About the talk
Virginia Woolf first came to live in Richmond in 1914. Recently married to author Leonard Woolf and recovering from a recent breakdown, her time in Richmond is often seen by literary historians as a dark passage in the life of the great feminist writer. Virginia struggled with her new life in rural Richmond and despite starting the Hogarth Press, she continued to vent her frustration of Richmond in her letters and diaries. The Woolfs stayed in Richmond until 1924, but was the 10 years spent in Richmond filled with despair and hatred of the town?
About the speaker
Gary Enstone joined the Museum of Richmond team in January 2024. He has an under-graduate in “International Relations” from Kingston University and a post-graduate degree in “Global Governance & International Security” at Birkbeck College, University of London. Throughout his career, Gary has worked at numerous National Trust properties including Osterley Park and Lyme Park in Cheshire. For the past 16 years he has been the House & Collections Manager at Bateman’s in East Sussex, the former home of Rudyard Kipling, as well as working at Alfriston Clergy House, Bodiam Castle and Virgina and Leonard Woolf’s Monks House.
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