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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 5 The Scholar His Dark Materials December 12, 2020
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Books June 8, 2026
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
Could Richard III’s DNA help Solve the Mystery of The Princes in the Tower? Olga Hughes BooksHistoryRichard III October 2, 2013
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
The Other Side of Sydney’s Underworld: Sophia Lane with Leigh Straw Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews May 30, 2014
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? The Tragedy and Disability Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 1, 2022
Royal Library: Cecily Neville’s Legenda Aurea – The Golden Legend Olga Hughes BooksRichard IIIRoyal Library October 17, 2014
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Olga Hughes June 8, 2026The first sort of lighthearted criticism of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character I came across was actually of...
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes July 29, 2022The first time I saw Jane Austen described as a ‘prose Shakespeare’ it struck me as absolute perfection. It was...
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn Olga Hughes January 25, 2021There was a time, not that long ago, when I was enthusiastic about arguing every detail, and examining every possible...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Olga Hughes December 31, 2020Episode spoilers and full book spoilers for The Subtle Knife. Æsahættr The crew behind His Dark Materials have always been...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Olga Hughes December 20, 2020Episode Spoilers Malice All of Mrs. Coulter’s story over season two, from her torturing the witch Katja, the murder of...
“From The Ashes” Poetry for Bushfire Relief: Call for Submissions Olga Hughes January 23, 2020Call for submissions. The 2019-2020 bushfire season has seen unprecedented destruction, as well as an unprecedented national and worldwide response....
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ Olga Hughes December 29, 2019Episode 8 Spoilers Betrayal If there was one episode this season that was an almost perfect adaptation of the source...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ Olga Hughes December 21, 2019Episode 7 Spoilers The Fight to the Death There is no way of getting around the fact that, for book...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 6 ‘The Daemon-Cages’ Olga Hughes December 11, 2019Episode Six Spoilers The Daemon-Cages Philip Pullman once said that “There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Five ‘The Lost Boy’ Olga Hughes December 5, 2019Episode 5 Spoilers The Lost Boy Who is the ‘lost boy’? Titled for chapter twelve of Northern Lights, in which...