Sir John Betjeman

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Hugo Williams was born...

In a Bath Teashop Let us not speak, for the love we bear one another - Let us hold hands and look. She, such a very ordinary little woman; He, such a thumping crook; But both, for a moment, little lower than the angels In the teashop's ingle-nook.