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{{short description|British poet, writer, journalist and politician}}
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'''Shirley Toulson''' (May 20, 1924– September 23, 2018) was a British writer, poet journalist and politician.<ref name="GuardianObit" />
'''Kathleen Shirley Toulson''' ({{nee}} '''Dixon'''; 20 May 1924{{spnd}}23 September 2018) was an English writer, poet, journalist and local politician.<ref name="GuardianObit" />


She attended [[Prior's Field School]] and worked with the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] during [[World War II]] and married Norman Toulson, an army lieutenant, in 1944: they divorced in 1951.
Toulson studied at [[Birkbeck College|Birkbeck College]], London University.<ref name="GuardianObit">{{cite web |last1=Sayers |first1=Janet |title=Shirley Toulson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/16/shirley-toulson-obituary |website=The Guardian |language=en |date=16 October 2018}}</ref>


She then studied English at [[Birkbeck, University of London]], and worked at [[Foyles]] bookshop before becoming a journalist. In 1960 she married poet [[Alan Brownjohn]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/brownjohn-alan-charles#:~:text=Family%3A%20Married%201)%20the%20writer,2)%20Sandra%20Willingham%20in%201972.|title=Brownjohn, Alan (Charles)|first=John|last=Cotton|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> they divorced in 1969.<ref name="GuardianObit">{{cite web |last1=Sayers |first1=Janet |title=Shirley Toulson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/16/shirley-toulson-obituary |website=The Guardian |language=en |date=16 October 2018}}</ref>
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As a poet she was a member of [[The Group (literature) |The Group]], an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her work was included in the group's 1963 anthology ''A Group Anthology''.<ref name="TelegraphObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />

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As a poet she was a member of [[The Group (literature) |The Group]], an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.<ref name="TelegraphObit" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Clark |first1=Heather |title=The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962-1972 |year=2006 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-1992-8731-4 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfYTDAAAQBAJ}}</ref> Her work was included in the group's 1963 anthology ''A Group Anthology''.<ref name="TelegraphObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />


In 1962 she and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the [[Wandsworth London Borough Council]].<ref name="TelegraphObit" />
In 1962 she and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the [[Wandsworth London Borough Council]].<ref name="TelegraphObit" />

Her 1973 short story 'Playground of England', appearing in the Welsh journal ''[[Planet (magazine)|Planet]]'',<ref>Toulson, 'Playground of England', ''[[Planet (magazine)|Planet]]'' 18/19 (1973), pp. 113–117.</ref> satirized the [[objectification]] of Wales as a tourist destination by English second home owners.<ref name="VakochMickey2017">{{cite book|author1=Michelle Deininger|editor2=Sam Mickey|editor=Douglas A. Vakoch|title=Ecofeminism in Dialogue|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRRDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|year=2017|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-1-4985-6928-6|pages=49, 52–54|chapter=Pylons, Playgrounds and Power Stations: Ecofeminism and Landscape in Women's Short Fiction from Wales}}</ref>

Starting in 1977 with her book ''The Drovers’ Roads of Wales'', Toulson was the author of several books on the subject of walking [[Drovers' road|routes]] used by farmers moving livestock from Wales to England.<ref name="GuardianObit" /> She contributed a profile of the novelist [[Christine Brooke-Rose]] for a 1986 reference publication.<ref>'Christine Brooke-Rose', in D. L. Kirkpatrick, ed., ''Contemporary Novelists', London: St James Press, 1986, 4th ed.</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
*''Shadows in an Orchard'' (1960)
*''Shadows in an Orchard'' (1960)
*''Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing After All'' (1970)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stanford|first=Derek|title=Poet of sad honesty|work=[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]|date=14 August 1970|page=11|volume=34|issue=3|id={{ProQuest|1866594807}}}}</ref>
*''Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing After All'' (1970)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stanford|first=Derek|title=Poet of sad honesty|journal=[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]|date=14 August 1970|page=11|volume=34|issue=3|id={{ProQuest|1866594807}}}}</ref>
*''The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets'' (1972)
*''The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets'' (1972)
*''The Drovers’ Roads of Wales'' (1977)
*''East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks'' (1979)
*''East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks'' (1979)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wingerson|first=Lois|title=East Anglia: walking the key lines and ancient tracks; The key hunter's companion|date=27 December 1979|journal=[[New Scientist]]|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3P5-7ZAAXsYC&pg=RA1-PA959 959]|volume=84|issue=1186}}</ref>
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*''The Drovers'' (1980)
*{{Cite book|title=The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape|date=1984|publisher=[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]]|isbn=0-575-03453-X|location=London|oclc=11622237}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Marsden-Smedley|first=Philip|author-link=Philip Marsden|title=Man and Mendip|journal=[[The Spectator]]|volume=253|issue=8157|date=1 September 1984|page=26|id={{ProQuest|1295793620}}}}</ref>
*{{Cite book|title=The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape|date=1984|publisher=[[Victor Gollancz Ltd]]|isbn=0-575-03453-X|location=London|oclc=11622237}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Marsden-Smedley|first=Philip|author-link=Philip Marsden|title=Man and Mendip|journal=[[The Spectator]]|volume=253|issue=8157|date=1 September 1984|page=26|id={{ProQuest|1295793620}}}}</ref>
*''[[iarchive:celticjourneys00shir|Celtic Journeys]]'' (1985)
*''[[iarchive:celticjourneys00shir|Celtic Journeys]]'' (1985)
*''The Celtic Alternative: A Study of the Christianity We Lost'' (1994)
* {{Cite book|title=Walking Round Wales: The Giraldus Journey|date=1988|publisher=[[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]]|isbn=0-7181-2885-0|location=London|oclc=18834368}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Mironowicz|first=Margaret|title=Travel books|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=15 March 1989|page=C3|id={{ProQuest|385788327}}}}</ref>
*''The Companion Guide to Devon'' (1996)
*''The Companion Guide to Devon'' (1996)
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*''The Celtic Year'' (1996)
*''The Country of Old Age: A Personal Adventure in Time'' (1998)
*''The Country of Old Age: A Personal Adventure in Time'' (1998)


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|chapter=Pylons, Playgrounds, and Power Stations|last=Deininger|first=Michelle|title=Ecofeminism in Dialogue|date=21 December 2017 |editor-last1=Vakoch|editor-first1=Douglas A.|editor-last2=Mickey|editor-first2=Sam|isbn=978-1-4985-6928-6|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|oclc=1015372070|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRRDDwAAQBAJ}}


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Latest revision as of 13:04, 21 June 2024

Shirley Toulson
BornKathleen Shirley Dixon[1]
(1924-05-20)20 May 1924[1]
Henley-on-Thames
Died23 September 2018(2018-09-23) (aged 94)[1]

Kathleen Shirley Toulson (née Dixon; 20 May 1924 – 23 September 2018) was an English writer, poet, journalist and local politician.[2]

She attended Prior's Field School and worked with the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II and married Norman Toulson, an army lieutenant, in 1944: they divorced in 1951.

She then studied English at Birkbeck, University of London, and worked at Foyles bookshop before becoming a journalist. In 1960 she married poet Alan Brownjohn;[3] they divorced in 1969.[2]

As a poet she was a member of The Group, an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.[1][4] Her work was included in the group's 1963 anthology A Group Anthology.[1][2]

In 1962 she and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the Wandsworth London Borough Council.[1]

Her 1973 short story 'Playground of England', appearing in the Welsh journal Planet,[5] satirized the objectification of Wales as a tourist destination by English second home owners.[6]

Starting in 1977 with her book The Drovers’ Roads of Wales, Toulson was the author of several books on the subject of walking routes used by farmers moving livestock from Wales to England.[2] She contributed a profile of the novelist Christine Brooke-Rose for a 1986 reference publication.[7]

Books

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  • Shadows in an Orchard (1960)
  • Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing After All (1970)[8]
  • The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets (1972)
  • The Drovers’ Roads of Wales (1977)
  • East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks (1979)[9]
  • The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. ISBN 0-575-03453-X. OCLC 11622237.[10]
  • Celtic Journeys (1985)
  • The Celtic Alternative: A Study of the Christianity We Lost (1994)
  • Walking Round Wales: The Giraldus Journey. London: Michael Joseph. 1988. ISBN 0-7181-2885-0. OCLC 18834368.[11]
  • The Companion Guide to Devon (1996)
  • The Celtic Year (1996)
  • The Country of Old Age: A Personal Adventure in Time (1998)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Shirley Toulson, poet and authority on Britain's ancient pathways – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 October 2018. ProQuest 2123990091.
  2. ^ a b c d Sayers, Janet (16 October 2018). "Shirley Toulson obituary". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Cotton, John. "Brownjohn, Alan (Charles)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ^ Clark, Heather (2006). The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962-1972. OUP Oxford. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-1992-8731-4.
  5. ^ Toulson, 'Playground of England', Planet 18/19 (1973), pp. 113–117.
  6. ^ Michelle Deininger (2017). "Pylons, Playgrounds and Power Stations: Ecofeminism and Landscape in Women's Short Fiction from Wales". In Douglas A. Vakoch; Sam Mickey (eds.). Ecofeminism in Dialogue. Lexington Books. pp. 49, 52–54. ISBN 978-1-4985-6928-6.
  7. ^ 'Christine Brooke-Rose', in D. L. Kirkpatrick, ed., Contemporary Novelists', London: St James Press, 1986, 4th ed.
  8. ^ Stanford, Derek (14 August 1970). "Poet of sad honesty". Tribune. 34 (3): 11. ProQuest 1866594807.
  9. ^ Wingerson, Lois (27 December 1979). "East Anglia: walking the key lines and ancient tracks; The key hunter's companion". New Scientist. 84 (1186): 959.
  10. ^ Marsden-Smedley, Philip (1 September 1984). "Man and Mendip". The Spectator. 253 (8157): 26. ProQuest 1295793620.
  11. ^ Mironowicz, Margaret (15 March 1989). "Travel books". The Globe and Mail. p. C3. ProQuest 385788327.

Further reading

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