“What does the brain matter compared with the heart?” — Virginia Woolf
Current Woolf sightings include a rerun of Virginia Woolf’s 1920 attack on misogyny republished in the New Statesman (4), 
mention of the quote above as an idea that can change one’s life (6), commentary about references to Woolf in the Tina Fey film Admission (18-19), and the Oxford University Press discovery of a Woolf introduction in an out-of-print edition of Laurence Sterne’s 1928 novel A Sentimental Journey (21).
- Virginia Mak, Virginia Woolf and a room of one’s own, Vancouver Sun
With a nod to Virginia Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, Toronto-based artist Virginia Mak offers a series of photographs that comment on the conditions required to engage in the creative process. Mak’s exhibition, Of One’s Own, is on display at … - Virginia Woolf, By Alexandra Harris, The Independent
Harris deftly takes us through Woolf’s stodgy Victorian childhood, when the always surprisingVirginia was a demon cricket bowler, the mysterious abuse by half-brother George and the first assault of bipolar disorder at 14, which transformed her life … - Bridge: Do Not Forget To Count The Points, Dalles Chronicle
Virginia Woolf said, “On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.” It is a sad fact of bridge that it does not matter how great your bidding might be. If you do not make the contract, the opponents get points. In this deal … - Inside The Centenary Issue
, New Statesman
In addition to our stellar spread of original content, we republish key pieces from the Statesman’s venerable archive, from Virginia Woolf’s 1920 attack on misogyny to John Maynard Keynes powerful meditations on the Spanish Civil War, from 1937. - The Bechdel Test, The Daily Cougar
And how small a part of a woman’s life is that” – “A Room of One’s Own,” Virginia Woolf. It is patently obvious, in going through the history of cinema, that men and male roles have dominated the silver screen. Woolf’s quote, particularly “and how … - How 99 Days Can Change Your Life: The Hope Street Challenge, Huffington Post
These women, Virginia Woolf, George Elliot, Charlotte Brontë and Florence Nightingale among them, had a great deal of inspiring ideas about how to best fulfill your dreams and transform your life. To launch the book I wrote a 99 Day blog — on Facebook … - The Saturday Quiz, The Independent
In order to write fiction, said Virginia Woolf, one must have money and… what? 3. The Vogalonga is an annual rowing race that takes place in which European city? 4. Which tennis player, b1952, holds the record for the most tournament victories (109 … - Unmastered Angel: PW Talks with Katherine Angel, Publishers Weekly
The word “unmastered” started swimming about in my head a few months into the writing, and it immediately felt important. Then, rereading [Virginia] Woolf’s diaries, I found the quote I used—“Why do we like the frantic, the unmastered?”—and that … - Emma Watson learns pole dancing skills for new film, Business Standard
So I had this surreal experience where I was studying the modernists, writing about Virginia Woolfon Friday night, then driving to London for pole dancing classes on Saturday morning,” she said. Watson also said that she is highly inspired by the .. - Sally Potter Relives Cold War Tensions With ‘Ginger & Rosa’, EDGEOnTheNet
For the woman who made her name adapting Virginia Woolf, and writing entire films in iambic pentameter, it’s a startling turn. The last thing we expected from Potter, a decided experimentalist, was a reserved historical drama, especially one driven … - Why So Many People Misunderstand Jane Austen, Slate Magazine
Writing about a rough draft of The Watsons, one of Austen’s unfinished books,Virginia Woolf said that “the stiffness and bareness of the first chapters” suggest that “she was one of those writers who lay their facts out rather baldly in the first …
In Denver photographer Sally Stockhold’s series of hand-colored prints, “myselfportraits, ode to icons,” on view at the Firehouse Art Center, she assumes the role of various iconic women, such as here, where she plays Virginia Woolf. (Firehouse Art Center)
- Longmont’s Firehouse Art Center: Sally Stockhold exhibit closes Sunday, Longmont Daily Times-Call
In Denver photographer Sally Stockhold’s series of hand-colored prints, “myselfportraits, ode to icons,” on view at the Firehouse Art Center, she assumes the role of various iconic women, such as here, where she plays Virginia Woolf. (Firehouse Art … - What do we learn from images of violence?, BDlive
In her book, Three Guineas, written in 1938, Virginia Woolf professed that the shock of horrific images of war cannot fail to unite people of goodwill. Woolf responded to a letter from an eminent lawyer in London, who asked: “How in your opinion are we … - Laurinburg scholar focuses on women sleuths, Laurinburg Exchange
“I love Virginia Woolf with the intellectual love of an adult, but I love Georgette Heyer with the deeply passionate, emotional attachment reserved for the favorite texts of one’s youth,” she wrote in the preface. If middlebrow fiction was shunned by … - Is Wales the new Sussex for gardeners?, Telegraph.co.uk
Witness the intriguing plot at Charleston, where the garden was a communal effort involving the numerous weekend guests of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, including E M Forster, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf (Vanessa’s sister) and Lytton - Review: Vanessa and Virginia, Nouse
In a humble London studio, a two-strong cast resurrects the Bloomsbury sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Vanessa and Virginia is Elizabeth Wright’s new play, based on the semi-biographical novel by Susan Sellers. Those who are yet to encounter … - Orlando’ hits the ground running at F&M College, Lancaster Newspapers
In Sara Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s high-spirited biographical parody, opening Thursday at Franklin & Marshall College’s Roschel Performing Arts Center, Orlando will race through more than 300 years of history and some pretty radical changes. - Reel Advice : Reel advice: Schooled, ChicagoPride.com
Her long time partner Mark (Michael Sheen in another cartoonish role), has been cheating on Portia with a she-wolf Virginia Woolf scholar. Her relationship with her self-sufficient, single mother Susannah (scene-stealer Lily Tomlin), author of the … - Hey, ‘Admission’: Quit using Virginia Woolf as a punchline!, Christian Science Monitor
Thanks to “Admission,” a new film comedy starring Tina Fey as Portia Nathan, an admissions officer at Princeton, Virginia Woolf is getting a renewed profile – although not necessarily the kind of attention that promises to win Woolf new readers. Skip … - HISTORY LESSON: Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf died, Alfred Hitchcock film…, San Angelo Standard Times
In 1941, novelist and critic Virginia Woolf, 59, drowned herself near her home in Lewes, East Sussex, England. In 1943, composer Sergei Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills, Calif.In 1963, the Alfred Hitchcock film “The Birds” premiered in New York. In … - Virginia Woolf on Laurence Sterne, OUPblog
During a recent trip to Oxford University Press’s out of print library in Oxford, we came across the 1928 Oxford World’s Classics edition of his novel A Sentimental Journey, which included an introduction by none other than Virginia Woolf. In it, Woolf … - A Servant of One’s Own: On Virginia Woolf, Domestics, and Downton Abbey, The Millions
At least, that is the case for the inhabitants of Downton, a grand house that is within itself a dying breed, but the 18 years Nellie Boxall served as cook to Virginia Woolf, however, were a far more fraught affair than the coupling of Lady Mary … - Magical & delicious, The Recorder
… her sister, Vanessa Bell. The cover of the newly released volume, which includes “On Being Ill” by Virginia Woolf and “Notes from Sick Rooms” by her mother, Julia Stephen, who wrote from the perspective of a caregiver. Cover art and design by Don …
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