Phyllida Law

When a senile old man falls down stairs and dies, did he fall or was he pushed by his daughter-in-law, Emma? Here Emma, her husband and her friend Holly give their version of events.

Past, present and future are brought together one day in June 1923. Clarissa Dalloway prepares for her party, remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Smith is on the brink of madness. His day interweaves with Clarissa's. The film ‘The Hour’ is based on this novel.

This is the story of the Ramsays, based on Virginia Woolf's own family. Their desire to row to the lighthouse is the subject of much self-conscious and deliberate discussion for Mrs. Ramsey and her family, and the lighthouse itself is a symbol carrying different meanings for all the members of the party…