Tag: British History

Hogarth Press was a printing press founded by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1917. The Woolfs originally started the press, which they named after their home Hogarth House in the… Read more »

Virginia Woolf began openly flirting with her brother-in-law Clive Bell, shortly after the birth of his first child, Julian, in 1908, causing a deep rift in Virginia’s relationship with her… Read more »

After the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, Virginia Woolf developed a fascination with the disaster and even toyed with the idea of writing about it. According to How to… Read more »

Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey were writers, lifelong friends and members of the Bloomsbury Group. The two met sometime around 1904 when Virginia and her siblings moved into a new… Read more »

Virginia Woolf was not only a prolific writer but she was a also a witness to many historic events in the early 20th century, including World War II and the… Read more »

Virginia Woolf came from a large and artistic family. Woolf was born under her maiden name Virginia Stephen in London in 1882. Virginia’s parents were Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia… Read more »

When Virginia Woolf finally confessed her lesbian affair with Vita Sackville-West to her sister, Vanessa Bell, in April of 1929, Vanessa’s response was more curious than surprised. Virginia described the… Read more »

The Dreadnought Hoax was a practical joke that Virginia Woolf and her friends played on the British Navy in 1910 when they disguised themselves as Abyssinian princes and convinced the… Read more »

Although Virginia Woolf was a well-known Englishwoman, her family had a surprising connection to French aristocracy. Woolf had French roots on her mother’s side of the family and was a… Read more »

When Virginia Woolf died by suicide on March 28, 1941, she left behind three suicide notes, two for her husband Leonard and one for her sister, Vanessa. The notes provide… Read more »