Sussex Modernism: Artists & Writers on the Downs

• Discover the lives and works of artists and writers who made the beautiful Sussex countryside their home in the early 20th century, from a base at The Star, a characterful Polizzi Collection property in Alfriston

• Step into houses that once belonged to members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Monk’s House, home to Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s Charleston

• Explore the largest collections of work by Eric Ravilious at the Towner Eastbourne, and gain unique insights into the life of photographer Lee Miller at Farleys House & Gallery with a special private talk

Tour Director

Suzanne Fagence Cooper, MA, PhD, is a curator, historian and accredited Arts Society lecturer. She held the position of curator and Research Fellow at the V&A Museum for 12 years and has collaborated with many of Britain’s regional museum collections. Suzanne is the author of To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters (2019) and How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris (2022). Exhibitions she has curated include Turner, Ruskin & the Storm Cloud at York Art Gallery (2019) and Beauty of the Earth: The Art of May, Jane & William Morris at The Arc, Winchester (2025-6).

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