2022 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams. He was BBC Radio 3's Composer of the Week in 2018 and I have found a highlights version of the programme on BBC Sounds, which gives a good overview of his life and work. It is available "for over a year".
The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society site is a good source of information - biography, collections of YouTube recordings (under "Sounds"), and the first 40 issues of its journal (1994 - 2007) are downloadable.
I have just discovered the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, whose site includes a list of works, and a searchable database of RVW's letters (under "Discover").
And here are some things not specific to the 150th anniversary but good to read at this time:
National Portrait Gallery (London)
Westminster Abbey, where RVW is buried
The English Folk Dance and Song Society - RVW was President of the society at the time of his death
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