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Wolf’s novel about a headstrong young Edwardian woman takes flight under Tina Gharavi’s direction, with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders among the ensemble cast
Here is an adaptation, wr…
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Clarissa review – Sophie Okonedo mesmeric as Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway decamps to Nigeria ⊕
Cannes film festival: Commanding performances and a great musical score underpin this seductive drama about regret, memory and young love
Virginia Woolf seems to be having a moment in the movies. Soon…
49 days ago
The Hours won awards for Nicole Kidman’s fake nose – and hearts as a queer classic ⊕⊕
Stephen Daldry’s 2002 film, which secured Kidman an Oscar for her depiction of Virginia Woolf, is a groundbreaking depiction of queer sexuality across the 20th century
Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer p…
51 days ago
Millionaire property tycoon battles council over plans to transform £7.1m Kensington home of dramatist WS Gilbert into sprawling family mega-mansion ⊕
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James Woolf bought the grand 1880 residence - built for the famed Gilbert and Sullivan dramatist - for £7.1million in 2023, hoping to bring the historic property into the 21st century.
3 months ago
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford review – a dazzling wartime fantasy ⊕
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Dark magic, fascism and romance in blitz-stricken London: this exuberant novel is a popcorny delight
When I teach creative writing, I often find myself insisting upon the essential importance of fun: …
6 months ago
The Dinner Party by Viola van de Sandt review – a formidable debut ⊕
An intimate soiree builds to a horrific climax in this visceral novel about a young woman tasked with hosting a meal for her fiance
Literature loves a dinner party. From Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway …
12 months ago
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May ○
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Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
This past semester I taught The Voyage Out – Virginia Woolf’s first novel, whi…
13 months ago
Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain ○
Woolf said language ‘runs dry’ when it comes to convey the reality of illness. Here is an impressive effort to do just that
In her landmark 1985 work, The Body in Pain, American essayist Elaine Scarry…
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