Christopher Simon Sykes Explained

Christopher Simon Sykes (born 1948) is an English writer and photographer. He was born into the northern English landed gentry Sykes family of Sledmere, the third son of Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet of Sledmere.^{[1] [2]} In addition to authoring fourteen books, his work has appeared in many magazines. He has also written and presented Upper Crust, a six-part television series on country house cookery for BBC Two.^[3] He is married, and has two children by his first wife.

Publications

• Book: The Visitors' Book: A Family Album . 1978 . Putnam . 978-0-399-12212-5 . New York.
• Book: Black Sheep . 1982 . Viking Press. ^[4]
• Book: Ancient English Houses: 1240-1612 . 1988 . Chatto and Windus . 978-0-7011-3176-0 . London.
• Book: The National Trust Country House Album . 1989 . National Trust . 978-1-851-45201-9.
• Book: Private Palaces: Life in the Great London Houses . 1985 . Chatto & Windus . 978-0-701-13001-5.
• Book: The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family . 2004 . HarperCollins . 978-0-007-10710-0.
• Book: David Hockney: The Biography, 1937-1975 . 2012 . . 978-0-385-53144-3 . New York. ^{[5] [6]}
• Book: David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012 . 2014 . Doubleday . 978-0-385-53590-8 . New York. ^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Book: The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement . 2018 . HarperCollins . 978-0-008-12192-1. ^[10]

Notes and References

1. Belfield, Gervase (ed.), et al, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, Debrett's, London, p1743.
2. Waugh . Alexander . November 2004 . The Adventures of Lady Satin Tights . 2024-09-25 . Literary Review . 316.
3. Web site: Christopher Simon Sykes . 2024-09-25 . . 5 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231105144311/https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/christopher-simon-sykes . live .
4. Web site: 1982-01-01 . Black Sheep . 2024-09-25 . . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002354/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/christopher-simon-sykes/black-sheep-2/ . live .
5. News: Morrison . Blake . 2011-11-24 . Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review . 2024-09-26 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002354/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/24/hockney-biography-christopher-simon-sykes-review . live .
6. Web site: 2012-02-05 . David Hockney: The Biography (1937-1975) . 2024-09-25 . . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926003014/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000019669/ . live .
7. Web site: 2014-11-10 . David Hockney: The Biography, 1975-2012 by Christopher Simon Sykes . 2024-09-25 . . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002857/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780385535908 . live .
8. Web site: 2014-09-27 . David Hockney: The Biography, 1975 - 2012 . 2024-09-25 . Kirkus Reviews.
9. News: Conrad . Peter . 2014-09-28 . Hockney: the Biography Volume 2 review – portrait of the artist as the eternal adolescent . 2024-09-26 . . en-GB . 0029-7712 . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002858/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/28/david-hockney-the-biography-volume-2-review-two-christopher-simon-sykes-artist-adolescent . live .
10. News: Morrison . Blake . 2011-11-24 . Hockney: The Biography by Christopher Simon Sykes – review . 2024-09-26 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 26 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926002354/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/24/hockney-biography-christopher-simon-sykes-review . live .