Dr Mariadele Boccardi
@mariadele.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in English Literature at UWE Bristol. Neo-Victorianism, ecocriticism, colonial writing. Lover of country houses. Agatha Christie fan.
Same. If I had listened to my son I would have got it in 2.
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Same. If I had listened to my son I would have got it in 2.
I got it in 1 (two days in a row now!) because I thought it was the US and my first guess there is always this city (just like my first guess If I think it's India is Chennai). So, a fluke a bit like always starting with the same word for Wordle.
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I got it in 1 (two days in a row now!) because I thought it was the US and my first guess there is always this city (just like my first guess If I think it's India is Chennai). So, a fluke a bit like always starting with the same word for Wordle.
See, every time I read Persuasion I wonder at Elizabeth Elliott's expectation that she is going to get married at 29. Has she not read any novels???
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
See, every time I read Persuasion I wonder at Elizabeth Elliott's expectation that she is going to get married at 29. Has she not read any novels???
Worth a visit when you are in the UK? It's also the location of a massive statue of Alfred the Great.
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Worth a visit when you are in the UK? It's also the location of a massive statue of Alfred the Great.
Same. It was guessable.
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Same. It was guessable.
It's Bambi's mother all over again, if less traumatic.
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's Bambi's mother all over again, if less traumatic.
No, the candles in oranges. Weird.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No, the candles in oranges. Weird.
My child's CoE school did this every year, with a service at the local church. I'm Catholic and found the whole thing incomprehensible.
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
My child's CoE school did this every year, with a service at the local church. I'm Catholic and found the whole thing incomprehensible.
Don't know what it says about me that my first thought was: how do you dust that room?
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Don't know what it says about me that my first thought was: how do you dust that room?
Palatino Linotype.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Palatino Linotype.
Red Riding (novels and TV adaptation) for me. I think Endeavour is because it's meant to be "nice" TV so the subtext comes more as a surprise?
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Red Riding (novels and TV adaptation) for me. I think Endeavour is because it's meant to be "nice" TV so the subtext comes more as a surprise?
Yes, perfectly normal. But I also confess to enjoying being back at work, having conversations rsther than one-sided talking, and using my brain again.
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes, perfectly normal. But I also confess to enjoying being back at work, having conversations rsther than one-sided talking, and using my brain again.
Core Maths, which is available in lots of schools, is roughly your third option.
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Core Maths, which is available in lots of schools, is roughly your third option.
It sounds and looks delicious. Because I'm Italian, I would add half a teaspoon of corn flower for a slightly thicker consistency.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It sounds and looks delicious. Because I'm Italian, I would add half a teaspoon of corn flower for a slightly thicker consistency.
And add half a teaspoon of corn flower to make it into a thicker (Italian) hot chocolate.
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
And add half a teaspoon of corn flower to make it into a thicker (Italian) hot chocolate.
And he would dedicate one podcast a month to the latest novel he'd read. I'm sure he'd recommend All Among the Barley (closest thing to rural tradition novels I can think of).
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And he would dedicate one podcast a month to the latest novel he'd read. I'm sure he'd recommend All Among the Barley (closest thing to rural tradition novels I can think of).