“Let us admit in the privacy of our own society that these things sometimes happen. Sometimes women do like women.”—Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Almost the entire body of Virginia Woolf’s writing – her novels, essays and letters – have been interpreted from a variety of queer perspectives, and her work has inspired many modern interpretations across film, dance and theatre.

BBC Radio 3 presenter Shahidha Bari, Paul Mendez (author of Rainbow Milk) and Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting) discuss the inspiration they found walking in London, Bloomsbury’s legacy for modern queer writing, and the need for empathy in modern times.

This was the final event of Dalloway Day 2020, originally planned as an event at British Library but recorded for lockdown and broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking.

Special thanks to producer Robyn Read.