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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">A Walking Tour of London's Most Literary Quarter - With Pub Stops</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">by Kate Maxwell</p>
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HEART</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Exchange, "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 17px;"> of London has been beating faster of late. North of Soho, the Bloomsbury neighborhood, with its orderly garden squares of soot-blackened-brick
Georgian townhouses, was the stamping ground of the Bloomsbury Group, a maverick set of writers, artists and philosophers that included Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and E.M. Forster. Dorothy Parker famously quipped that they “lived in squares, painted in circles
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Exchange, "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Exchange, "Chronicle SSm", serif; font-size: 17px;">Recent TV shows
and art exhibitions have refreshed Brits’ interest in the group, and a three-year refurbishment of the landmark Bloomsbury Hotel—a dead-ringer for a doll’s house—has just been completed. Meanwhile, changes are afoot at the venerable British Museum across the
street, where the Rosetta Stone is the headline exhibit, and between the leafy squares and University of London buildings, forward-thinking eating, drinking and shopping establishments are germinating. Better yet: The area’s many attractions will be more easily
accessible when a new rail station opens at Tottenham Court Road next year, slashing the trip from Heathrow in half to just 30 minutes. Here, a guide.</span><br>
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1. BLOOMSBURY HOTEL</h4>
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Built in 1923 by Bloomsbury Square’s resident architect, Edwin Lutyens, this neo-Georgian pile slumped into relative obscurity for decades. Now, fresh from a redesign by interiors ace Martin Brudnizki—also behind the reno of New York’s Beekman hotel—the Bloomsbury
Hotel is back in the catbird seat. Neighbors and visitors alike gravitate to the glossy, coral-colored new bar with giant Murano-glass chandeliers, while the cozy, guests-only sitting room looks made for a new Bloomsbury Set. Bedrooms are decked out in floral
wallpaper and art deco-style furniture with decadent marble bathrooms<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"> (from about $265 a night, <a href="https://www.doylecollection.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">doylecollection.com</a>).</em></p>
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2. CHARLOTTE STREET HOTEL</h4>
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One of Firmdale Hotels’s first London addresses, this place fetes its locale with original artworks and furniture by Bloomsbury Set members Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant, in a context of wildly patterned wallpapers and fabrics. In January, the hotel
launches a Bloomsbury Set Afternoon Tea, featuring savories and sweets inspired by the group’s teatime favorites, such as the Eccles cakes said to have fueled Leonard’s and Virginia Woolf’s typesetting and printing sessions at their publishing house, Hogarth
Press. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">From about $415 a night, <a href="https://www.firmdalehotels.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">firmdalehotels.com</a></em></p>
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3. NOBLE ROT</h4>
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Borne of a hip wine and food magazine of the same name, this newish wine bar and restaurant offers a well-rounded list, from an $8 glass of Spanish Casa Castillo to $2,000 bottles of Burgundy. Many British wines are also on hand, along with a seasonal, modern
British menu to match, including Cornish hake with celeriac purée.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">51 Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="https://noblerot.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">noblerot.co.uk</a></em></p>
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4. CIGALA</h4>
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This low-key corner restaurant with utilitarian looks serves as a classy canteen for local workers from the publishing and legal industries. Chef Jake Hodges was a co-founder of Moro, an influential North African-Spanish restaurant in nearby Clerkenwell, and
his Spanish menu, made with local ingredients, runs the tapas-to-paella gamut while making room for less predictable dishes, such as pigeon breast with quince. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">54
Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="http://cigala.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">cigala.co.uk</a></em></p>
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5. LA FROMAGERIE</h4>
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You can have your artisanal cheese to stay or go at this brand-new restaurant and shop, and there’s a thoughtfully strategic selection of European wines to accompany it. Order the house fondue or a cheese board—the British and Irish array includes Bosworth
Ash Log, made with milk from a herd of just 100 Staffordshire goats. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">52 Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="https://www.lafromagerie.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">lafromagerie.co.uk</a></em></p>
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6. THE LAMB</h4>
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This classic pub was built in 1729 but its facade—green tiles, hanging baskets, a giant lantern—dates from its Victorian-era refurb. Young’s cask ales, first brewed in London in the 1550s, are on tap. The pub has had illustrious literary patrons over the years,
including Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and friends, and Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, who came here for dates. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">94 Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="http://www.thelamblondon.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">thelamblondon.com</a></em></p>
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7. REDEMPTION ROASTERS</h4>
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The beans at this new coffee shop were roasted behind bars at Aylesbury Prison, just outside London—it’s part of a rehabilitation program which gives young offenders roastery and barista training. The beans are sourced from small farms in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
and Rwanda. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">84b Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="https://www.redemptionroasters.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">redemptionroasters.com</a></em>
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8. HONEY CO</h4>
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A meal at this tiny Middle Eastern restaurant feels like a family gathering. It’s run by husband-and-wife team Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer and its outsize reputation stems both from the jovial atmosphere and the care that goes into the preparation of
every delicious dish, from the spiced cinnamon and squash falafel to slow-cooked lamb with saffron rice. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">25 Warren St, <a href="http://honeyandco.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">honeyandco.co.uk</a></em></p>
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9. PENTREATH & HALL</h4>
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A tiny trove of brightly hued homewares and antiques, Pentreath & Hall is London’s answer to New York’s John Derian. Among the lust objects on sale are crystal tumblers inlaid with gilt letters and symbols; ionic column-pottery candlesticks; and needlework
cushions in geometric patterns<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">. 17 Rugby St., <a href="http://www.pentreath-hall.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">pentreath-hall.com</a></em></p>
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10. SCHOOL OF LIFE</h4>
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Pop philosopher Alain de Botton—contemporary Bloomsbury’s answer to Bertrand Russell—is on a mission to develop his compatriots’ emotional intelligence, and the School of Life is his shopfront. If you don’t have time for a class (subjects include “How to Make
Love Last” and “How to Fail”) stock up on “Emotional Baggage” tote bags, kindness prompt cards and Utopia scented candles.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"> 70 Marchmont St., <a href="https://www.theschooloflife.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">theschooloflife.com</a></em></p>
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11. FOLK</h4>
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When it opened a decade ago, this minimalist British men’s clothing shop was the pioneer on a street now well known for its menswear stores, and the wares are still designed upstairs. Find chunky crew- and roll-neck sweaters, baggy pants and flannel shirts
in an autumnal rainbow, or head to the women’s shop two doors down, where this season’s palette is millennial pink and navy.<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"> 49 and 53 Lamb’s
Conduit St., <a href="https://www.folkclothing.com/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">folkclothing.com</a></em></p>
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12. PERSEPHONE BOOKS</h4>
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Bloomsbury isn’t short on bookshops, but Persephone is in a league of its own. Founded in 1998, it both publishes and sells “lost” or out-of-print fiction and nonfiction, predominantly by female interwar writers. Titles include “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,”
by Winifred Watson, which became a best seller and later a film, and Virginia Woolf’s “Flush” and “A Writer’s Diary.” Apart from a handful of titles, Persephone Books all come with an elegant gray cover. Check out the table of “Books we wished we’d published,”
too. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">59 Lamb’s Conduit St., <a href="http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">persephonebooks.co.uk</a>.</em></p>
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13. THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM</h4>
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Founded by Thomas Coram in 1739, a time when 1,000 babies were abandoned in London each year, the Foundling Hospital was the U.K.’s first children’s charity and, thanks to the philanthropic efforts of artist William Hogarth, also its first public art gallery.
Among the exhibits are a case of “admission tokens”—coins, bracelets and medals that identified babies, and a list of the extraordinary new names given to the first foundlings, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Oliver Cromwell and Dionysus Warren—as if being abandoned
wasn’t punishment enough. Paintings by many Georgian greats coexist with an impressive collection of contemporary art. Look out for Michael Craig-Martin’s pop-art tricycle. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">40
Brunswick Square, <a href="https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">foundlingmuseum.org.uk</a></em></p>
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14. THE BRITISH MUSEUM</h4>
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New galleries displaying archaeology, textiles and decorative arts from the Islamic world will open at this gargantuan museum next year. Meanwhile, don’t miss the “Living with Gods” exhibition, featuring ancient Zoroastrianism, Tibetan Buddhist and Chinese
Miao artifacts, or the Norman Foster-designed Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, the largest covered public space in Europe. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Great Russell St., <a href="http://britishmuseum.org/" target="_blank" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0% 0% / 30px 30px no-repeat transparent; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">britishmuseum.org</a></em></p>
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Leave time to stroll around Bloomsbury’s trademark garden squares. Of particular note are Bedford Square (15), the only completely intact Georgian square remaining, with a private, residents-only garden at its center; Tavistock Square (16), where Charles Dickens
lived and wrote “Bleak House,” “A Tale of Two Cities” and Hard Times” and the Woolfs’ Hogarth Press was based from 1924 to 1940; and Gordon Square (17), another key Bloomsbury Set location, where Virginia and her siblings lived at no. 48 alongside economist
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<b>Sent:</b> 29 December 2017 15:04<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Bloomsbury in the Wall Street Journal...</font>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Greetings,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">An article on Bloomsbury--<a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-walking-tour-of-londons-most-literary-quarterwith-pub-stops-1514203200&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoRMjc5NzYzOTk3NzQ2MTc1NTEyGjBkYTBmODkyM2NkNWMyMDM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFH_ukCR0wTTeHd1FvUlErF2RaMDg" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(66,127,237); font-family:Arial; display:inline; font-size:16px; line-height:20px">A
Walking Tour of London's Most Literary Quarter—with Pub Stops</a>--has been published in the
<i>Wall Street Journal</i>. One must have a subscription to read the article. I don't have a subscription, but the first paragraph of the article (see below) includes the famous misattribution to Dorothy Parker of a witty description of the geometrical Bloomsberries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Stuart Clarke has indicated that he has<span style="font-family:Calibri,serif,EmojiFont; font-size:16px"> discovered the actual origin of the (see the forthcoming January 2018 issue of the “Virginia Woolf Bulletin” for the details). </span></span></div>
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THE INTELLECTUAL HEART of London has been beating faster of late. North of Soho, the Bloomsbury neighborhood, with its orderly garden squares of soot-blackened-brick Georgian townhouses, was the stamping ground of the Bloomsbury Group, a maverick set of writers,
artists and philosophers that included Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and E.M. Forster. Dorothy Parker famously quipped that they “lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles.”</p>
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