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Art for Tudor Queens: Talk for Katherine of Aragon Festival in Peterborough - Feb 2026
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
7 hours ago1 min read
The Ghostly World of MR James for Apollo Magazine
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/
3 days ago1 min read
Telegraph Article 'How Death Obsessed the Tudor Middle Class'
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/
6 days ago1 min read
The Story of Tudor Art Reviewed in Times LUXX
"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
Nov 61 min read
Sunday Feature - Henry Unton’s Music on BBC Radio 3 tonight
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
Nov 21 min read
Interview - Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
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
Nov 11 min read
Ghost story Published in BRitish Library Publishing - Tales of the Weird
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.
Oct 301 min read
BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature broadcasting 2nd November 2025
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
Oct 181 min read
The Story of Tudor Art reviewed in The Times
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...
Oct 51 min read
Article about Tudor Art in The Conversation UK
My article for The Conversation UK, about the historical neglect of Tudor art, and why that's changing now, is online:...
Oct 31 min read
The Story of Tudor Art published today!
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...
Sep 251 min read
National Gallery Members' Talk: The Story of Tudor Art
I will be in conversation with Aliki Braine online for National Gallery members from 4-5pm on 2nd October 2025, discussing my new book...
Sep 111 min read
Cheltenham Literary Festival Appearance 18th October
I will be discussing my new book, The Story of Tudor art, with Tracy Borman and Julia Wheeler at the Cheltenham Literature Festival at...
Sep 91 min read
The Story of Tudor Art Publication Day Talk - Letchworth
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...
Sep 81 min read
First review for The Story of Tudor Art in Literary Review
Elizabeth Goldring has written the first review of The Story of Tudor Art in the September issue of Literary Review.
Sep 61 min read
Three Week Countdown for The Story of Tudor Art
My new book, The Story of Tudor Art, will be published three weeks from today! You can pre-order it from your favourite bookseller, or...
Sep 41 min read
'The World of James VI and I' review in The Burlington Magazine
My review of 'The World of James VI and I' at Scottish National Galleries: Portrait is out in the September edition of The Burlington...
Sep 31 min read
Apollo Review: A novel look at Mantegna in Mantua
My review of Inger Christensen's experimental novel The Painted Room , which explores Mantegna's time in Mantua, has been published in...
Jun 21 min read
Rediscovered Sculptures by Guido Mazzoni in Apollo Magazine
My article on the two recently rediscovered busts of children, attributed to Guido Mazzoni, is now online for Apollo Magazine...
Jan 231 min read
Talk at Canterbury Tudors and Stuarts Weekend in April
I'll be talking about my book, Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England, at the Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend in...
Jan 61 min read
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