Fiona Sampson’s 6 favorite books detailing life histories

Fiona Sampson's new book, Becoming George, is a biography of the cross-dressing 19th-century writer George Sand. Below, the ...

Signed first edition of Virginia Woolf book found at a charity shop sells for £25,000

A signed first edition of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves, discovered in an Oxfam charity shop in Bristol, has fetched more than £25,000 at auction. The rare volume, published by the Hogarth Press in 1931, ...

The battle to save Burton and Taylor’s ‘dirty movie’ from the censors

A first-time director risked his career to bring Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to the screen without blunting the ...

The 50 best biographies of all time

Think you know the full and complete story about George Washington, Steve Jobs, or Joan of Arc? Think again.

Two famous couples, one boozy night – The Invite is too good to refuse

Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde (who also directs) turn up the heat in a frisky and frank sex ...

Deborah Lutz’s 6 favorite biographies

The biographer recommends reading the life stories of Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and the Brontës ...

A delightful night at the cinema with Virginia Woolf – and Lily Allen

Virginia Woolf, 85 years since she took her own life, is experiencing a cinematic renaissance. Two retellings of Mrs Dalloway have recently premiered; now, one of her most obscure novels gets a ...

‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist

With an adaptation of Night and Day hitting cinemas, the pioneering author’s work continues to inspire audiences ...
Variety

‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’ Review: Haley Bennett Is Starry-Eyed in a Literary Adaptation With Much Heart and a Heavy Hand

Lily Allen, Jack Whitehall and Timothy Spall also star in Tina Gharavi's SXSW London opener, which refashions Woolf's diffuse, ruminative feminist novel into a straightforwardly inspirational tale. An ...
Screen International

‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day’ review: A spirited Haley Bennett helps lift weighty adaptation

London, 1910: an ambitious female astronomer struggles to overcome the fiercely patriarchal trappings of society and realise her dream of studying at Cambridge. Based on Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel, ...

Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day review – dreamy adaptation reaches for the stars

Woolf’s novel about a headstrong young Edwardian woman takes flight under Tina Gharavi’s direction, with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders among the ensemble cast ...
The Hollywood Reporter

SXSW London Kicks Off Film Strand With World Premiere of ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day’

Castmembers Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall and Sally Phillips, sans co-stars Jennifer Saunders and Lily Allen, caught up with The Hollywood Reporter on the pink carpet. By Lily Ford SXSW London‘s film ...