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Issue 44 / May 2012

Betjeman's beloved Kennet runs dry and raises fears for England's rivers

Glory was in me, the poet wrote of one of the finest chalk streams in England. Now its flow has been reduced to a trickle

When Sir John Betjeman went to Marlborough College in the early 1920s, it was, by and large, a miserable experience. The future poet laureate found solace, however, in the countryside and churches around the school.

From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk

Sunday, 18 December, 2011

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