Slough is no stranger to criticism. A famous poem was written about how bad it is, it provided the backdrop for Ricky Gervais ...

Sir John Betjeman wrote a poem calling for bombs to fall on it, in 2001 David Brent poked fun at it in The Office and in 2024 ...

It already had a bad reputation, thanks largely to John John Betjeman’s savage 1937 lines ‘Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough! It isn’t fit for humans now’. But Ricky Gervais has been accused of ...

First transmitted in 1968, John Betjeman takes a journey from Marble Arch to Edgware talking about buildings of interest and reciting four specially written poems along the way. Show more First ...

In 1937, two years before the outbreak of World War Two, Sir John Betjeman's ode to the Berkshire town began: "Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now." Nearly nine ...