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It is officially 100yrs since the publication of Mrs Dalloway. To celebrate, we have just released a podcast episode with Prof Mark Hussey on his new 'biography' of the novel. In the course of this interview we discussed the evolution of Mrs Dalloway, Woolf's various sources of inspiration, and the novel's many afterlives.  We also talked about how re-reading the novel across a lifetime grants it a new kind of biography, an autobiography mapped on to our own lives and experiences. 

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In this episode, Karina speaks with Professor Maggie Humm about her new book, 'The Bloomsbury Photographs.' They discuss the importance of photography to the Bloomsbury members, the cameras they used, and the role of photograph albums in the curation of their intimate, creative lives. 

http://www.maggiehumm.net/

 https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2024/10/25/the-bloomsbury-photographs/

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This is the second of two episodes created to celebrate 100yrs since the first 'Dalloway day.' In this episode, Professor Dame Gillian Beer gives a wonderful lecture titled, 'For There She Was: Love and Presence in Mrs Dalloway'

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This is the first of two episodes created to celebrate 100yrs since the day on which Mrs Dalloway is set.

This episode focuses on a mysterious painting by Vanessa Bell and explores its possible connection to Mrs Dalloway. Karina speaks with the painting's owner, Howard Ginsberg, and the bestselling author of Bloomsbury Pie, Regina Marler in order to think about paintings and parties in 1920s Bloomsbury. 

With thanks to Howard Ginsberg for his permission to use an image of the artwork. 

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Karina speaks with Prof Mark Hussey about an often misunderstood  member of the Bloomsbury Group, Clive Bell. Hussey touches on Bell's pacifism, his love affairs, and his powerful influence on Bloomsbury thought. 

Prof Hussey is the author of Bell's biography, 'Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism' and has edited 'The Selected Letters of Clive Bell: Art, Love, and War in Bloomsbury.'

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A new theatrical adaptation of Orlando has just premiered in the West End. The play is by Neil Bartlett and features Emma Corrin in the title role. 

Karina interviews Dr Angela Harris, Neil Bartlett, and a group of fantastic students from Florida State University, London Campus. 

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After 5 years of planning, Woolf's statue was finally unveiled in Richmond, Surrey. This episode features interviews with those who attended the event, including Woolf's great great niece, Sophie Partridge, and author and Woolf expert, Professor Maggie Humm. The unveiling Blogging Woolf.

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In the first episode of Season 2, Karina celebrates the centenary of Jacob's Room by visiting King's College, Cambridge. While there, we get a sense of where some of the Bloomsbury members lived while they studied at Cambridge, and explore the novel's relationship with death, memory, and the Great War.  

Karina speaks with novelist, Prof Susan Sellers and King's archivist, Peter Jones.

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Karina interviews Tanya Shadrick about Woolf's influence on her wonderful memoir, 'A Cure for Sleep'. The book explores what it means to have a near-death experience, the joy of having a second chance, and the power and labour of writing.

The interview takes place by Pells Pool in Lewes, Sussex, not far from where Woolf once lived. 

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Karina interviews drag king Holly James Johnston, who created a drag act entirely based on Woolf's character, Orlando. She regularly performs as Orlando and has spoken about what it means to apply Woolf's novel to the art of drag and dress. Her photographs for 'Adventures in Time and Gender' vividly reimagined what Orlando would have looked like during the 2020 lockdown.

https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/wormholes/orlando/

https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-holly-james-johnston/

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