The Christmas poetry of John Betjeman, Raymond Briggs' 'Father Christmas' and the imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien offer writerly inspiration. Including the voices of John Cooper Clarke, J.R.R ...

Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984, Sir John Betjeman's wryly comic verse achieved a level of popularity unusual for contemporary poetry. He was recorded reading this particular ...