After Bloomsbury

After Bloomsbury: is the official podcast of Charleston, the Sussex home of the Bloomsbury Group.The first season, presented by Claire Ratinon, explores the depths and nuances of love, resistance and creativity. It delves into Charleston’s past, with stories about Bloomsbury artists and writers including Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Virginia Woolf and John Maynard Keynes, who imagined new ways of living, working and loving between Charleston’s walls. Every year in May, some of the world’s most exciting writers, artists, performers and changemakers grace the stage of Charleston Festival. New for 2026, this podcast unearths voices from the incredible Charleston Festival archives, with conversations previously only heard on the Charleston stage - featuring David Attenborough, Patti Smith, Paula Rego, Richard E Grant, Bob Geldof, Susan Sontag, Zadie Smith, Roxane Gay and many, many more. Tune in to hear from these brilliant artists, writers and performers as they