Mariadele Boccardi

@mariadele.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in English Literature at UWE Bristol. Neo-Victorianism, ecocriticism, colonial writing. Lover of country houses. Agatha Christie fan.

Simone Martini, Guidoriccio da Fogliano all'Assedio di Monte Massi (1328). Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

Paolo Uccello's The Battle of San Romano, Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

The stone over Jane Austen tomb in Winchester Cathedral.

DVD box for Le Dîner de Cons.

A poster of Italian film L'albero degli Zoccoli.

Stone railway bridge in the Black Forest near Hinterzarten.

Presepe (nativity set).

Me in a bonnet, holding a fan.

Snowy landscape.

Sausage, carrot, beans and mushroom stew with polenta.

Wet day, view from indoors.