Literature
CHARLESTON FESTIVAL Charleston NR LEWES
It's hard to imagine a more apt setting for a literary festival
than the gardens of Charleston farmhouse. The former home of
Virginia Woolf's elder sister, the artist Vanessa Bell, it served as
a countryside retreat for the Bloomsbury Group, and now survives as
an example of their creative output in the form of murals, decorated
furniture, ceramics, paintings and textiles.
Now in its 19th year, the festival features an array of debates,
interviews and dramatisations by renowned authors, performers and
artists. Its artistic director, Diana Reich, who was involved in the
acquisition and conservation of the farmhouse by a trust in 1980,
says: ...