John Betjeman: Architecture of Bath

[@patrickswan4537]

Insightful, articulate and witty; Betjamen at his best.

[@charlotteclarke868]

I'm Canadian and only discovered Betjemen this year and I love him so much! What a command of language he has.

[@AntPDC]

John could have had a highly successful side career as a stand up comic. This is hilarious (and all true).

[@Knoyle1632]

Bath is a gorgeous Georgian jewel and England's most elegant place !!

[@ADMBPR]

this man was enlightened.

[@Chameleon1616]

55 years later and bath is one of the largest UNESCO world heratage sites of pure classical architecture while 1960 modernism is one of the most disliked and endangered archetectural styles in Britain. Oh the sweet joy of irony and long live classicism.

[@neonatalpenguin]

One of Britain's all-time greats.

[@MrCjsb]

I used to show this to my 12-year-old Latin students. I hope they were enlightened!

[@Knoyle1632]

John Betjeman was a great poet and a funny man !! :-) :-) :-)

[@JT-qd2sk]

Love this very witty

[@nemo6686]

Presumably someone agreed with Betjeman's analysis, as Bath College's "buttocks" now have a couple of big trees to spare their blushes.

[@thornbird6768]

Great vid 👍🏻

[@HostileLemons]

Damn shame these modern buildings

[@therespectedlex9794]

Quite an amusing impersonator. But he says ‘I’ like an ‘ee’ sound.

[@davids8449]

The people who designed such horrible constructions do not have to live in them

[@charlottejames9255]

The rise of the proles is well described here.

[@eveglead1913]

Modern Bath.... Just FKN awful......