A war of individuals : Bloomsbury attitudes to the Great War Recognised forms of opposition Bloomsbury Academics at war Bertrand Russell and Cambridge Writers at war Writers in uniform Women and the war Obscurer individuals and their themes of response Three individuals Public commentary on familiar themes Bringing together examples of the aesthetic pacifism practised during the Great War by members of the Bloomsbury Group this text outlines the stories of the less well known who shared the mind set of the Bloomsbury Group when it came to facing the first total war