- Reina del Cid’s song “Woolf” on album Rerun City was
inspired by Virginia’s A Room of One’s Own. http://www.citypages.com/music/how-a-netflix-x-files-binge-inspired-reina-del-cids-new-album/462770533 - Artist focuses his altered book pieces on Virginia Woolf novels and pairs each with a water source at upcoming Pennsylvania College of Technology exhibit. http://news.psu.edu/story/497660/2017/12/11/arts-and-entertainment/books-art-decorate-penn-college-library-gallery
- Decor of female-only club inspired by Bloomsbury Group and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-allbright-female-only-members-club-rathbone-place-london-naomie-harris-ruth-wilson-a3712911.html
- Virginia Woolf invoked among those strong women who are “badder” than Taylor Swift, according to the internet. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/04/internet-rises-to-the-challenge-to-name-a-badder-than-taylor-swift
- A look at St. Ives in the winter, which is not when Woolf went. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/st-ives-in-winter-what-to-do-tate-st-ives-best-bars-spas/
- Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore by Terry Newman includes Woolf’s wardrobe and explores the issue of whether clothes make the writer. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/12/03/10-gorgeous-holiday-gift-books-ready-wrapping/891598001/
- Intelligence agents spied on the Bloomsbury Group, says author of The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians and the Jazz Age. http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/how-1920s-british-spy-agency-files-reveal-a-proto-cold-war-rife-with-intrigue/
- A look at Cressida Bell‘s home after the flood. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-5121599/Designer-Cressida-Bell-house-invaded.html
- The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young contains 100
recipes with a literary ingredient to each, including an embellished take on the women’s meal from A Room of One’s Own. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/fashion/cookbooks-claridges-hotel-london.html -
More on ‘The World Broke in Two’: How 1922 Shaped Four of the World’s Best Known Authors on WUWM: http://wuwm.com/post/world-broke-two-how-1922-shaped-four-worlds-best-known-authors#stream/0
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Eloquent as always, Rebecca Solnit on having children and Virginia Woolf: “After all, many people make babies; only one made To The Lighthouse and Three Guineas.” https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/11/rebecca-solnit-and-renewed-battle-against-sexual-harassment
- Ravello, where the Bloomsbury Group went for relaxation and inspiration. Ah, the beauty! https://www.commdiginews.com/travel/ravello-italy-scenery-inspiration-96116/
- The Corte della Maestà has a room with wallpaper that is a reproduction of the covering in Virginia Woolf’s London home. https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabel/2017/11/14/a-magical-retreat-in-italy-corte-della-maesta/#11124f444b92
- Richard Shone was wrong. Jeremy Hutchinson was not the last surviving person to have known Virginia Woolf, as he stated in his letter to The Guardian. Cecil Woolf, her nephew, knew her — and he is still very much alive at age 90. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/20/lord-hutchinson-of-lullington-obituary-letters
- “The Hogarth Press: An Anniversary” in Toast Magazine, with images by Ane Thone Knutsen. https://travels.toa.st/2017/11/15/hogarth-press-anniversary/
- A first look at the two stars in “Vita and Virginia” in costume and on set. http://bit.ly/2Aljupn
- Virginia Woolf portrait among 121 featured in one of National Portrait Gallery’s 4 new rooms. http://bit.ly/2AiLPwH
Woolf everywhere: sightings from music to food
Thursday 14 December 2017 by Paula Maggio
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