Mary Hogarth beautiful and light-hearted". When Robert Story visited the Hogarth household in 1836, he described Hogarth as "the fairest flower of spring". Dickens showed particular affection to Hogarth, and described her as "a close friend, an exceptional sister, a companion at home." It is believed that Hogarth was the first person to read "The Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist", as Dickens valued Hogarth's input and feedback more than his wife's. In the early hours of 7 May 1837, after Hogarth had returned from a showing of "Is She His Wife?" at the St James's Theatre with the Dickens couple, she collapsed
Steve Hogarth band in the world, and the least...". In the end he accepted the position with Marillion, won over as the band wanted an equal partner and were offering a potentially permanent arrangement. Hogarth's first album with the band, released in September 1989, was "Seasons End", their fifth studio album. Since then, Marillion have recorded a further thirteen albums with Hogarth on vocals, the most recent being "Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)" released in September 2016. Hogarth has also released one solo studio album under the name 'h' called "Ice Cream Genius". This album had contributions from ex-Japan/