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Dr Christina Faraday
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Historian of art & ideas, University of Cambridge | FSA FRHistS | BBC New Generation Thinker | host of British Art Matters podcast | trustee of The Walpole Society | 📕 The Story of Tudor Art out now! | 🥦👻🎻 views own
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Dr Christina Faraday @cjfaraday.bsky.social · Aug 19
My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Red book cover with gold lettering, titled The Story of Tudor Art. Instead of O’s, two portrait miniatures with Elizabeth I and the artist Nicholas Hilliard. In white at the bottom the words “A history of Tudor England through its art and objects”
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Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️
The cover of a book. Text reads TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE. The illustration is of black and white embroidery of flowers, fruit, and animals; it's sitting on a blue and white William Morris print cushion. The table of contents of a book. The chapter titles read Stuff, Linen, Leather/Wool, Silk, Inky Cloak, Sew, Cut, Fold, Ruff.
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Finally nailed the promotional photo for my East Anglian remake of Don't Look Now, which tells the same story, but using all the locations from Whistle And I'll Come To You.
A photo I took of my friend Rosie walking along the beach at Covehithe, Suffolk
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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I had a great time recently chatting with @cjfaraday.bsky.social about 'Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance' for the 'British Art Matters' Podcast. I am in the company of some wonderful authors discussing their (and others) works:
www.walpolesociety.org.uk/podcast
Podcast | The Walpole Society
www.walpolesociety.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek of this book! A marvellous new biography of The Notorious LMB.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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On BBC Radio 3 in half an hour!
cjfaraday.bsky.social Dr Christina Faraday @cjfaraday.bsky.social · 10d
My episode of @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social Sunday Feature goes out this Sunday at 7:45pm (or catch up later on BBC Sounds). All about the musical aspects of my favourite Tudor picture, The Henry Unton Memorial Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Screenshot of the Sunday Feature webpage on the BBC website, listing the episode information. A detail of the Unton Memorial Portrait showing his house. Unton is hosting a dinner party with musicians in a broken consort, with wind and string instruments, and in an upstairs room plays the viola da gamba in a small group, music books on the table.
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Around this time yesterday I stopped at St. Katharine’s Chapel in Limehouse to check out their 14th century misericords. Thankfully it was otherwise empty of visitors, I had to lie flat on my back and shimmy underneath a big chair to photograph the hidden demon and its brides in the fourth image...
Entrance to St Katharine’s Chapel with ornate wood carvings above the door. Wood carving of a winged angelic figure playing some kind of pipe instrument. Wood carving of someone riding a beast on four legs with the head of a bearded man. The rider is grabbing the hair of the beast. Wood carving of a winged demon behind two women.
April 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Saw possibly the greatest Halloween costume ever the evening…
A blurry photo of someone in a large fossil diplodocus costume, their legs in the front legs
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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My episode of @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social Sunday Feature goes out this Sunday at 7:45pm (or catch up later on BBC Sounds). All about the musical aspects of my favourite Tudor picture, The Henry Unton Memorial Portrait at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Screenshot of the Sunday Feature webpage on the BBC website, listing the episode information. A detail of the Unton Memorial Portrait showing his house. Unton is hosting a dinner party with musicians in a broken consort, with wind and string instruments, and in an upstairs room plays the viola da gamba in a small group, music books on the table.
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Perfect Hallowe'en-e'en post - my author copies of The Haunted Library, @blpublishing.bsky.social's latest Tales of the Weird volume, out on 13th November. My story 'The Advent Visitor' appears alongside some true classics of the genre...
Two copies of The Haunted Library on a table with richly patterned table cloths in red and white. The book cover is green and black, with a figure holding a candle looking up at a domed library. The Haunted Library book open at the contents page: The Devil's Manuscript S. LEVETT-YEATS The Tractate Middoth M. R. JAMES The Whisperers ALGERNON BLACKWOOD Fingers of a Hand H. D. EVERETT Mr. Tallent's Ghost MARY WEBB The Book MARGARET IRWIN The Library HESTER HOLLAND Midnight Express ALFRED NOYES Herodes Redivivus A. N. L. MUNBY W. S. L. P. HARTLEY What Shadows We Pursue RUSSELL KIRK The Work of Evil WILLIAM CROFT DICKINSON Revenant as Typewriter PENELOPE LIVELY The Advent Visitor C. J. FARADAY
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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It's Halloween-een so let me tell you a real life ghost story from my research. It concerns this guy, William Windover, successful merchant from Salisbury in England, and owner of one of the most impressive desk tidies in all of art history.
An early 17th century portrait of a man wearing black with a ruff and a big black hat. Flanked by four coats of arms for different Livery Companies and his merchant's mark, with the mottos 'I bred him', 'I fed him', 'I made him free', 'yet known by me'. In the foreground a very elaborate desk tidy with pens and ink wells. He holds a letter and a pen.
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Great interview in this week's episode with @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social and @cjfaraday.bsky.social discussing her new book 'The Story of Tudor Art'. I'd add it to my Christmas list but wary that the last time Bendor recommended a book for Christmas, it turned into quite the adventure...
bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 18d
Latest episode just out: this week we discuss the Louvre robbery, ask if Tudor art is any good, and disagree about the merits of Manet.
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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DEADLINE APPROACHING: Submit your entries for the @forarthistory.org.uk conference by Sunday 2nd November. forarthistory.org.uk/events/cfp-a... & please check out my call for papers, 'Art Writing: Beyond the Crisis?' about experimental art writing: forarthistory.org.uk/art-writing-...
CFP | ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - For Art History
We are delighted to announce Call for Papers for our next year’s conference which will be held in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Cambridge.  The Association for ...
forarthistory.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I’m talking about my previous book Tudor Liveliness at the Oxford History of Art Seminar tonight at 5pm. Do come along if you’re in the area! www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/histor...
History of Art Research Seminar Series 2025
Tudor Liveliness? Discovering Vividness in Post-Reformation England
www.hoa.ox.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Does anybody want to buy the Mona Lisa? DMs open
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The main cause of the noise is something that will, sooner or later, hit every part of the network: “rail corrugation”.

You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.
No, you aren’t imagining it: the Tube is getting louder
I SAID, THE TUBE *IS* GETTING LOUDER.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Thank you for coming along Maria!
drmariasalenius.bsky.social Dr Maria Salenius @drmariasalenius.bsky.social · 23d
An excellent event today with @tracyborman.bsky.social and @cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 📚 #CheltLitFest
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Had a blast at Cheltenham Literature Festival talking to @tracyborman.bsky.social and Julia Wheeler about The Story of Tudor Art!
Christina Faraday in front of a light blue Cheltenham Literature Festival sign, with golden fallen leaves in the background. Christina Faraday, Tracy Borman and Julia Wheeler on stage, seated on sofas and a chair, with a photo and the event sign behind them, three books on a table: Christina Faraday’s The Story of Tudor Art and Tracy Borman’s Holbein: The Ambassadors and Stolen Crown Christina Faraday by a book table in the Waterstones tent. The book table is covered in The Story of Tudor Art books with a bright red cover, Christina’s t-shirt also has the book cover on it.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This Saturday! Still time to get tickets: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s...
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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When people ask me why I write a diary, it's because I fantasise about a headline like this in the year 2395.
October 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Diane Keaton was a legend ~ not only of film ... but also of historic building preservation, serving on the board of the Los Angeles Conservancy, as a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation & more... Great info in the linked blog below 🙌. RIP 💚 bsky.app/profile/save...
savewrightflwbc.bsky.social Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social · 28d
The Conservancy was saddened to learn of the death of actress Diane Keaton. Deeply committed to historic preservation, she played a significant role in our efforts to rescue the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis House in 2005. savewright.org/remembering-...
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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‪ANN SAUNDERS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2026

A prize of £1,000 is offered annually for an original and unpublished 8000-word research essay on the topography, development or buildings of London in any period.

Submissions by 1 April 2026.

Details can be found at: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
www.thenerve.news
October 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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RIP Diane Keaton, your coolness made me feel much better about getting glasses.
Black and white photo in two matched halves, left half Christina Faraday in check shirt with big glasses, looking up; right half Diane Keaton looking much cooler in similar check shirt and glasses.
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Oscar Wilde could have ridden on the underground drinking a bottle of coke and eating chips with Heinz ketchup.
A black and white photo of Oscar Wilde photoshopped into a colour image of a tube train at Kennington station with a plate of chips and ketchup in his lap and a bottle of coke in his hand.
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Term starts here tomorrow; solidarity to any colleagues experiencing a "pretty chronic attack of beginning-of-term-itis", à la Jennings.
Page from a book, with the words: ""Well, so you have; every night for the last four terms. If you want to know what I think, Jennings, I'd say you were suffering from a pretty chronic attack of beginning-of-term-itis." "Uh?" "Oh, it's nothing serious. It's just that you haven't switched over properly from holidays to term time." The specialist frowned thoughtfully at his patient. "You'll feel less chronic tomorrow when you've got over the ghastly shock, and after that you'll settle down to a calm and peaceful term with everything running smoothly." A rash prophecy, if ever there was one! Jennings' feeling of strangeness passed quickly enough..."
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM