[Vwoolf] Bloomsbury 'revamp' / Offensive statues

[Neverow, Vara S.]

Adding to Sarah's posts, another dismal report about "improving" Bloomsbury:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cityam.com/bloomsbury-londons-literary-hub-set-for-400m-revamp/__;!!KGKeukY!1nKEXzReb1p6T-6-esouMPhdXkmYf_DrrcZ05rBS5TWAj_EpShScxWqq-YOZCIKbNWiGPaPT2HWXN0mgXyZxy6MOsKtBTUAEi-kJt1fu$ 
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Bloomsbury: London's literary hub set for £400m revamp<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cityam.com/bloomsbury-londons-literary-hub-set-for-400m-revamp/__;!!KGKeukY!1nKEXzReb1p6T-6-esouMPhdXkmYf_DrrcZ05rBS5TWAj_EpShScxWqq-YOZCIKbNWiGPaPT2HWXN0mgXyZxy6MOsKtBTUAEi-kJt1fu$ >
Bloomsbury is set to get a £400m facelift thanks to collaboration between some of the area's most influential landowners.
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And...from a website titled Gardenista, more from the exhibition about the gardens:

Talk of the Town: A Fascinating New Exhibit on the Women of Bloomsbury and Their Country Gardens
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Talk of the Town: A Fascinating New Exhibit on the Women of Bloomsbury and Their Country Gardens<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/talk-of-the-town-a-fascinating-new-exhibit-on-the-women-of-bloomsbury-and-their-country-gardens/ar-BB1qc7Il?ocid=BingNewsVerp&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1__;!!KGKeukY!1nKEXzReb1p6T-6-esouMPhdXkmYf_DrrcZ05rBS5TWAj_EpShScxWqq-YOZCIKbNWiGPaPT2HWXN0mgXyZxy6MOsKtBTUAEi_HoYrdq$ >
“It is lucky perhaps that Bloomsbury has a pleasant reverberating sound, suggesting old-fashioned gardens and out-of-the-way walks and squares; otherwise how could one bear it?” It is apparent throughout the rest of this reminiscence by British artist Vanessa Bell that the fertile post-Victorian cultural movement known as Bloomsbury, based on the London neighborhood that was […]
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Cheers,
Vara

Vara Neverow
(she/her/hers)
Professor, English Department
Editor, Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
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Recent Publications:

Lead editor, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Kathryn Simpson, and Gill Lowe); Editor, Volume One, 1975-1984, Virginia Woolf: Critical and Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2020); Co-editor, The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature (Edinburgh, 2020; with Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Pająk, Catherine Hollis, and Celiese Lypka)

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Subject: [Vwoolf] Bloomsbury 'revamp' / Offensive statues

A couple of not-very-uplifting news stories £400m revamp for Bloomsbury (mainly on its hotels): www. cityam. com/bloomsbury-londons-literary-hub-set-for-400m-revamp VW's isn't the only statue non grata: www. telegraph. co. uk/news/2024/07/20/albert-memorial-considered-offensive-royal-parks
A couple of not-very-uplifting news stories

£400m revamp for Bloomsbury (mainly on its hotels):
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.cityam.com/bloomsbury-londons-literary-hub-set-for-400m-revamp__;!!KGKeukY!1nKEXzReb1p6T-6-esouMPhdXkmYf_DrrcZ05rBS5TWAj_EpShScxWqq-YOZCIKbNWiGPaPT2HWXN0mgXyZxy6MOsKtBTUAEixZ2vLhq$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.cityam.com/bloomsbury-londons-literary-hub-set-for-400m-revamp__;!!KGKeukY!xx3sWdhSHV4IxUNHRDTQhIZLJGhZUD-YlKvHm1nD674KiNEmWo6Cu0FPchKOaVGH_VNGpHwSDrPoBwAcaTP5xLWuP2ULwuv1o9IE$>

VW's isn't the only statue non grata:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/20/albert-memorial-considered-offensive-royal-parks__;!!KGKeukY!1nKEXzReb1p6T-6-esouMPhdXkmYf_DrrcZ05rBS5TWAj_EpShScxWqq-YOZCIKbNWiGPaPT2HWXN0mgXyZxy6MOsKtBTUAEi1TMD6Sb$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/20/albert-memorial-considered-offensive-royal-parks__;!!KGKeukY!xx3sWdhSHV4IxUNHRDTQhIZLJGhZUD-YlKvHm1nD674KiNEmWo6Cu0FPchKOaVGH_VNGpHwSDrPoBwAcaTP5xLWuP2ULwimM_qh_$>

Sarah



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