Inkhorn in one hand, pen in the other
Orlando enjoys a portfolio career, as a courtier, a diplomat, a landowner, a lady under house arrest, but throughout, he-she...
Like drops of scalding water
Curious to use 'scalding', suggesting she was happy to have the present fall away from her, that in some respect...
Writers and the spirit of the age
This touches on the big question of how one retains one's independence while being a product of, or at least...
Plaid-like juxtapositions
Orlando, born in the 16th century and at home in the 17th and 18th, seems to suffer aesthetic culture shock...
Time of the mind
Time and our perceptions of it fascinate me. Here Orlando comments on its strange elasticity inside the mind.
Indeed in...
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...
Stitched with stolen silk
This hand-bound, home-made note book contains the manuscript of Orlando's great poem, 'The Oak Tree', begun in 1586. He takes...
Many-coloured shield
A rich description of 17th century London, this appears to refer to Westminster Abbey, with lights brightly burning inside.
'Now...
Million-candled tree
This is Sasha's description of her glittering English aristocratic lover, but she doesn't seem particularly dazzled by his brightness. He...
Water-logged air
I have only once or twice experienced levels of humidity that could be described as 'water-logged air': years ago during...
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