I was interviewed by Cathy FitzGerald for BBC Radio 4's Moving Pictures on two portrait miniatures by Nicholas Hilliard, which will be broadcast tomorrow (21 April) at 4pm, and available to catch up on BBC Sounds afterwards: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002trvx

I enjoyed writing about my favourite Tudor places for the Last Place column in March's edition of Tudor Places Magazine (Issue 22): https://tudorplaces.com/products/issue-22

Tudor Contemporary exhibition at the Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge, was recommended on BBC Radio 4's Front Row by Kate Maltby last week - described as "the best time I've had in an art gallery recently" and "a wonderful collection of contemporary and cutting edge works of art that take their inspiration from Tudor art". Listen here at 40:17, and catch the exhibition before 19th April!: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpvt

Tudor Contemporary, the exhibition of contemporary artists I have curated for The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge, is now entering its final four weeks. The exhibition is open 12-5pm on Wednesday to Sunday until 19th April. On Friday 27th March I will be leading a Curator's Roundtable with catalogue contributor Helen Hackett and exhibition artist Jane Partner. More information about the exhibition here: https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-arts/heong-gallery/tudor-c

My review of Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection, was published in the London Review of Books, Vol. 48 No. 5 (19 March 2026): https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/christina-faraday/at-the-wellcome-collection

The Story of Tudor Art is reviewed in the current issue of the London Review of Books (19 Feb 2026) alongside Elizabeth Goldring’s Holbein: Renaissance Master: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n03/kate-heard/expertest-artificers

In the run up to the Katherine of Aragon Festival in Peterborough, I spoke to festival curator Jackson van Uden about The Story of Tudor Art on the History with Jackson Podcast. Acast: https://shows.acast.com/6409e3f55452ad0011dbc6ef/69441e13f13209aaa3d4ac80 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-story-of-tudor-art-with-christina-j/id1558691645?i=1000745579203

The Story of Tudor Art is reviewed by Tracy Borman in the January 2026 edition of History Extra Magazine.

I'll be speaking about Art for Tudor Queens at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery this Sunday 1st February, 7-8:30pm. More information and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-art-for-tudor-queens-tickets-1972577537515

I was on BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking last week talking about the surprising history of innovation. Catch up here, Tudors from 37'44: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002pffx

I was on Times Radio Breakfast at 7:50am talking about the National Portrait Gallery, London portrait of Anne Boleyn and its resemblance to portraits of Elizabeth I: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/show/20260113-32437/2026-01-13

"Faraday is ... a compelling and capable guide, with a nuanced understanding of the intellectual and spiritual world of the Tudors, cycling through a thrilling set of objects with deftness and delight." Ed Town's review of The Story of Tudor Art is published in the January 2026 issue of Apollo Magazine, and online: https://apollo-magazine.com/story-of-tudor-art-christina-faraday-review/

I spoke to Suzannah Lipscomb about the 'secrets hidden in Tudor art' for the latest episode of Not Just the Tudors Podcast. "Why are diamonds black, and how does a triangle show power in Tudor portraits? From Henry VII’s shrewd statecraft to the glittering reign of Elizabeth I, the Tudors projected their power not just through politics, but through visual propaganda, art and objects. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr Christina Faraday, who ventures beyond the Tudor

I spoke to Natalie Grueninger about The Story of Tudor Art for her Talking Tudors podcast. Available on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf8tVcOUMls Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tvwhw-19eb5ca Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-326-the-story-of-tudor-art-portraits/id1413504428?i=1000741059653

The Story of Tudor Art has been named a Times and Sunday Times Book of 2025: https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/best-books-2025-new-christmas-fiction-q6fclgvvr

I'll be giving a talk "Art for Tudor Queens" as part of the Katherine of Aragon Festival at Peterborough Art Gallery on 1st February 2026. Details and tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-art-for-tudor-queens-tickets-1972577537515

My article 'The Ghostly World of M. R. James', is published in December's Apollo Magazine, and explores how the author was inspired his work as a medievalist: https://apollo-magazine.com/mr-james-ghost-stories-antiquarian-fitzwilliam-objects-art-history/

My article 'How Death and Resurrection Obsessed the Tudor Middle Classes' was published in The Telegraph on 22nd February. You can read it here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/tudor-art-death-resurrection/

"The Cambridge academic Christina J Faraday is a rising star in art history, and her verve and erudition are equally on display in this bravura overview of Tudor art." - The Story of Tudor Art was recently featured in The Times LUXX: https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/luxury/article/best-new-art-science-photography-books-november-2025-times-luxury-3qdg9vhlh

In tonight’s Sunday Feature, when I’ll talking about the musical details in one of my favourite Tudor pictures, Henry Unton’s Memorial Portrait, with Senior Curator Charlotte Bolland and historian of music and sound Isaac Harrison Louth. Catch it live tonight at 7:45pm on BBC Radio 3, or anytime afterwards on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lcc0