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Charleston Festival takes place annually in the gardens of Charleston, the rural Sussex home of the More

Climate justice champion Mary Robinson has today been announced as the winner of the fifth Charleston More

IN COLOUR Curated by Cressida Bell | 6 March – 26 August 2019, Wolfson Gallery Opening More

About the author Layla AlAmmar grew up in Kuwait. She has a Masters in Creative Writing More

We regret that Lionel Shriver is no longer able to attend Small Wonder festival, as previously More

Virginia Nicholson has today been announced as President of The Charleston Trust. Virginia Nicholson is the More

This autumn Charleston will launch its first exhibition space, as well as an events space and More

It is with great sadness that Charleston has learned of the death of Anne Olivier Bell. More

The line-up for the 15th Small Wonder Festival, the UK’s only festival dedicated to short stories, More

Highlights include: A lecture by Sir David Attenborough, winner of The Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize, More

The naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has today, Tuesday 6 February, been announced as the More

Sir Tim was the second recipient of the Charleston-EFG Keynes Prize in 2016. As part of More

The Charleston Trust has today announced that Nathaniel Hepburn has been appointed to the position of More

Helen Dunmore was one of the lynchpins of the Charleston Festivals over many years. She regularly More

 Wednesday 19th April 2017 Alistair Burtenshaw, Director of Charleston to join Watts Gallery as Director Alistair More

Julian Fellowes guest of honour to mark collaboration with Charleston Library Society (South Carolina) Press Release More

FREE Spotlight Talks on Sunday 16 October Suitable for adults and older children – 15 minute More

Charleston has submitted an application for £2.1m to the government’s Local Enterprise Partnership’s Local Growth Fund, More

The Tribunal Your Country or Your Conscience? By Sara Clifford 1916 – At a time of More

1916-2016: Charleston celebrates its Centenary Sunday 16 October 2016 marks the centenary of the arrival at More

Ali Smith named as recipient of the Charleston Small Wonder Lifetime’s Excellence in Short Fiction Award More

The Charleston Trust is pleased to announce that Professor Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex, will take up More

The garden has looked as well this Spring as I can remember it. The last eight More

I am often asked by visitors to the garden during the months of July and August More

AL Kennedy has recently challenged the notion that April is the cruellest month by putting forward More

Half-term week at Charleston means we have lots of activities for all ages including: Young Bohemians: More

An apple’s soft thump on the grass, somewhen in this place. What was it? Beauty of More

Three months ago we set out to raise £25,000, money that would help restore some of More

  Diana Reich writes: Denis Healey had an ongoing but intermittent relationship with Charleston, mainly via More

Question and Answer with Barbara Jenkins, our Small Wonder International Writer in Residence 2015. In anticipation More

Free tea and coffee for any private group of up to 30 people Charleston offers private More

Charleston features in the Houses section of the May edition of the new look Home and More

Basket maker and willow artist Annemarie O’Sullivan will be at Charleston from Monday 30 March to More

Repairs and modifications made to the structure of the house long before the arrival of Vanessa More

Restoration to key items in Charleston’s Walled Garden funded by the Pebble Trust. We have taken More

2014 saw the 25th anniversary of the Charleston Festival.  To celebrate the variety of authors, artists More

Charleston is delighted to have been chosen in VisitEngland’s accolades, in recognition of the quality of More

Pictures from 9 February at the Royal Academy, Academicians’ Room where Charleston launched the 2015 Charleston More

With speakers including Amartya Sen, David Nicholls, Tom Stoppard, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Wayne McGregor, Monty Don, More

Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has tonight, Monday 9 February, been announced the winner More

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall hosted a reception for supporters of Charleston Trust’s Centenary Appeal at More

Request for books for our Pottery Bloomsbury Publishing and Thames and Hudson have kindly donated a More

As soon as the House closes to the public each year, a team of volunteers and More

It was with deep sadness that Charleston heard of the death of Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th More

We are delighted to welcome Sussex artists Rachel Wyndham and Sasha Turnbull to Charleston, as they More

Please ask café staff if you require information about allergens in our food.  The 14 specified More

We are saddened to hear of the passing of P.D.James.  A literary and intellectual force, she More

As soon as the House closes to the public each year, a team of volunteers and More

The Charleston Annual Fund supports our work to ensure that the House at Charleston and its More

Winter at Charleston Charleston Shop and Café remain open Wednesday-Sunday until 21st December 2014. Craft workshops, shop More

We are delighted to welcome Secret Celtic to the Charleston Shop on Saturday 6 and Saturday More

This November and December we are delighted to welcome Yozo Hiroyama – with his installation of More

This November Harpers Bazaar UK published a stunning set of fashion styles set in Charleston. Titled More

The Weekend Guardian (Saturday 25 October), featured a Bloomsbury themed mens fashion shoot.  Shot on location More

Olivia Williams read at our Small Wonder festival on 2014 – read her thoughts on the More

Friday 7 November : The Charleston Shop will be hosting the book launch of Ann Kramer’s new More

Autumn at Charleston Charleston Shop and Café remain open Wednesday-Sunday until 21st December 2014.  More craft More

From Commission to Composition : The Berwick Church Mural Sketches The last in this year’s series More

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THE CHARLESTON TRUST CELEBRATES A BLOOMSBURY EVENING The Charleston Trust celebrated ‘A Bloomsbury Evening’ in aid More

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Small Wonder Slam : Red Letter Days last night. More

Charleston and Bloomsbury continue to inspire the fashionistas this season.             More

Previous Charleston Festival contributor Maggie Gee talks about her new book Virginia Woolf in Manhattan Guardian, More

Graham Swift who will be appearing at our Small Wonder festival next week is interviewed in More

The BBC National Short Story Award will be holding an exclusive event at our Small Wonder More

House visitors and Festival attendees are advised to plan their journey carefully on Sunday 28 September. More

Charleston is situated in the heart of the South Downs National Park, an Area of Outstanding More

We are now on the countdown to our short story festival – Small Wonder starting on More

A new award, the Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize, was announced this evening by Director of More

ANNOUNCING WILLIAM TREVOR AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE INAUGURAL CHARLESTON – CHICHESTER AWARD FOR A LIFETIME’S More

The Charleston Trust is delighted to announce that HRH The Duchess of Cornwall has agreed to More

Simon Watney remembers one of the last of the Bloomsbury circle. Canvas 34 – Angelica Garnett More

Joanna Newton, Chair of the Omega Group, recounts some highlights of the year.

Picasso and Modern British Art by Helen Little Dowload the article here.

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Our Rob Ryan exhibition in the Charleston Gallery is number one “brilliant” thing to do this More

Annie Leibovitz at Charleston Festival and Gallery in the Observer – New Review

The Charleston Trust is sad to announce that Angelica Garnett died in France on the morning More

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Lyndall Gordon questions the emphasis on suicide in narratives of Virginia Woolf’s life Seventy years ago, More

HLF South East News ReleaseHome of the ‘Bloomsbury Set’ wins £2.4million Heritage Lottery Fund grant The More

A detail of one of the beautiful doors at Charleston, painted by Vanessa Bell, illustrates this More

Christopher Woodward interviews Jamie Fobert and Julian Harrap, the architects of Charleston’s barns project Monday morning More

Posters by the Bloomsbury Group by Margaret Timmers ‘It is surprising what alacrity and intelligence people More

Canvas Issue 26 Duncan Heyes describes the choices made in compiling the British Library’s latest contribution More

Giles Waterfield, Chairman of the Trustees, brings us up to date with the Barns Project. In More

Canvas Issue 24 20 Stellar Years: Virginia Nicholson in conversation with Olivier Bell Even if they More

Canvas Issue 23 by Paul E.H. Davis Shortly before Paul Roche’s death, aged 91,on 30 October More

Canvas Issue 22 by Simon Watney Angelica Garnett was interviewed by Simon Watney at Charleston on More

Canvas Issue 21 by Judith Mackrell Anyone who has read even a sample of Bloomsbury memoirs More

Canvas issue 18 Simon Martin In September 1940 Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s London studios at More

Canvas Issue 18 by Julia Briggs The following is an edited version of the talk given More

Canvas Issue 17 The British Library has just taken possession of the archive of Grace Higgens, More

Canvas Issue 16 by Deborah Gage Deborah Gage recalls the highs and lows of the campaign More

Canvas Issue 15 by Maggie Humm In a letter to the New Statesman on 28 October More

Canvas issue 14 by Simon Watney This article is based on part of a talk given More

Falmer Magazine Interview with Director Colin McKenzie: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/pdfs/Falmer_49.pdf

Country Living’s Editor Susy Smith picks Charleston as her special place: http://www.allaboutyou.com/country/Country-Living’s-special-places/event

Our Ravilious exhibition mentioned in Sussex Life: http://sussex.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/artist-eric-ravilious-on-his-exhibition-in-sussex-21121/