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...

Kevin the Carrot engaged to Katie? Gonna be a lot of broken heartichokes out there now one of the country’s most eligible batubers is off the table….

cc: @blpublishing.bsky.social TALES OF THE WEIRD SUBSCRIPTION: shop.bl.uk/products/tal...

Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️

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.

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

I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek of this book! A marvellous new biography of The Notorious LMB.

On BBC Radio 3 in half an hour!

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...

Saw possibly the greatest Halloween costume ever the evening…

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.

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...

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.

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...

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-...

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...

Does anybody want to buy the Mona Lisa? DMs open

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.

Thank you for coming along Maria!

Had a blast at Cheltenham Literature Festival talking to @tracyborman.bsky.social and Julia Wheeler about The Story of Tudor Art!

This Saturday! Still time to get tickets: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s...

When people ask me why I write a diary, it's because I fantasise about a headline like this in the year 2395.

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...

‪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...

“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...

RIP Diane Keaton, your coolness made me feel much better about getting glasses.

Oscar Wilde could have ridden on the underground drinking a bottle of coke and eating chips with Heinz ketchup.

Term starts here tomorrow; solidarity to any colleagues experiencing a "pretty chronic attack of beginning-of-term-itis", à la Jennings.

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

Exciting to see The Story of Tudor Art reviewed in today’s Times!

Often overlooked, Tudor art richly reflected a turbulent century of growth and change, by Christina Faraday, Research Fellow in History of Art, University of Cambridge theconversation.com/often-overlo... @cjfaraday.bsky.social #Tudors #Art #BookLaunch

ah yes, a material culture vulture www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

My article for @uk.theconversation.com about Tudor art is now online: theconversation.com/often-overlo...

Had a ridiculously swish time recording for @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social Members’ Book Club with Aliki Braine today, talking about The Story of Tudor Art!

Today!

Tomorrow I’m doing an online talk about my new book for @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social members! Info here: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/chris...

Any time people start talking about weakening protections for certain groups I am always reminded of this quote.

On the note of Tudor art, the Philip Mould Gallery has recently acquired a VERY rare & exciting early 16th c painting. More coming soon but here it is being safely handled by Lawrence and Simon, with thanks to Philip for the sneak peek.

Such a joy to celebrate @cjfaraday.bsky.social’s new book, The Story of Tudor Art, at the Philip Mould Gallery this evening — the perfect setting to toast a stunning book that investigates the weird, wonderful world of Tudor artifice. I love that Esther Inglis appears next to the Great Bed of Ware.

I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

The AAH 2026 Conference #callforpapers site is live, incl. our session 'Art Writing: Beyond the Crisis?'. Seeking 10-minute papers on examples of innovative art writing & what the discipline can learn from its choices of format, style, subject matter & audience. forarthistory.org.uk/art-writing-...

Sad to say goodbye to my amazing flat in Newnham Cottage, the C18th Cambridge villa where I’ve lived as a Research Fellow @caiuscollege.bsky.social. I’ll especially miss the beech tree’s fiery autumn display outside the window. So glad to have had such a stunning place to think & write for 5 years.

Hooray!! What an amazing backdrop!!

Cambridge's @caiuscollege.bsky.social, where I've been a Fellow for the last 5 years, have done a profile on my new book, with the photo I think of as my 'peak don' moment. (If you wonder what is my 'nadir don', it's watching Real Housewives on my exercise bike). www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/touchin...

Lovely to return to David’s Bookshop in Letchworth tonight for The Story of Tudor Art publication day!

Happy to be featured in @apollo-magazine.com in brief this month! “Faraday’s revelations – that tapestries were seen as the highest art form in Tudor society, for instance – breathe new life into the familiar stories of Holbein, Hilliard et al.”

I joined TikTok please help me I am too old for all this www.tiktok.com/@cjfaraday?_...

Book Launch Spotlight: The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor England Through its Art and Objects, by Christina J. Faraday tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... @cjfaraday.bsky.social #Tudors #ArtHistory #BookLaunch

Publication day for The Story of Tudor Art! And you’re in the vicinity of David’s Bookshop in Letchworth Garden City (a short train ride from King’s Cross/-St Pancras) please join me this evening for a talk and discussion about weird and wonderful Tudor art!

My new book, The Story of Tudor Art, comes out tomorrow & I will be celebrating with a talk at the lovely David's Bookshop in Letchworth Garden City (where I had a Saturday job as a teenager) - come and join me if you're in the vicinity! Tickets and info: www.davids-bookshops.co.uk/products/eve...