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Had a fantastic time talking about Palladio to The Canon Club the other night. Couldn't have asked for a more delightful or welcoming audience! Many thanks to Ed West and the other organizers for inviting me!

"Santagata’s biography is hence a work of glass... When seen in the proper light, it glistens with wit and originality. Yet it is fragile, too – just like Boccaccio himself." 🖋️My review of "Boccaccio: A Biography" by Marco Santagata for Literary Review literaryreview.co.uk/man-of-glass

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We're pleased to say a recording of Dr Alexander Lee's talk on Palladio, with an introduction from Ed West, is now available to watch on YouTube. Thanks again for a fantastic evening, Alexander Lee! youtu.be/fcgwGqVvghA?fe…

Giovanni Boccaccio’s life was one of change and reinvention, ranging from banking to studying canon law, and culminating in his eventual exile from Naples. Alexander Lee explores how these experiences can be found in the poet’s restless work. literaryreview.co.uk/man-of-glass

In this striking new book, Marvin Trachtenberg sets out to “demythologise” the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi. He not only succeeds - he makes it seem easy. ✍️My review of “Brunelleschi and the Moment of the Renaissance” for The Critic thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…

Shakespeare's Lost Years 🖊️My latest column for History Today historytoday.com/archive/missin…

What really happened during Shakespeare's Lost Years? A fascinating piece by Alexander Lee for History Today. #Shakespeare historytoday.com/archive/missin…

“Since he had a foot in both antiquity and the Trecento, he was beholden to neither” — Alexander Lee reviews Brunelleschi and the Moment of the Renaissance by Marvin Trachtenberg thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…

Brilliantly blustery Brittany…

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Small band of followers pls share! Two weeks until launch of my book about ground breaking artists Angelica Kauffman & Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun. Astonishing lives; outstanding painting; untold tales of sexual politics and battles for recognition. Pre-order frannymoyle.com

Of all the articles I’ve published in recent years, this is *by far* my favourite. ✍️ On childhood, memory, and the sea - for Literary Review : literaryreview.co.uk/flotsam-and-je…

Italo Calvino's 'literature machine' is a prescient vision of the perils and promise of artificial intelligence. Calvino and the machines | Alexander Lee engelsbergideas.com/notebook/calvi…

“In a world increasingly dominated by crude, unkind certainties… reading Calvino is an act of resistance in itself. ✍️ My latest for Engelsberg Ideas engelsbergideas.com/notebook/calvi…

Profonda tristezza per la scomparsa di Claudia Cardinale, indimenticabile nel "Gattopardo", in "C'era una volta il West" e in tanti altri film. Era un simbolo dei legami tra i nostri paesi 🇮🇹 e 🇫🇷 nell'ambito del cinema. Un sentito pensiero alla sua famiglia e ai suoi cari.

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"Every page of "Killing the Dead" bursts with fresh insights and deliciously gory details. And, like all the best vampires, it’ll come back to haunt you long after you think you’re done." ✍️My review of John Blair's new book for Literary Review literaryreview.co.uk/dead-men-walki…