful. A real breakthrough for poetry.<BR/>Being Irish, I haven't been subject to what does seem a bit of a national obsession with Betjeman across the water. For instance, I seem to have noticed more tv programmes on Betjeman over the years than practically all the other poets Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com