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'''Shirley Toulson''' (20 May 1924{{spnd}}23 September 2018) was a British writer, poet journalist and politician.<ref name="GuardianObit" />
'''Shirley Toulson''' (20 May 1924{{spnd}}23 September 2018) was a British writer, poet, journalist and politician.<ref name="GuardianObit" />


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>
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>

Revision as of 19:45, 30 January 2021

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]

Shirley Toulson (20 May 1924 – 23 September 2018) was a British writer, poet, journalist and politician.[2]

Toulson studied at Birkbeck College, London University.[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. 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]

Books

  • Shadows in an Orchard (1960)
  • Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing After All (1970)[3]
  • The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets (1972)
  • East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks (1979)
  • The Drovers (1980)
  • The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. ISBN 0-575-03453-X. OCLC 11622237.[4]
  • Celtic Journeys (1985)
  • Walking Round Wales: The Giraldus Journey. London: Michael Joseph. 1988. ISBN 0-7181-2885-0. OCLC 18834368.[5]
  • The Companion Guide to Devon (1996)
  • The Country of Old Age: A Personal Adventure in Time (1998)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Shirley Toulson, poet and authority on Britain's ancient pathways – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 October 2018. ProQuest 2123990091.
  2. ^ a b c Sayers, Janet (16 October 2018). "Shirley Toulson obituary". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Stanford, Derek (14 August 1970). "Poet of sad honesty". Tribune. 34 (3): 11. ProQuest 1866594807.
  4. ^ Marsden-Smedley, Philip (1 September 1984). "Man and Mendip". The Spectator. 253 (8157): 26. ProQuest 1295793620.
  5. ^ Mironowicz, Margaret (15 March 1989). "Travel books". The Globe and Mail. p. C3. ProQuest 385788327.
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