Gabriel Woolf the Joyful Company of Singers. Woolf has abridged and recorded all of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. He was also elected President of the Arthur Ransome Society. He is married to the opera singer Dame Felicity Lott and they have a daughter, Emily (b. 1984). He also has two children from his earlier marriage to Zara E Green. Gabriel Woolf Gabriel Woolf (born 2 October 1932) is an English film, radio and television actor. His roles include Sir Percival in the 1953 film, "Knights of the Round Table" and Sutekh in the 1975 "Doctor Who" serial
Swallows and Amazons book for UK daily newspaper "The Manchester Guardian" (forerunner of "The Guardian") Malcolm Muggeridge wrote: "Children's books are probably the most difficult of all to write; they are certainly the most difficult to review. For children alone can properly judge their worth, and children, very wisely, never review. An adult has to refer back to his own childhood and ask himself: Would I have enjoyed such a book then? The answer, in the case of "Swallow and Amazons", [sic] is very definitely, Yes. Moreover, the book is entirely charming quite apart from its qualities as child literature. This is rare;