Of berries and wine
Having a love of ink, the variety of its hues and the names people give them, and the chunky inventive...
Poetry pressed out by pain
Poetry is one of the strongest channels for expressing pain, and I liked the use of the word 'pressed'. It...
Cooling the ardour of the Archduke
A wonderful, quirky episode in Orlando: a bizarre game played for hours, days, weeks, by Orlando and the Archduke whose...
Writing to kick up your heels
Having just re-read Virginia Woolf's Orlando after a third-of-a-century hiatus, I revelled in the liveliness and playfulness of both the...
On the Elizabethans and book learning
I have no idea if this is a fair appraisal of the Elizabethan stance on book learning, but I have...
No plebeians here
How noble can you get? Most aristos trace back to some humble origin until they got a knighthood or some...
Disseverment
The noun of 'dissever', to divide or sever something from something else. Also 'disseverance'.  Used here in reference to a...
Dead or alive?
This marvelously stark encounter with a dark stranger proves to be Orlando's first meeting with the man she will marry. ...
On growing up
An interesting definition of growing up - losing your illusions. But then humanly allowing the possibility that you will acquire...
The elegant disposal of offensive documents
Remember this next time you receive an email or other document which offends you. Simply summon the footman and have...
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