Orlando, My Political Biography review – inventive spin on Virginia Woolf’s novel
Orlando, My Political Biography review – Woolf’s trans hero gets a 21st-century mashup
April 2024
Book of the day
Rural Hours by Harriet Baker review – the country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann
Three writers’ pastoral years are beautifully observed in this group biography but seem little more than tangential to their work
September 2023
The pub walk
In the footsteps of Virginia Woolf: walking the west Cornwall coast to the Badger pub
Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter review – style revolution
August 2023
‘The house sings with colour and with life’: how the fashion world fell for Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s country home
From Virginia Woolf and her circle to Kate Moss’s Vogue shoot, the unconventional Sussex farmhouse has captured imaginations across the decades
July 2023
The Conversation
Virginia Woolf’s own copy of her debut novel was found in Sydney and is now online. Here’s what it reveals
Mark Byron for the Conversation
The last word
The last word on: Hope
June 2023
Book of the day
The Diary of Virginia Woolf review – a book for the ages
Woolf’s epic and unmatchable record of her life, times and writing process
Top 10s
Top 10 adventure stories
The genre is often presumed to be one ‘for boys’. Novelists including Virginia Woolf and Georgette Heyer prove that women are just as capable of bold escapes and derring-do as men
Why I quit
I was overwhelmed by shame when I quit grad school. Now I’m a quitting guru
Julia Keller
I thought that dropping out made me a failure, but it was the making of me as a journalist and writer, says Dr Julia Keller, the author of Quitting: A Life Strategy
May 2023
A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants
The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce
March 2023
Top 10s
Top 10 visionary books about scientists: searching for an answer
Orlando review – Tilda Swinton is magnetic in Sally Potter’s swoony reverie
Woolf Works review – Alessandra Ferri goes deeper in Wayne McGregor’s modern masterpiece
Woolf Works review – the wondrous Alessandra Ferri flies again
February 2023
Observer New Review Q&A
Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev, I swear he had an energetic aura around him’
Top 10s
Top 10 imaginary journeys in literature
December 2022
Cultural prescription
Iced gems: art, books, music and more to keep the home fires burning this winter
The week in theatre: Orlando; Hex review – an elemental Emma Corrin, and a bit of a beast at the National
