There is a series on Radio 4 - on Wednesdays at 11.30. Last one was part 4 of 6. But people can i player it.
It's called "Gloomsbury", and it is a parody of the adventures of the Bloomsbury Group written by Sue Limb. It is very clever and very funny. D H Lawrence is re-named D H Lollipop, a refugee from the Nottingham coalfields, and is portrayed as a boring, common Northener who has written a book called "Lady Hattersley's Plover". He is also about to write a book called "Men in Love" and is trying to persuade the men in the Bloomsbury Group to take their clothes off and have a wrestling match so he can take notes! There are of course lots of lewd jokes and references to naked picnics. Vita Sackville-West is re-named Vera Sackcloth-Vest and her husband is "something in the Foreign Office".
'Having declared that she would rather die than take any of Lady Utterline's advice. Vera opens her garden to the public as a charade just to deceive Henry. She even makes plans to dress up as a man so she can indulge in a secret liaison with Venus.'
There is a link with a further review: https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/gloomsbury.
It's called "Gloomsbury", and it is a parody of the adventures of the Bloomsbury Group written by Sue Limb. It is very clever and very funny. D H Lawrence is re-named D H Lollipop, a refugee from the Nottingham coalfields, and is portrayed as a boring, common Northener who has written a book called "Lady Hattersley's Plover". He is also about to write a book called "Men in Love" and is trying to persuade the men in the Bloomsbury Group to take their clothes off and have a wrestling match so he can take notes! There are of course lots of lewd jokes and references to naked picnics. Vita Sackville-West is re-named Vera Sackcloth-Vest and her husband is "something in the Foreign Office".
'Having declared that she would rather die than take any of Lady Utterline's advice. Vera opens her garden to the public as a charade just to deceive Henry. She even makes plans to dress up as a man so she can indulge in a secret liaison with Venus.'
There is a link with a further review: https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/gloomsbury.
Contributed by Elizabeth Vousden
