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Gideon Tapestries Restored: Article for Apollo Magazine online
My article for Apollo Magazine celebrating the completion of the National Trust project to restore the Gideon Tapestries at Hardwick Hall...
Aug 11, 20231 min read
History Today reviews Tudor Liveliness
A review of my book Tudor Liveliness is out in July's issue of History Today. Read in print or online: https://www.historytoday.com/archi...
Jul 12, 20231 min read
A Lively Tudor World on BBC Radio 3
Last week I appeared on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking discussing my book, Tudor Liveliness , and the exhibition of Renaissance marriage...
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Tudor Liveliness is Published!
My book Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England is published today by the Paul Mellon Centre / Yale University Press....
Apr 25, 20231 min read
Talk for Warburg Material World
I will be giving an online seminar for the Warburg Material World Series on 16th May, on the topic Et Occulte Et Aperte: Material Meaning...
Apr 14, 20231 min read
Painters, Poets and Musicians in Shakespeare's England
I will be giving a weekend lecture course at the Institute for Continuing Education, University of Cambridge from 16-18 June, on the...
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Tudors Now! Summer Event Series
I'm thrilled to present Tudors Now! , the Paul Mellon Centre Summer 2023 Public Event Series. Roundtables and workshops to capture a...
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Tudor Liveliness in PMC Notes 23
Read an essay exploring the issues in my forthcoming book Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England, in this month's PMC...
Jan 18, 20231 min read
TUDOR LIVELINESS book available to pre-order
My book, Tudor Liveliness: Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England, out in Spring 2023, is available to pre-order from the Yale University...
Sep 20, 20221 min read
BBC Radio 3 Essay Rebroadcast Tonight
My BBC Radio 3 Essay Tudor Virtual Reality will be rebroadcast tonight at 10:45pm, or you can catch it any time on the BBC website or BBC...
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Upcoming Radio 3 Appearance
On Thursday 7th April at 10pm you can hear me on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking discussing 'grief' with Matthew Sweet, Lindsey Buster, Emily...
Apr 1, 20221 min read
The Eloquent Dead: Church Monuments Society Online Talk - Booking Open
On 26th March 2022 I'll be giving a free online talk about the Elizabethan and Jacobean monuments in Gonville and Caius College Chapel,...
Mar 4, 20221 min read
How the Tudors Told the Time - episode of Suzannah Lipscomb's Not Just the Tudors Podcast
It was a delight to talk to Suzannah Lipscomb about Tudor timekeeping for her podcast Not Just the Tudors. You can listen to the episode...
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Signed by Georgina Capel Associates Literary Agency
I have been signed by Georgina Capel Associates Literary Agency. Exciting projects on the way! My profile on their website can be viewed...
Feb 9, 20221 min read
Upcoming Online Course for The Wallace Collection
I will be teaching the course 'Art and Power: The Visual World of Mary Queen of Scots' for the Wallace Collection online, on 8th-9th...
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Visual Commentary on Ezekiel 37 now online
My visual commentary on Ezekiel 37 ('The Two Sticks') is now online at the Visual Commentary on Scripture, a project in which artworks...
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Apollo article - new discoveries in Tudor decorative arts
I wrote about three exciting recent discoveries of Tudor decorative arts and wall paintings for Apollo Magazine:...
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Finalist for British Journalism Awards
I have been shortlisted in the Arts and Entertainment Category for the 2021 British Journalism Awards. Winners will be announced on 8th...
Nov 15, 20211 min read
John Dee's Aztec Mirror and Global Tudors
I wrote about the Aztec origins of John Dee's scrying glass, and other global Tudor objects, for Apollo Magazine. Read online:...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Quoted in New York Times
I have been quoted in a New York Times article discussing the effects of Covid on Britain's museum sector. The article refers to a...
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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