Tag: Ann Oakley

• Under-rated heroes and forgotten wives

  

  Happy anniversary, Gustav and Isobel Holst A guest post by author Philippa Tudor Fame and fleeting, modest fortune Aspiring but not-yet-famous composer Gustav von Holst and Isobel Harrison were married on 22 June 1901. It was a quiet wedding in Fulham Register Office (a former workhouse), witnessed by Isobel’s brother and Gustav’s aunt, who had…

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  June 22, 2022

  Book reviews, book shops, Circaidy Gregory Press, Uncategorized, women

  Ann Oakley, Gustav Holst, Isobel Holst, Julian Rushton, Jupiter, Michael Short, Philippa Tudor, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Raymond Head, Tony Palmer