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Victoria Finlay is a British writer and journalist, known for her books on colour and jewels. Her most famous book is Colour: Travels Through The Paint Box. Career Finlay studied social anthropology at St Andrew's University, Scotland, and the College of William & Mary, Virginia, after which she joined Reuters. From 1991 to 2003 Finlay worked in Hong Kong as a journalist. By the time of the handover in 1997, she was arts editor of the South China Morning Post. Finlay had become obsessed with colour as a child, when her father took her to Chartres Cathedral and said that people were no longer able to make the blue in the stained glass. In 2000, she decided it was time to go and find out this and other secrets of colour, and Colour: Travels through the Paintbox was published in 2002. Finlay has also worked in radio presenting, and was the director of communications for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation. She enjoys colors and has led a life dedicated to their roles-- both in historical times as well as modern instances. Works Colour: Travels Through The Paint Box published in North America as Color: A Natural History of the Palette Buried Treasure published in the United States as Jewels: A Secret History Palmer, M and Finlay, V. (2003) Faith in Conservation; New Approaches to Religions and the Environment, Washington DC, The World Bank Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (2021) ISBN 978-1781257067 References . Discover the Victoria Finlay popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Victoria Finlay books.

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  • Fabric synopsis, comments

    Fabric

    Victoria Finlay

    A magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and clothhow we make it, use it, and what it means to us.How is a handmade fabric helping save a...

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    The Dress Diary

    Kate Strasdin

    A revealing and unique portrait of Victorian life as told through the discovery of one woman's textile scrapbook.In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. C...

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    All the Rage

    Virginia Nicholson

    A panoramic social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictionsand how it affects the female body.Who decides what is fashionable? What clothes we wear, w...