The Virginia Woolf Podcast

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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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In this interview, Karina talks to Shakespeare scholar and creator of the Women in Shakespeare podcast, Dr Varsha Panjwani. We discuss Shakespeare's huge impact on Woolf and her ambivalence about  masculine influence. We also dig into that mysterious character of 'Shakespeare's sister,' and ask whether such a figure could have existed in Shakespeare's day. 

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Karina talks with Prof Susan Sellers about her newest novel, Firebird, which documents the extraordinary life of ballerina and Bloomsbury icon, Lydia Lopokova. You can find a review of Firebird on the Literature Cambridge website.

Susan is an academic, writer, and translator. She the author of Vanessa and Virginia, a novel that gives a fictionalised account of the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The work was adapted into a stage play by Elizabeth Wright. You can find an episode all about the novel in this series of the VW podcast. 

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In this podcast, writer Peter Fullagar and sculptor Laury Dizengremel talk to Karina Jakubowicz about the campaign to place a life-sized statue of Virginia Woolf at Richmond. The campaign was founded by Aurora Metro Arts and Media organisation. Recorded in spring 2021.

To support this campaign, head over to their fundraising page. 

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