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Delving into the Journals and Diaries of Famous Writers + Artists

Delving into the Journals and Diaries of Famous Writers + Artists

You don’t have to be a writer to keep a diary, but there is no doubt that most writers kept extensive diaries during their life times. Diary-keeping serves a number of functions, often unique to the individual. It is a way to record down the happenings of daily life, to express private feelings, to make a record of life as it unfolds.  It is clear that writing a diary can has huge benefits - a way to de-stress, to process big emotions, to bring meaning and understanding to the complexity of life. It can also be a great way to store away memories. Opening up and reading an old diary can be transportive - taking you back years or even...

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A Life of Her Own: The Literary World of Virginia Woolf

A Life of Her Own: The Literary World of Virginia Woolf

  Although not always an easy read, Virginia Woolf is considered one of Britain’s greatest writers. And Woolf lived as she wrote - creating a life that could resemble as closely as possible the dream of a “room of one’s own”, where women could live and freely practice their artistic endeavours.   Read our short biography of one of Britain’s most acclaimed writers.   Virginia (left) with her older sister, Vanessa (right) Virginia was born Virginia Stephens in 1882 in Hyde Park, London to a wealthy family. Her father was a writer-historian and her mother was a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite model for painters such as Edward Burne-Jones. She was one of three children, as well as having several half brothers and...

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