num_pages: 342
description: Eccentric, sentimental &amp; homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war &amp; progress &amp; he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words - the poetry for which he is best known &amp;, even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon.
language: English
title: Trains and Buttered Toast
publisher: Hodder Pb