1972. ‘I think I was born an anarchist, and events in my life just enabled me to realize that that was what I was.’ Interview with 96-year-old Lilian Wolfe, lifelong anarchist, pacifist and war resister, by Sandy Martin, Stratford Women’s Liberation Group.
A brief selection of anti-war poems plus aphorisms on violence, imperialism and oppression, written between 1904 and 1914.
A selection of poems written by Wilfrid Gibson between 1914 and 1944.
2014. Committed to ‘Art for Life’s Sake’, both poets wrote about suffering, injustice and social responsibility. Similarities and differences in their beliefs show in the form and content of their work. Article from Dymock Poets & Friends, No. 13.
2012. ‘Gautama of India, Jesus of Nazareth, Emerson of Concord, Abdu’l-Bahá of Persia … one God, though called by innumerable beautiful names’, wrote Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne after meeting Abdu’l-Bahá. Talk given at the Commemorative Day celebrating the centenary of Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to Oxford.
2012.
Discusses Gibson (my grandfather) as poet in the family and poet of family, raising questions about the relationship between poetry and autobiography.
Article from Dymock Poets and Friends, No.11.
tribute by Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters and Women Against Fundamentalism.
Clara Connolly remembers Helen’s participation in Women Against Fundamentalism.
This page includes Helen’s obituary and links to some of her writing and photography, as well as tributes from friends and colleagues. If you have memories or photographs of Helen to contribute, please send them to me – judy[at]judygreenway[dot]org[dot]uk – I’d love to hear from you. Memories of Helen Links to some of Helen’s work Helen … Continue reading Helen Lowe
This page includes my own research on poets Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne and her brother Wilfrid Gibson, my great-aunt and grandfather. It also has material about Michael Gibson, author of many books, and one-time art editor on the boys’ comic Eagle. In future I plan to add further items and external links relating to other Gibson … Continue reading The Gibsons