Harry Holland: A Man of Many Parts

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In 1909, Holland was convicted of sedition, having advocated violent revolution against capitalism during the miners' strike at Broken Hill. He was jailed for two years. He received little sympathy from the socialist movement, which considered his actions during the strike to be provocation and posturing. This embittered Holland considerably, and he suffered from serious depression. His depression combined with chronic overwork led to his health breaking down by 1911. [3] Then, abruptly, his ascent stopped – it didn’t exactly nose-dive, more gently bump onto a plateau, where it has trundled along comfortably ever since. “I was quite expectant,” Holland remembers. “Stewart Lee told me recently: ‘You were fully formed.’ I just thought it would continue.” He is a fitness freak person and loves to exercise every day and he takes great care of his body and his physique makes anyone crazy about him. At the time of Holland's arrival, Waihi was descending into chaos. A bitter miners' strike, the most significant industrial action that New Zealand had yet seen, was underway, and the conservative government of William Massey was responding with strong measures. The strike eventually led to the death of a miner in a shoot-out with police. Holland was encouraged by the strike, believing that it was the beginning of "class war" against capitalism. [6] This view was not shared, however, by the New Zealand Socialist Party, which, when the strike broke out, had actually asked Holland not to come to Waihi. The New Zealand socialists, for the most part, saw socialism as a means to an end, and distrusted Holland's view that socialism was a goal in and of itself. Many New Zealand socialists resented Holland's arrogance, seeing him as a self-opinionated outsider meddling in a precarious situation that he did not fully understand. [7] Afterwards, Holland co-authored the prolific The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike pamphlet with a fellow Australian agitator, Robert Samuel Ross. [8] Moderation [ edit ]

We did a lot of research about Harry Holland’s relationship, but we did not find any specific results and how can we tell you without any specific result, as soon as we get any information, we will update this article. Paul, J.T. (1946). Humanism in Politics: New Zealand Labour Party in Retrospect. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Worker Printing and Publishing. p.70. He doesn’t get the biggest dinner or the best seat,” Holland says. “And that’s very important for him because in the movie world, if you’re number one on the call sheet, everything is laid out for you – and that’s very corrupting.” Holland sharpens into seriousness. “Tom’s brother Paddy [the youngest] is an aspiring chef, working 16-hour days. And I’m as proud of him as I am of any of my other boys. I’m no prouder of Tom than any of my other kids.”

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Instead, he threw himself into the “lucrative but anonymous” circuit of corporate gigs, and spent more time on his writing. As well as a weekly blog, he has written nine books. The first two were released by Hodder, the rest are self-published. In conversation and in his writing, Holland is an amusing yet introspective figure. Self-doubt, you feel, always lurks just beyond the stage lights. I had my first bout when I was 11 years old. I fought a boy called Paul Kettle from Kingston at Battersea Town Hall. I only went to watch, but I was carded by then and there was a boy called Steve Tennant and I borrowed his shorts and vest. Anyway, I won on points. By the time I got to 13 or 14, all of a sudden it just fell into place. I can’t remember how many amateur fights I had altogether, but I think I had about 40. I boxed in the Schoolboys and I was Middlesex Champion four years on the trot, from 1971 to 1975.” Logan, Mary (2008). Nordy: Arnold Nordmeyer - A Political Biography. Wellington, NZ: Steele Roberts Publishers. pp.36–37. ISBN 978-1-877448-33-1. In 1887, Holland left Queanbeyan to work in Sydney. Shortly afterwards, on 6 October 1888, he married Annie McLachlan, whom he had met at a Salvation Army meeting. [1] The two were to have five sons and three daughters. In 1890, however, Holland found himself unemployed, putting the family in a poor financial position. Holland left the Salvation Army at this point, believing that its response to poverty was inadequate. He remained, however, quite strongly religious. Gradually, his political views became attuned to socialism, although this was probably more an emotional decision than a theoretical one — Holland was deeply dedicated to the elimination of poverty, but had little use for complicated economic models. Despite leaving the Salvation Army, he retained (according to his biographer) a 'sect mentality'; a sense of personal mission, scorn of moderation, impatience with piecemeal reform and a sense of undeviating righteousness. [2] Political activity in Australia [ edit ] He was ready, he says, to confront his son with the brute facts of stardom. “I told him at every juncture: ‘This won’t continue, it happens to other families.’ I always thought it was a great journey, but I told him it would end.”Westside Boxers stormed to success at a recent boxing tournament, gaining national recognition for the Hounslow boxing club. When discussing his family, Holland hums with evident pride. But he is also clear-eyed about the costs of Tom’s celebrity. Being Spider-Man, though, comes with a blistering level of scrutiny. Tom has revealed that the unflagging press circuit burnt him out, causing him to vomit off-stage and sparking rumours of a quarter-life retirement from acting. It’s an admission that chimes with a moment in Eclipsed when Holland describes how hard he found it to watch his son perform the intensely physical “angry dance” in Billy Elliot. With the gradual unification of the labour movement in New Zealand, the (second) Labour Party was founded in 1916. Holland was one of the founding members, although his opinions about the direction of the party were not identical to some of the party's other leaders. [14] Holland believed that the Labour Party would lay the foundations for socialism, while the more moderate members of the party simply wanted to improve the wages and conditions of workers. He stood again for the now unified Labour Party for the city council in 1917 where, though still unsuccessful, his vote share rose over 10%. [15] Or rather the 5ft 8 web-slinging vigilante. Dom Holland, you see, is Spider-Man’s dad. His 26-year-old son, Tom Holland, is the star of the three most recent Spider-Man films, including 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. This year, he fronted the video game adaptation Uncharted alongside Mark Wahlberg. And he’s set to play Fred Astaire in a forthcoming biopic of the great triple-threat American icon. Today, the young actor has a fair claim to be the biggest young British film star in the world. In 1901, Holland stood as a candidate for the Australian Senate and the state seat of Sydney-Lang. He was standing for the Socialist Labor Party, having rejected the Labor Party as too moderate. [1] He did not make any significant impression. Later, in 1907, he stood in the New South Wales state election, but was caught up in strong infighting between socialist groups. Holland had acquired a reputation of arrogance and egotism, and was convinced beyond all doubt that his views were correct.