Two Newly-Discovered Flap Engravings by Thomas Gemini in Print Quarterly
My article 'Two Newly-Discovered Flap Engravings by Thomas Gemini' was published in the September edition of Print Quarterly, vol XXXVII,...
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- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
Fashioning the Virgin Queen
Elizabeth I was meant to be a boy; how did artists deal with representing this unprecedented monarch? Read my take on portraits of...
- Jul 17, 2020
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Tudor Neuroscience at the Virtual Summer Festival of Learning
What did Tudor people think went on in the brain? What does a memory worm have to do with it? I'm delighted to be presenting my talk...
- Jun 17, 2020
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Seeing is Believing at the Index of Evidence
I recently wrote two posts for the Index of Evidence: https://www.indexofevidence.org/the-index The Index is a project based at the...
- May 26, 2020
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The Procession to Calvary in Apollo Magazine
I wrote about indie game developer Joe Richardson's Rabelaisian computer game 'The Procession to Calvary' for Apollo Magazine last week,...
- May 18, 2020
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Ghost Story & Interview Published Online
St John's College, Cambridge have put my latest ghost story, 'The Advent Visitor' (originally published in Ghosts & Scholars Magazine in...
- May 17, 2020
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Mechanical Amusements - Upcoming Broadcast on Radio 3
On Wednesday 20th May at 10pm I will be on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking talking about the 400th anniversary of Peter Munday's sighting of...
- May 11, 2020
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Women in Horology
I am honoured to have been included in Bob Frishman's latest bulletin for the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC)...
- May 1, 2020
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Directness and Intimacy in Hilliard's Miniatures
My article '“it seemeth to be the thing itsefe”: Directness and Intimacy in Nicholas Hilliard’s Portrait Miniatures' is now out in the...
- Apr 23, 2020
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Hilary Mantel and Tudor Art
I wrote for Apollo Magazine on Hilary Mantel's references to Tudor art in her Cromwell trilogy, the final volume of which 'The Mirror and...
- Apr 20, 2020
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New Research Fellows Announced at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge
From October 2020 I will be a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Over the four years of the Fellowship I will aim...
- Apr 8, 2020
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Apocalypse Now
My piece on Jeremiah 4 for the online 'Visual Commentary on Scripture' is now online. I wrote about climate change, internal conflict,...
- Mar 30, 2020
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'The Advent Visitor' Published in Ghosts & Scholars Magazine
I'm delighted that my ghost story 'The Advent Visitor' has been published in Ghosts & Scholars Magazine no. 38. The story features a...
- Oct 8, 2019
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Richard III in Apollo Magazine
Last week I visited Hever Castle to see the unveiling of their newest acquisition, a late sixteenth- century portrait of Richard III....
- Jul 18, 2019
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New Generation Thinkers in Parliament!
On 18th July the New Generation Thinkers visited Parliament for a reception hosted by Ed Vaizey MP. We each had 60 seconds to speak about...
- Jul 11, 2019
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Pop-up Anatomy on BBC Free Thinking
On 11th July my 'Postcard' for BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking was broadcast. I was speaking about the amazing pop-up anatomy prints created by...
- May 9, 2019
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BBC Radio 3: Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2019
The programme launching the 10 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers for 2019 was broadcast on 25th April 2019; if you missed it, it can be...
- Mar 29, 2019
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Hilliard and Oliver in Context
I spoke at the conference Hilliard and Oliver in Context at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 28th-29th March 2019. I gave the paper...
- Mar 1, 2019
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New Generation Thinkers 2019
I am delighted to have been chosen as an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker for 2019. To find out more about the scheme and read about the...
- Feb 20, 2019
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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking
I talked about portrait miniatures with Shahidha Bari on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking 'The Joy of Sewing, Poet Fatimah Asghar and Painting...
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