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
Game Of Boobs – Game Of Thrones Brings On The B Team C S Hughes Film & TVGame of Thrones June 18, 2015
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
Looking For Richard Project to Release ‘Finding Richard III: The Official Account’ Olga Hughes BooksHistoryRichard III June 14, 2014
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
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Olga Hughes Shakespeare April 30, 2022
Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton Olga Hughes HistoryPoet's StageRichard III May 30, 2017
The Real Game of Thrones: Ellaria Sand Olga Hughes June 6, 2015f there is one aspect of A Song of Ice and Fire that has suffered from the inept pens of...
The Real Game of Thrones: Ramsay and Reek’s Wedding Night Olga Hughes May 20, 2015The same sort of explosion that followed Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken also followed last year’s episode Breaker of Chains, but on...
The Real Game of Thrones: Why Tywin Lannister Really is a Villain Olga Hughes July 17, 2014I don’t think he’s a bad guy at all. No. He’s a man of principle—they might not be your principles...
The Real Game of Thrones: How Tormund Giantsbane Made Love to a Bear Olga Hughes June 10, 2014 etween the sour-faced pain-in-the-arse Ygritte, to grumpy old Tormund to the cannibal Thenns, the Wildlings have gotten a bad...
The Real Game of Thrones: Sexual Violence and the Realities of War vs Exploitation Olga Hughes May 10, 2014George R.R. Martin has caused a stir in the media by allegedly defending scenes of sexual violence in Game of...
The Real Game of Thrones: Why We’re Too Hard on Sansa Stark Olga Hughes April 7, 2014The Princess in Waiting Ned Stark was never very good at understanding women. The signs were clear when he brought...
The Real Game of Thrones: How the Greyjoys Made Theon Olga Hughes April 3, 2014It is one of the most powerful moments in Season Two of Game of Thrones. Ron Donachie’s delivery of Ser...
The Real Game Of Thrones – Why You Don’t Hate King Joffrey Enough C S Hughes March 28, 2014When we first encounter Joffrey Baratheon (or should that be Lannister?) when the royal party attends the feast at Winterfell,...
The Real Game Of Thrones – Tyrion’s Face C S Hughes March 17, 2014“Then he saw the other one, waddling along half-hidden by his brother’s side. Tyrion Lannister, the youngest of Lord Tywin’s...
The Real Game of Thrones – The History Behind the Hit Series Olga Hughes July 24, 2013The runaway success of HBO’s Game of Thrones may have surprised the critics, but George R.R Martin’s A Song of...
Game of Thrones – Sansa Stark Isn’t Really Stupid Olga Hughes August 4, 2013Sansa Stark has had a polarising effect on the new generation of Game of Thrones fans. While all of us...
Game of Thrones Season 6: Cersei and Ned Mythology vs. Mythology Olga Hughes May 10, 2016The Game of Thrones producers have long pushed a subtle ideology, one that has persisted from the very first season...
Game of Thrones Season 6: Daggers vs. Canon Part I Olga Hughes May 3, 2016There is something very odd about watching a favourite character being murdered on-screen and not feeling any outrage, only a...
Game Of Boobs – Game Of Thrones Brings On The B Team C S Hughes June 18, 2015One gets the distinct impression that the Game of Thrones show runners, Dan and Dave, were formula babies, they show...
Pirating Game Of Thrones SE5E01 The First Four Episodes C S Hughes April 13, 2015Warning! Your internet may be a little slow for the next few days. In an unprecedented breach the first four...
Game of Thrones: The Ironborn and The Viking Warrior with Ian Stephenson Olga Hughes April 6, 2015If you’ll be missing the Ironborn, who have now been mainly scrapped from Game of Thrones, here’s an interview I...
The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones: The Secret Ingredient of Two Bestsellers Jamie Adair October 13, 2014Although The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones are both runaway bestsellers, in some ways, they couldn’t be more different....
