Rachael de Moravia

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mostly in Gloucestershire but often elsewhere • research @ Centre for Place Writing • https://www.rachael-de-moravia.com/

Chipping Sodbury high street at sunset (South Gloucestershire, England)
My feet in walking boots on Cotswold stone shingle, with granite border blocks and Welsh slate raised bed, all strewn with autumn leaves (maple, birch & beech) in vivid reds and yellows. The underside of the maples are pinkish, and there are a few green leaves blown down by the storm.
The moon in the lagoon and over Santa Maria della Salute, Punta della Dogana
A selfie in an ornate Venetian glass mirror, with my face obscured by a sunburst etching. I am wearing a leaf green pleated skirt, black top, white linen jacket and gold earrings. The mirror is mounted on a red marble wall. The image echoes the colours of the Italian flag.
A bronze statue with a handful of balls
Isadora Duncan at the Parthenon photographed by Edward Steichen: a woman in flowing gowns with long dark hair and arms outstretched stands between huge columns of the ancient structure.
A book on a table The cover reads (in English): THIS PART IS SILENT A LIFE BETWEEN CULTURES by SJ Kim The title is also written in Korean on the lower half of the book cover. The book is published by And Other Stories.
a clear blue sky and sun, with black clouds encroaching from the right side of the photo
A wooden signpost in front of hazel trees, pointing in all directions to the Cotswold Way and public footpath(s)
Close up of a small bowl of fresh stewed rhubarb, a stringy sort of pink and green mush sitting in pinky brown liquid. Looks a bit gross close up actually, but tastes delicious.
A view looking up to the top of a telegraph pole, with phone lines coming off it in all directions, and cross wires, all resembling a spider web. There is a darkening evening sky above.
moonshadows of my garage (a triangle) and me (wearing palazzo pants and an asymmetric jumper, thus creating two triangles)
Local fox vixen standing in a dry patch of garden surrounded by stone walls and trees. She is looking at the camera and there are four cubs playing on the ground at her feet. The cubs are all slightly different colours, different shades of red, brown and grey, with white bellies and black feet.
Me in front of a computer screen with Frank Garrett and Stephen Harding visible, hosting a Derrida study group.
very blurry photo of a bat
Crabapple blossom against a blue sky
Crabapple blossom against a blue sky
Deep pink cherry blossom enclosed in lime green buds about to open on bare branches.
Don Johnson in a glass of cognac.
Close up of small branches of a Conference pear tree covered in tight pale green buds of pink blossom about to burst open.
the sky, with a partially eclipsed sun in the centre, and tree branches creeping over from the left
A fiery sunset: clouds lit up orange & red from below with deep purple grey clouds above. A twisted willow silhouette in black in the foreground.
OUR LIBRARIES WITH MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE Tate Library and Archive 7 March 2025 14.00 - 17.30 Join us for an afternoon of talks on book collections and the working libraries of artists and writers 14.00 Welcome 14.10 'Our libraries' presentations, arranged by Sharon Kivland, with Felicity Allen, Paul Buck, Julia Calver, Susan Finlay, Michael Hampton, Rebecca La Marre, Wiebke Leister, Murdo Macdonald, Louis Mason, Timothy Mathews, Joseph Noonan-Ganley, Adrian Rifkin, Isabella Streffen, Frank Wasser and Simon Wortham 15.45 Break, and guided visits to Tate Library stores 16.30 Panel discussion on how to organise a library, moderated by Rosa Appignanesi
Jeremy Millar and Isabella Streffen at The Tate, London
the white crescent moon and a planet in a very dark blue sky
A tiny clump of snowdrops emerging from the leaf litter where a log pile recently stood.
A view looking downwards as I walk, towards my feet. I am wearing a leaf green pleated midi skirt, a long turquoise woollen coat, and black cowboy boots. I am walking on grey paving slabs with speckled asphalt to my left.
A red rusted statue of a lion in a crumbling farmyard, with barns falling apart and exposing their beams and bones. Grey clouds in the sky.
a double espresso and a glass of champagne on a cafe table, both mine
A pair of tall windows set into a deep stone wall with a wide sill. There is a blizzard outside.
a girthy cactus