Yesterday reading the Carol Browne biography, the author suggested that Bea may have had a five year relationship with Carol 1930-1935. If the relationship ended in 1935 that would explain why Bea worked so little that year and headed over to Germany. The author also confirmed that Bea had a relationship with Henrietta Bingham in the 20s (something I had wondered about since Dec last year). But she didn't say where she got this information. But it turns out that a biography of Henrietta was published just this summer! So I've ordered that. The author also discussed other relationships Bea had with women, but frustratingly none of them had footnotes, so am going to have to contact her to find the references.
Another interesting thing that was mentioned was that in 1980 just after Bea died John asked Trader Faulkner to write a biography of Bea. But Rosamond insisted that *any* reference to her sexuality was left out so the project was dropped.
So many exciting new leads to follow up on.
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