*I wrote this a while ago after reading Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse but never got round to posting it. Having re-read To The Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway very recently, I thought I’d skip those… Continue reading
I love that Virginia Woolf created Lily Briscoe as she did. Early on, we see her through Mrs Ramsey’s eyes With her little Chinese eyes and her puckered-up face she would never marry;… Continue reading
It might not feel like it outside, but right now we are in the very heart of summertime. As it’s a bit grim out there, I thought I’d pull together a list of… Continue reading
That Mrs Ramsey’s charm is universally irresistible, is hard to dispute. After all, even old Mr Carmichael succumbs when presented with a second bowl of her delicious soup. I’d like to propose that… Continue reading
Virginia Woolf would have been 133 today, the 25th January, the anniversary of her birth. I thought I’d celebrate the date by making her the first author that I’d knit for my 2015… Continue reading
From the very first page of ‘To The Lighthouse’, it’s clear that the Ramseys have mastered the good cop/bad cop parental double act – the dysfunctional strategy of choice for many families. Like… Continue reading
