'Oh prams on concrete balconies, what will your children see? Oh white and antiseptic life in school and home and clinic, oh soul-destroying job with handy pension, oh loveless life of safe monotony, why were you created?'
First and Last Loves is a collection of Betjeman's essays on architecture, first published to coincide with an exhibition at the Soane Museum, and a worthwhile volume in its own right. Introduced with a lively tirade against mediocrity entitled 'Love is Dead', Betjeman discusses a range of topics including conservation battles, modern architecture and his passion for railways.
- ISBN10 0712617078
- ISBN13 9780712617079
- Publish Date December 1987 (first published March 1969)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Imprint Ebury Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 244
- Language English