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View the comic Woolf — with one “o”

Posted in Virginia Woolf on Friday 12 December 2008| Leave a Comment »

From Karen Levenback via the VW Listserv, comes this Woolf sighting, a Frank and Ernest comic she found on Dec. 9. You can view it here.

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Notable Woolf places in the news

Posted in Godrevy, Monk's House, St. Ives, To the Lighthouse, Woolf Travel, tagged , , , on Thursday 11 December 2008| 2 Comments »

Places connected to Virginia Woolf are regularly in the news. Check out these two recent articles:

 

  • Green Spaces: Godrevy Point, Cornwall, England
    This is a Dec. 2 Times review of a carefully conserved patch of North Cornish coastline that offers views of Godrevy Island, its lighthouse and St. Ives. The lighthouse is said to be the inspiration for Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. St. Ives is the place where Woolf spent her summers up until the age of 12. Godrevy Point, which is protected by the National Trust, is popular with nature lovers, surfers, climbers and families.

The Cornwall Beach Guide provides more information about visiting the site. And wonderful 360-degree panoramic views of Godrevy Point and St. Ives can be found here.

You can also visit other Woolf places by clicking here.

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Would Woolf wear Nicole Farhi? Take the poll

Posted in fashion, short stories, tagged , , , on Wednesday 10 December 2008| 1 Comment »

We have all speculated about what Virginia Woolf would do if she were alive today.

I once wondered whether she would surf if she still summered at St. Ives.

Now I am wondering whether she would wear the designs of Nicole Farhi, who is said to be a favorite of the “British intelligentsia,” a group to which Woolf definitely belonged.

An article in the Telegraph thinks so. And since it notes that French fashion designer Farhi “creates clothing that women who don’t want to think about fashion don’t have to think about,” I may agree.

After all, Woolf  felt quite insecure about her own sense of style. She ascribes this sort of insecurity to the character of Mabel in the short story, “The New Dress.” Woolf writes, “of course, she [Mabel] could not be fashionable. It was absurd to pretend it even — fashion meant cut, meant style, meant thirty guineas at least.”

If Woolf felt the same way about herself, she may have been eager to wear one of Farhi’s designs, even though it would set her back more than thirty guineas.

This is my personal Nicole Farhi fashion pick for Virginia. It seems the perfect outfit for her to wear while exploring the London scene on a chilly December day.

Check out Farhi’s fall fashions and see which of them you think Virginia would wear. Then take the poll. Take Our Poll

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Mrs. Woolf & the Servants among best books

Posted in Alison Light, books, Mrs. Woolf and the Servants, tagged , , , on Tuesday 9 December 2008| 1 Comment »

Mrs. Woolf and the Servants: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury by Alison Light is listed in the Washington Post’s “Best Books of 2008.”

The book, which was released in the U.S. earlier this year, explores Virginia Woolf’s relationships with her domestic help. It is among 10 non-fiction hits recognized by the Post.

The list puts Woolf in good company. Other non-fiction books included on the list cover Emily Dickinson, Joseph Cornad, Keats and Chagall.

Read more about Light’s book on Blogging Woolf.

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Bloomsbury art in full bloom at Duke

Posted in art exhibits, Bloomsbury, tagged , , , , on Monday 1 December 2008| 1 Comment »

The pen is mightier than the brush when it comes to pointing people in the direction of Bloomsbury. And Virginia Woolf is one of the movement’s most recognizable proponents.

At least that is what Cornell curator Nancy Green says as she discusses the exhibit of Bloomsbury works that opens Dec. 18 at Duke University’s Nasher Museum in Durham, N.C. It runs through April 5.

The exhibit, called “A Room of Their Own,” marks the 100-year-anniversary of the Bloomsbury group’s founding. It is jointly curated by the museums at Duke and Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and includes many art objects from private collections that have never been on public display.

Roger Fry’s Head of a Model, 1913, is among them, along with furniture, books and works on paper that date from 1910 to the 1970s.

A preview and holiday party for museum members and the Duke community will be held Dec. 17 at 7 p.m., and a Curators Panel Discussion is set for Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.

For more details about Duke’s “Vision and Design: A Year of Bloomsbury,” which includes 12 months of campus-wide programming that celebrates the exhibit, click here.

You can also read a story in the Courier-Journal about the Bloomsbury paintings three Louisville, Kentucky, collections have loaned the exhibit.

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