Editing Middlesex (section)

===Literature===
Sir [[John Betjeman]], Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984, was born in 1906 in [[Gospel Oak]] and grew up in Highgate. He published several poems about Middlesex and suburban life. Many were featured in the televised readings ''[[Metro-land (TV)|Metroland]]''.<ref name=wilson>Wilson, A., ''Betjeman'', (2006)</ref>

{{Cquote|<poem>Dear Middlesex, dear vanished country friend,
Your neighbour, London, killed you in the end.</poem>|||Contrasts: Marble Arch to Edgware – A Lament, John Betjeman (1968)<ref>{{cite book | title=Betjeman's England |date=2010 | publisher=Hachette UK | isbn=9781848543805 | author1=John Betjeman |author2=Stephen Games}}</ref>}}