Co-authored with her father Quentin Bell, Virginia Nicholson’s first book is a true insider’s view. Gavin Kingcome’s delectable photographs breathe life into the colourful interiors and garden of the Sussex farmhouse occupied by artists Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and their family and friends. 

““A wonderful book about the Sussex farmhouse inhabited by members of the Bloomsbury Group…””
— Sunday Telegraph
Vanessa Bell painting of Charleston Pond, 1919

Vanessa Bell painting of Charleston Pond, 1919

  • “ Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes
    "As social history, it bears comparison with David Kynaston’s Family Britain. Nicholson has the same knack of seamlessly piecing gripping individual stories into a panorama of everyday life." ”
    — Bee Wilson, The Sunday Times
  • “ Millions Like Us
    “It's hard to single out stories from this rich, entwined narrative, which moves in and out of the lives of an absorbing cast of characters... Vividly entertaining, uplifting and humbling, Millions Like Us deserves to be a bestseller...” ”
    — Bel Mooney, The Daily Mail
  • “ Singled Out
    “It is high time to dig [this generation] up again, salute their memory and listen to their sad and uncomplaining voices unmuffled at last in Nicholson’s brave, humane and honest book.” ”
    — Hilary Spurling, the Observer
  • “ Among the Bohemians
    “An extraordinarily rich, provocative study. [Nicholson’s] substantial cast is stage-managed superbly… This book is not just good fun. It raises profound questions about our lives.” ”
    — Christina Hardyment, The Independent