Lovely Bits of Old England: John Betjeman at The Telegraph

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A few years ago one of my dearest friends – you – showed me another Florence and from that moment on I’ve been loving it because I was looking at the city from a new perspective. Spence himself is considered to be "an architect of imagination and with a sense of detail as well as plan, as his Sea and Ships Pavilion on the South Bank and this cathedral fully testify. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case. All posters are delivered wrapped carefully in tissue paper, with tissue paper padding within the tubes they arrive in.

I was surprised by Betjeman's liking for Art Nouveau and his fairly even-handed description of the new Coventry Cathedral designed by Basil Spence. I find it’s so much more enjoyable and rewarding to get to know one small pocket at snail’s pace rather than run around like a madwoman on a mission all over a city! He is also a former Mastermind champion and the editor of Leaves on the Line , a collection of readers’ letters to the Telegraph on trains and train journeys. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Oh I do love this comment Molly, and your take on it – stopping to savour the moment, slowing down, it’s a real art form these days isn’t it? Self love isn't something that always comes easily, it's something that takes time and work every single day.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. There’s something about the huge hordes of tourists that come to tick something off their list, eat pizza or something else very un-Florentine, missing the very heart and soul of the place that saddens me. Who built what in 1801 and where Lord Uphisownarse bought his horses get plenty of coverage; people almost never. It’s been awhile since I’ve read some of those romantic period writings on Florence, written in a very different time compared to today! He loved churches and on 30th May 1952 he wrote a wonderful article entitled "The Churches of England are Part of Our Life".

Unfortunately rather than being hardcover as described at time of sale, it was a paperback but it is in good condition . The palazzi that rise up on either side of the street prove that it has long been a respectful, noble street. The oysters have perfectly realistic colouring and the little twist of lemon on the ice are perfection. By turns eccentric, wistful and polemical, Betjeman's writing for the Telegraph gave voice to this unease. The coffee’s not necessarily the best but the atmosphere is and it’s a good spot for an aperitivo amongst the arty locals.Piazza della Passera: As mentioned above, it’s so small you may not find it on a map so just wander along via Toscanella from Borgo San Jacopo and you’ll bump into it. The quality of the essays is a little variable, some were enjoyable and thought provoking whilst others were a little flat and uninspired. In architecture, grand Victorian edifices were pulled down to make way for gleaming brutalist monuments to the Future. I can’t tell you the times when tourists would yell at us, claiming we shouldn’t ride our bike in this ancient part of town, I would kindly remind them we had to live there and get around … The evenings, however the view over the renaissance church, beautifully lit and the views over the cathedral even prettier, I couldn’t sleep through the noise of people having fun in the bars on the square, students singing, and sirens running. It turned out to be Eric Denker, art historian from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery, who must have been Venetian in a former life, such is his knowledge and passion for the city.