From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ His Dark Materials December 29, 2019
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes Film & TV July 29, 2022
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. Shakespeare August 5, 2023
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes Shakespeare March 7, 2022
Royal Library: Richard III’s Historia Destructionis Troiae and Historia Regum Britanniae Olga Hughes BooksRichard IIIRoyal Library October 2, 2014
For Halloween We Present The Gothic Horror Lord Bonyfoote’s Dance Olga Hughes October 31, 2015For Halloween we present for your terror, delectation and amusement, Lord Bonyfoote’s Dance, a poem in the classic Gothic tradition...
Cromwell’s Lament Eddie Boverington October 28, 2015Picture: Thomas Cromwell by David Levine. Originally appeared in The New York Review of Books, April 6, 1978, accompanying The...
Doctor Who: The Woman Who Lived Top Ten Olga Hughes October 26, 2015I am Me I call myself Me. All the other names I chose died with whoever knew me. Me is...
The Middle Ages Unlocked Book Tour – Tools and Crafts Olga Hughes October 21, 2015Dr Gillian Polack and Dr Katrin Kania join us on their book tour for The Middle Ages Unlocked : A...
There’s One Thing The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Proves… C S Hughes October 20, 2015To say that most of us have been inured by a film and TV diet of pointless and often glorified...
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died Top Ten Olga Hughes October 19, 2015No, no, not Vikings. I’m not in the mood for Vikings… Take that, sonic shades (although I am sure they...
Doctor Who: Before the Flood Top Ten Olga Hughes October 12, 2015…this is called “The Bootstrap Paradox”. Google it So there’s this man. He has a time machine. Up and down...
Noddy’s Other Half – Harmsen van der Beek Olga Hughes October 8, 2015he name ‘Beek’ was once synonymous with Noddy. The words Pictures by Beek graced the covers of the first seven...
Doctor Who: Under The Lake Top Ten Olga Hughes October 5, 2015Ghosts! Ghosts are usually not the scariest of monsters in the genre, and they’re very often used as preternatural messengers...
Banned Books Week 2015: The Persecution of Pooh and Piglet Olga Hughes October 3, 2015Even Winnie the Pooh and his adorable pal Piglet are not immune to the long arm of book censors. Only...