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

I appeared on Waldemar Janusczcak and Bendor Grosvenor’s podcast S5E6 to talk about The Story of Tudor Art: https://youtu.be/Ge4FxF6yi-A?si=MaUo_-U5jXKYaumx

My story 'The Advent Visitor' will be published in The Haunted Library, the latest volume in British Library Publishing's Tales of the Weird series, alongside some true classics of the genre. The book comes out on 13th November - perfect for a seasonal fireside reading.

I recently recorded a BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature on the musical life of Sir Henry Unton’s Memorial Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London, with Senior Curator Charlotte Bolland and scholar of Early Modern music and sound Isaac Harrison Louth. Catch us on 2nd November 2025 at 19:45 or afterwards on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lcc0

The Story of Tudor Art was reviewed in last Saturday’s Times. You can read the review online here: https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books...

My article for The Conversation UK, about the historical neglect of Tudor art, and why that's changing now, is online:...

The Story of Tudor Art is published today! If you’re in striking distance of David’s Bookshop in Letchworth Garden City (a short train...

I will be in conversation with Aliki Braine online for National Gallery members from 4-5pm on 2nd October 2025, discussing my new book...

I will be discussing my new book, The Story of Tudor art, with Tracy Borman and Julia Wheeler at the Cheltenham Literature Festival at...

I will be speaking at David's Bookshop in Letchworth Garden City on 25th September 2025, the day The Story of Tudor Art is published! Get...