The Culture Boar

Episode 7: Asking awkward questions in Bloomsbury


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The Bloomsbury Group leave an uneasy legacy. But is there really a connection between place and creativity? If so, what does this mean for creatives shut out from these places?


Property and relative wealth proved a foundation for the Bloomsbury Group's artistic freedom. But does an artist's personal biography - their class, their image, their resources - limit how we receive their work?


Works referenced:



A Home of One's Own: Why the Housing Crisis Matters & What Needs to Change by Hashi Mohamed (2022, Profile Books)

A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf

Roger Fry, Vision and Design

The Death of the Author, Roland Barthes

Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf


This episode was recorded in London, England, by Susan Gordon. You can read a transcript of the episode on her website, https://ampereworks.weebly.com/the-culture-boar-podcast.html


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