Since she was supposed to travel about 30 kilometers on a bike, to reach the house of Leonard Wolf, she decided to wear a tweed suit, which was not very “elegant”.
Near the house of her hosts, it occurred to her that she is maybe inappropriately dressed, because Woolfs have invited and other distinguished guests. Ethel Smyth was almost convinced that she was supposed to wear a dress and a corset.
She entered into a local rural store and asked if maybe they have corsets. Unfortunately, they didn’t.
Then, in the corner of the store, she saw a birdcage...
Half an hour later, Virginia Woolf noticed that something unusual was happening in her backyard. When she came out, she was astonished with what she saw.
Ethel Smyth was trying to get into a birdcage, instead of a corset, to reduce her waist a little bit.
named "The Tempest Sonata ".
holds the record as the most stolen book from city libraries.
God is not mentioned.
" from 1962, actresses Bette Davis (1908-1989) and Joan Crawford (1905-1977) played roles of sisters which deeply hate each other. Both actresses played perfectly their movie roles. That was, perhaps, because they also fiercely hated each other and in private life...
is the most beautiful piano concerto ever written.
, named after its discoverer Wilfrid M. Voynich) was discovered in 1912, in Italy. Voynich found it in villa Mondragone in Frascati, near Rome. Script in which it is written no one was able to decipher to this day.
", English journalist and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), often attended theatrical performances of his most famous work. 
", in the middle of the night the phone rang in the room of director Blake Edwards. It was Peter Sellers, lead actor who, for several days, couldn’t do right a certain scene...
