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Explore the extraordinary life and achievements of Vita Sackville West, a prominent writer, gardener, and icon of the early 20th century. Learn about her literary works, her influential role in the Bloomsbury Group, and her captivating garden at Sissinghurst Castle.

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Experiments in Gender: Women and Masculine Dress

In the early 20th century women such as Vita Sackville-West, Gwen Lally and Radclyffe Hall adopted masculine styles of dress that were subversive, exploratory and playful. Read more about how gender roles were challenged during this time of change.

Bloomsberry Group

Masculine Dress

George Quaintance

Sissinghurst Garden

Garden Clothing

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Masculine Clothing

20th Century Women

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Tilda Swinton on Virginia Woolf and the Spirit of Limitlessness

Inspired by Woolf’s iconic novel, the artists in Aperture's "Orlando" issue explore the territories of identity, history, and consciousness.

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20th Century Women

Harvard University

Vita Sackville-West by Kurt Hutton (Kurt Hubschman), bromide print 1961, Sissinghurst Castle, Kent. National Portrait Gallery, London. Books, Book Authors, Authors

Vita Sackville-West - National Portrait Gallery

by Kurt Hutton (Kurt Hubschman) bromide print 1961 © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

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Allen Ginsberg – The Marginalian

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Real Life Stories

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Weekend Bites: Virginia Woolf’s Birthday, Updike’s Motivation, Wharton’s Dogs, Carl Sagan’s Sketches, and More

Virginia Woolf’s birthday, Edith Wharton’s dogs, B.J. Novak’s book trailer, Updike giving you advice, and More.

Marta Zoe Poretti

Vita Sackville West

Bloomsbury Group

Literary Quotes

Women In History

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Girl (Violet Trefusis), climbing through the window (1900s).

Girl, climbing through the window (1900s). (She is Violet Trefusis) Photographer unknown

Climbing Through Window Reference

Climbing Out Of Window Reference

Climbing Through Window

Violet Trefusis

1900s Photography

Pictures Of Violets

Vita Sackville West

Bloomsbury Group

'The secret of a successful marriage is the capacity to treat disasters as if they were incidents' by Vita Sackville West in the photo at Sissinghurst, Kent with her husband Sir Harold Nicholson Dora Carrington, Edward Bawden, Virginia Wolf, Vita Sackville West, Bloomsbury Group, Family Secrets, Women Writers, Successful Marriage, Marriage Is

Society seductress who slept with both her bridesmaids: An erotic poem that lay hidden for 95 years casts new light on the love life of novelist Vita Sackville-West. Here her grandson unlocks the…

A hundred years ago this year, on October 1, 1913, my grandparents, Vita Sackville-West, centre, and Harold Nicolson, left, were married.

Dora Carrington

Vita Sackville West

Bloomsbury Group

Successful Marriage

Juliet’s grandparents, novelist Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson, with their dog Rollo, Sissinghurst, 1960 Sissinghurst Garden, Sissinghurst Castle, Virginia Wolf, Vita Sackville West, Bloomsbury Group, Famous Gardens, Watchful Eye, T Magazine, I Love Your

A very Brrritish lockdown

The whole country was brought to a standstill for months at the end of 1962 - but for very different reasons to now. Author Juliet Nicolson recalls an extraordinary winter

Sissinghurst Garden

Sissinghurst Castle

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Bloomsbury Group

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Dora Carrington

Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

Claudio Malagrino

Dora Carrington

Vita Sackville West

Bloomsbury Group

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Vita Sackville-West - National Portrait Gallery

by John Gay bromide fibre print 1948 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Writers And Poets

Vita Sackville West

Bloomsbury Group

English Writers

People Of Interest