Sir John Betjeman (detail)
Martin Jennings (b.1957)
2007
Bronze
St Pancras Station, London
This is a case in which setting is not simply appropriate (Betjeman was the foremost advocate of the restoration), but contributes greatly to the impact of the sculpture — and vice versa, because Betjeman directs our gaze upwards too.
Photograph by Jacqueline Banerjee