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Maynard Keynes play on stage in London Sept. – Dec.

Posted in events, John Maynard Keynes, play, Virginia Woolf, tagged , , on Saturday 22 August 2026| 2 Comments »

Pioneer. Visionary. Rebel. That’s how economist and Bloomsbury Group member John Maynard Keynes is portrayed in a new play on stage at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London for a limited run Sept. 21 – Dec. 12.

Titled The Standard of Living, the play is written by James Graham and directed by Nicholas Hytner. It is billed as the story of how Keynes — husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova, lover to Duncan Grant, and friend to Virginia Woolf — moved between the corridors of power in Whitehall and his circle of creative, rule-breaking friends.

It also explores the question: What is a good life? while markets crash, old systems crumble and Britain teeters on the edge of chaos.

Including music, dance, desire and debate, The Standard of Living is being called “a thrilling, funny and deeply moving portrait of a man who dared to imagine something better.”

Get tickets

Performances:
Monday – Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Thursday to Saturday 7:3 p.m.
Thursday & Saturday 2:30 p.m.

Tickets from £25, are available through the Theatre Royal Haymarket website.

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Visit Talland House up close before lighthouse view is gone

Posted in events, Godrevy, Talland House, To the Lighthouse, tagged , , , on Friday 14 August 2026| Leave a Comment »

The view of Godrevy Lighthouse from Talland House in St. Ives, Cornwall, will soon disappear, but there is still a chance to see it at special events that are  part of the St. Ives September Festival.

Tickets went on sale starting Monday 10 August, at 8 a.m. Bookings should be made early to avoid disappointment and can be made on the St. Ives September Festival website, or at the St. Ives box office. See more links below.

St. Ives Festival events at Talland House

  • Tours of Talland House garden
    13, 16, 19 September, 10:30 a.m. – noon
    Woolf spent childhood summers at Talland House, where the garden provided a treasure trove of images and memories that she would later weave into her novels and memoirs. Join Polly Carter, Talland House gardener, to explore the recent plantings that she has introduced and how they relate to Woolf’s writings. Reserve your spot.

 

  • In Conversation with Artist Adrian Neil Taylor and Talland House Gardener Polly Carter
    24 September, 2 – 3:30 p.m.
    Talland gardener Polly and artist Adrian discuss his latest work using charcoal made from wood taken from Talland House garden, the setting for Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and her childhood summer residence. Hear, too, about Talland House, past, present and future. Reserve your spot.

 

  • Talland House Farewell ‘To The Lighthouse’ View Garden Party
    26 September, 6 – 9 p.m.

    Godrevy Lighthouse

  • Possibly the last chance to witness the view of Godrevy Lighthouse from Talland House before a proposed development blocks it. A view of international literary significance, it forms the backbone of Virginia Woolf’s ground-breaking modernist novel To the Lighthouse. Includes pay bar, musical recital, speeches and charcoal firing. Reserve your spot.

Join the mailing list

To join the Talland House mailing list for notification of future events email pollycartergardener@icloud.com

A corner of Talland House garden in June 2004.
A view of the front garden — and a group of photo hungry Woolfians — on a hazy day in June 2004.

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Aug. 31 Woolf Salon discusses Night and Day, novel & film

Posted in events, Night and Day, tagged , , on Thursday 30 July 2026| 2 Comments »

The film Night and Day based on Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel, is out in the UK, but not in the US. In anticipation of its release, the Woolf Salon invites you to three salons running from July through September that will feature the novel. The first, Woolf Salon #34, is tomorrow, Friday, August. 31.

Despite being described by Leonard Woolf as “very melancholy” and panned by Katherine Mansfield, Night and Day is a hilarious, emotionally intense, and philosophically rich novel that rewards attention.

I never thought of Night and Day as a comedy until I saw the film at the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and Sound, held in June in Istanbul, Turkey. Now I am re-reading it, and I find myself noting the humor to which I had been blind before.

Whether you are new to the delights of Night and Day, haven’t revisited it for many years, or are as currently obsessed with it as some conspirators, the Woolf Salon invites you to join the group for an energetic conversation about the ups and downs of Katharine Hilbery and her friends.

The Night and Day Salon series

  • Woolf Salon No. 34
    When: Friday, July 31
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 1-11
  • Woolf Salon No. 35
    When: Friday, Sept. 11
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 12-23
  • Woolf Salon No. 36
    When: Friday, Oct. 16
    What to read: Night and Day chapters 24-34

Times for all three

All three of these Salon events will run for two hours, starting at 2 p.m. EDT (New York) / 11 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 3 p.m. (Brasilia) / 7 p.m. BST (London) / 8 p.m. CEST (Paris) / 9 p.m. (Istanbul) / 3 a.m. JST Sat (Tokyo) / 4 a.m. Sat AEST (Sydney).

How to participate

Anyone can join the group. Just contact woolfsalonproject@gmail.com to sign up for the email list and receive the Zoom link.

Background on the Salon

The Salon Conspirators — Ben Hagen, Shilo McGiff, Amy Smith, and Drew Shannon — began the Woolf Salon Project in July 2020 to provide opportunities for conversation and conviviality among Woolf-interested scholars, students, and common readers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dalloway Day comes to Turkey on June 20

Posted in books, events, tagged , , , , , on Wednesday 17 June 2026| Leave a Comment »

Dalloway Day is coming to Turkey. Celebrated in London last Saturday, June 13, it will be celebrated in Turkey one week later, on June 20.

It arrives just in time for the 35th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and Sound, which will be held June 24-28 in Istanbul.

The Woolf Arts Archive is sponsoring the Turkish Dalloway Day event, “Bir Yazarı Yaşatmak: Virginia Woolf Ankara’da” / “Keeping an Author Alive: Virginia Woolf in Ankara”, at 16.30 Turkey Time and KültKavaklıdere will host.

The day’s focus

The event will focus on works that reimagine Virginia Woolf as a writer, character and literary figure. It will consider how Woolf continues to live through rewriting, translation, fiction, and the arts, and how literature can give renewed voice to an author after her death.

Maggie Gee’s Virginia Woolf in Manhattan will also be part of this conversation. The novel’s recent Turkish publication offers an especially timely point of connection for the Ankara Dalloway Day event, bringing together questions of Woolf’s afterlives, literary return, translation, and contemporary reception in Turkey.

The day’s speakers

  • Prof. Dr. Mine Özyurt Kılıç
  • Atahan Mahir Karabiber
  • Tuğba Çanakçı

Poster image: Elisa Kay Sparks, “Encaustic Collages: Virginia Woolf”

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Bloomsbury art up for auction June 17

Posted in art, events, tagged , , on Tuesday 16 June 2026| 1 Comment »

Duncan Grant self-portrait

Collectors of the art of Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant, Dora Carrington, Henry Lamb, Quentin Bell, or Paul Roche will be interested in this — an auction of their work that begins tomorrow, June 17.

It is the first time this work has been offered at auction in 60 years. Viewing ran from June 15-16.

Watch the 14-minute YouTube video in which Kentucky resident Kate Archer, the owner of the collection and the daughter of the late collector, discusses the art, as well as her memories of visiting Charleston and meeting Grant when she was nine years old.

The David Elstob Auction Gallery in the UK is running the auction. Look for the Country House Sale to view the items and register to bid. Many items besides the Bloomsbury art are included in this lot, but you can refine your search in the search window.

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