Virginia’s biography on Roger Fry published in July. Blitz of London begins in July: in September, Vanessa’s studio in Fitzroy St. [square/] is destroyed by a bomb, and Virginia and Leonard’s apartment in Mecklenburgh Square is severely damaged and the Hogarth Press offices are destroyed. Their papers and printing press are salvaged and brought to their country home, Monk’s House. Virginia is working on a novel but struggling with her mind, the stress of the work and the war bring another bout of depression.