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Stories & ideas

The lives behind
the streets.

Literature, collections and the ideas still being exchanged across Bloomsbury.

Virginia Woolf in 1902

Literature

Beyond the blue plaques.

Begin with Gordon Square and connect the names to places.

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Ideas today

A living conversation.

Take the story forward with a public talk or bookshop event.

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Museums & collections

Petrie Museum

Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in a university collection small enough to explore at your own pace.

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Squares & streets

Russell Square

A garden square for a pause, a meeting point or the beginning of a walk.

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Exhibitions & ideas

The Warburg Institute

Exhibitions and public events where images, history and ideas meet.

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