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Virginia Nicholson

Born

in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1955

Website

http://www.virginianicholson.co.uk/

Genre

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VIRGINIA NICHOLSON was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1955. Her father was the art historian and writer Quentin Bell, acclaimed for his biography of his aunt Virginia Woolf. Her mother Anne Olivier Bell edited the five volumes of Virginia Woolf’s Diaries.

Virginia grew up in the suburbs of Leeds, but the family moved to Sussex when she was in her teens. She was educated at Lewes Priory School (Comprehensive). After a gap year working in Paris she went on to study English Literature at King’s College Cambridge.

In 1978 Virginia spent a year living in Italy (Venice), where she taught English and learnt Italian. Returning to the UK in 1979 she re-visited her northern childhood while working for Yorkshire Television as a researcher for children’s VIRGINIA NICHOLSON was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1955. Her father was the art historian and writer Quentin Bell, acclaimed for his biography of his aunt Virginia Woolf. Her mother Anne Olivier Bell edited the five volumes of Virginia Woolf’s Diaries.

Virginia grew up in the suburbs of Leeds, but the family moved to Sussex when she was in her teens. She was educated at Lewes Priory School (Comprehensive). After a gap year working in Paris she went on to study English Literature at King’s College Cambridge.

In 1978 Virginia spent a year living in Italy (Venice), where she taught English and learnt Italian. Returning to the UK in 1979 she re-visited her northern childhood while working for Yorkshire Television as a researcher for children’s programmes. In 1983 she joined the Documentary department of BBC Television.

In 1988 Virginia married screenwriter and author William Nicholson. Following the birth of their son in 1989, Virginia left the BBC and shortly afterwards the Nicholsons moved to East Sussex. Two daughters were born in 1991 and 1993.

Living in Sussex, Virginia became increasingly involved with the Trust that administered Charleston, home of her grandmother the painter Vanessa Bell, in due course becoming its Deputy Chairman. Her first book (co-authored with her father) CHARLESTON: A Bloomsbury House and Garden was published by Frances Lincoln in 1997. In 1999/2000 she made a ten-city tour of the USA to promote the book and Charleston itself.

In November 2002 Viking published AMONG THE BOHEMIANS - Experiments in Living 1900-1939 to critical acclaim. Its publication by Morrow, USA in February 2004 was followed by a sell-out lecture and publicity tour round five American cities.

SINGLED OUT - How Two Million Women Survived Without Men After the First World War, was published in August 2007. In this latest book Virginia Nicholson has set out to tell the stories of a remarkable generation of women forced by a historic tragedy to reinvent their lives. Singled Out received a spate of enthusiastic reviews which applauded it as a pioneering and humane work of social history. The work on this book was combined with her continuing commitment to the Charleston Trust. ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 3,098 ratings · 428 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Singled Out 3.77 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 3.86 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 4.16 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s 4.03 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Was It For You? 4.21 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960 3.86 avg rating — 78 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Millions Like Us: Women's Lives During the Second World War it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caminos y trincheras: El papel de las mujeres en la Primera Guerra Mundial really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960 by Virginia Nicholson, Elaine Claxton (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Virginia Nicholson (?)

“My environment reflects the life I've led, the places I've visited and the people I've loved.”
― Virginia Nicholson, Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939

tags: bohemianism, living

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“There is love and there is sorrow, but the gain outweighs the loss, if you will make it so.”
― Virginia Nicholson, Singled Out

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“There's no point in being miserable. If you are then you've brought it on yourself.”
― Virginia Nicholson, Singled Out

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What non-fiction book would you like to read for June?

The Coming of the Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle

11 votes, 30.6%

Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson

8 votes, 22.2%

The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves

4 votes, 11.1%

Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves

4 votes, 11.1%

The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm by Juliet Nicolson

3 votes, 8.3%

The Great Silence: 1918-1920 Living in the Shadow of the Great War by Juliet Nicolson

3 votes, 8.3%

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax by Joseph E. Persico

2 votes, 5.6%

On Hashish by Walter Benjamin

1 vote, 2.8%

A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography by Evelyn Waugh

0 votes, 0.0%

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