Selected writing

‘How Virginia Woolf’s list-making paved the way for her literary experiments,’ an essay on Woolf’s laundry list for FT Magazine.

‘The country lives of three pioneering writers,’ an extract of Rural Hours for TOAST.

‘Virginia Woolf’s forgotten diary,’ an essay on Woolf’s Asheham diary for the Paris Review.

‘Put a fist through it,’ a review of Caroline Maclean’s Circles and Squares and Shelley Klein’s The See-Through House for the London Review of Books.

‘The monsters of feminist art,’ a review of Lauren Elkin’s Art Monsters for the New Statesman.

‘Gwen John at Pallant House,’ a review of Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris at Pallant House for Apollo.

‘Their careful becoming,’ a review of Selby Wynn Schwartz’s After Sappho for the TLS.

‘Eileen Agar’s surreal surroundings,’ review of Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy at Whitechapel Gallery for Apollo.

‘Mugs, jugs and modern art,’ a review of Ben Nicholson: In the Studio at Pallant House for Apollo.

‘Painting, pastel and parenthood,’ an interview with Chantal Joffe for Apollo.

‘When you’re an artist, you don’t have to do what you’re told,’ an interview with Rose Wylie for Apollo.

‘Just another chap in overalls,’ an essay on the women artists of St Ives for Revisiting Modern British Art (Lund Humphries, edited by Jo Baring). Order a copy here.

‘Finding: Margaret Mellis, Life and Work,’ catalogue essay for Margaret Mellis: Modernist Constructs at Towner Art Gallery and The Redfern Gallery. Order a copy here.

Listen

On ‘Writing Place’ with Alexandra Harris and Julien Clin for BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking. Listen here.

On writers’ gardens with Claudia Tobin for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Listen here.

On Woolf in the country for The Virginia Woolf Podcast. Listen here.