Nigel Halliday
Words on Art
and the Art of Words
New this month
Nigel’s new novel Taboo will be published on 26th September.
It tells the story of Paul Blythe, who wants to be a traditional painter, but at art college in the days of Cool Britannia he finds that the only game allowed is shock art and taboo-breaking. At this he proves unexpectedly gifted, and he produces a series of works, any one of which could win him an international reputation. Unfortunately, he finds that every one of them has already won an international reputation for someone else. As Paul embarks on his final year, with domestic pressures also building, ambition, frustration and resentment drive him in search of a taboo that no one else has broken.
Described by one discerning reader as ‘witty and funny … a wonderful read’, it raises questions such as: Do we have to be original to be ourselves? Where do we get our values from? And are some things just wrong?
It will be available through Waterstones and all good book shops; or you can preorder now at taboothenovel.uk, post-free to UK addresses.
Some of Nigel’s ‘Easter in art’ and ‘Christmas in art’ lectures are available online. Click on the ‘Publications’ link above.
If you are interested in hosting a talk on e.g. ‘Christmas in art’, ‘Easter in art’, ‘Rembrandt: an artist living in sin’, ‘Michelangelo and the Reformation’, use the Contact page here.
Words on Art
Nigel Halliday is a freelance art historian, lecturer and teacher. He studied History of Art at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute, London. He teaches the whole canon of Western art from Giotto onwards, but his main interests have been nineteenth- and twentieth-century art. He has also researched and lectured on Michelangelo and Rembrandt, and particularly the influence of Protestant belief on their work.
He writes articles and exhibition reviews for the Christian press, and leads retreats and study sessions around the themes of ‘Art and the Bible’, as well as other Biblical teaching. He is a Research Fellow of the Kirby Laing Institute for Public Theology in Cambridge.
The Art of Words
Nigel is also a freelance copywriter, editor and proof-reader. He has written inspiring and original copies for clients, ranging from a major software manufacturer down to an internet start-up; and has worked as an editor and proof-reader for several major UK publishers. For more details CLICK HERE
He edited Margins, collections of short stories from the Morphe Writers Collective. Get a copy here: