The Henry Williamson Society

The Survivor: A Sunday Night Feature on the author of Tarka the Otter (BBC1,

broadcast on 8 May 1966)

The Twelfth Man (the essay 'Genesis of Tarka', in an anthology published for Prince

Philip's 50th birthday)

'Some Nature Writers and Civilisation' (Wedmore Memorial Lecture given by HW

to the Royal Society for Literature)

'Reflections on the Death of a Field Marshal' (An essay prompted by viewing the

film 'Oh! What a Lovely War' that was first published in Contemporary Review in

June 1971)

'The Last 100 Days' (A series of articles about the 100-day offensive that ended the

Great War)

Waveney Girvan and the West Country Writers Association (of which Henry

Williamson later became president. This new page is an adjunct to the page on

Girvan's Bibliography and a Critical Survey of the Works of Henry Williamson.)

Two additional pages to expand on our Richard Jefferies page:

Richard Jefferies Centenary Celebrations, June 1948

Henry Williamson and the Richard Jefferies Society

The Daniel Brothers, London Rifle Brigade. This page was created courtesy of

Tom Daniel, grandson of one of the brothers, who provided the details and the

marvellous photo. (Updated with further information and photographs March 2018.)

Francis Thompson (A look at his life and work; his influence on HW; HW and the

Francis Thompson Society; and HW's two essays on Thompson, 'A First Adventure

with Francis Thompson' and 'In Darkest England')

Five essays and reviews by Fr Brocard Sewell:

'Facing the Spectres of the Mind' (review, 1960)

'Henry Williamson' (1961)

'The Power of the Dead' (review, 1963)

'Some Thoughts on The Flax of Dream' (1965)

'Some Memories of H.W.' (1980)

'Some Notes on The Flax of Dream & A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', by Henry

Williamson. This illuminating essay was first published in the Aylesford Review

(Vol II, No. 2, Winter 1957–'58).

'A Fair Seed-time: an illustrated account of Henry Williamson's childhood', by

Anne Williamson. The page also includes perhaps HW's earliest known writing: a

school essay written in 1908 when he was 12, entitled 'Keepers and Birds of Prey'.

In the Woods (including Appendices on: Fr Brocard Sewell and St Albert's Press;

'Machen in Fleet Street; HW's involvement with Aylesford Review literary events)

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War by Douglas Bell, Introduction by Henry Williamson

(Not a new page, but revised and augmented – an album of pencil drawings and

watercolours by Bell, most drawn by him in 1915, has recently been donated to the

Society. The entire album has been scanned and added to this page.)

A Solitary War (vol. 13 of A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight; including HW's synopses

for a proposed film, 'Immortal Corn', 1940)

The Unreturning Spring by James Farrar (edited and with an Introduction by Henry

Williamson)

'7.30 a.m.: a time of hope that became an execution hour', newspaper article by HW