Virginia Woolf in London - 31 May, 1928
from The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.3, 1925-30, page 186:
June weather. Still, bright, fresh...I walked Pinker to Grays Inn Gardens this afternoon, & saw - Red Lion Square: Morris'es house; thought of them on winter's evenings in the 50ties; thought we are just as interesting; saw the (street) Great Ormond St where a dead girl was found yesterday; saw & heard the Salvation Army making Xtianity gay for the people: a great deal of nudging & joking on the part of very unattractive men & women; making it lively, I suppose & yet, to be truthful, when I watch them I never laugh or criticise, but only feel how strange & … more >>
Virginia Woolf, and Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.3, 1925-30 (Harmondsworth, 1982), p. 186. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444827911682 accessed: 18 April, 2024
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hide composers| Hymns by Salvation Army |
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| Date/Time | 31 May, 1928 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |