He was largely responsible for its antiquated layout and use of English spelling; then he became the first BBC employee to edit the Radio Times.
After studying medicine at Owen's College, Manchester, and failing to get his degree in 1904, Fuller edited the University Review, Comradeship (for the Co-operative Holidays Association and the National Home Reading Union), and the Reader's Review (for the Library Association and National Home Reading Union).
The eldest, Oriska, had studied the harp (plus the piano and singing) at the Royal College of Music; the younger ones were largely home-schooled.
After their singing of folksongs was noticed—and highly praised by Cecil Sharp – the three eldest girls decided to chance their luck as folksingers in America, with Oriska accompanying them and Walter as their manager.
Such was their success that within six months they were invited to sing at the White House, but their schedule was already too full to fit that in before they left for home.