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
Wolf Hall Episode 4 “The Devil’s Spit”: Playing the Blame Game Olga Hughes Film & TVHistory February 13, 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
Royal Library: Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d’Angleterre – Edward IV or Edward V? Olga Hughes BooksRoyal Library October 10, 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 III: History and The Tragedy Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 2, 2022
Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton Olga Hughes HistoryPoet's StageRichard III May 30, 2017
The Two Faces of Carrie – The Victim and the Villain Olga Hughes December 7, 2013In his book, On Writing, Stephen King said that the character Carrie White was a composite of two girls he...
Captain Picard & The Star Trek TNG Crew’s Xmas Carol Mash Up C S Hughes December 5, 2013Is that Santa off the starboard bow? No, it is the dulcet tones of Patrick Stewart and members of the...
Downton Tabby – Cats Being Proper C S Hughes December 3, 2013Simon & Schuster have released a book detailing the lives, loves and tragedies of England’s oldest family of cats in...
Doctor Who 50th The Day Of The Doctor References Other Sci-Fi Classics C S Hughes November 27, 2013Few people missed Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary episode referencing both the first doctor and the first episode with the opening...
Exploring The Realm of The Hobbit with Google Chrome’s Middle Earth C S Hughes November 25, 2013Google Chrome with the team behind The Hobbit, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Warner Bros and New Line Cinema, have joined forces to...
George R R Martin – Movie Still On The Cards C S Hughes November 15, 2013George R R Martin, author of the epic fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire, brought to life in...
The Simpsons Do The Hobbit On The Couch C S Hughes October 31, 2013There is almost nothing that can be said about The Simpsons except to sit back and laugh and be amazed...
4 Amazing Horror Musicals You May Have Missed C S Hughes October 31, 2013The first horror musical may have been a rhyming burlesque or parody, with musical accompaniment, on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, performed...
Why Deadpan Banter Doesn’t Work in Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. C S Hughes October 29, 2013Marvel’s, or perhaps more properly, Joss Whedon’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the action drama spun off from the Joss Whedon’s Marvel...
Will Star Trek Return To TV For Its 50th Anniversary? C S Hughes October 16, 2013Robert Orci, co-creator of shows like Fringe and Sleepy Hollow, and co-writer of the last two JJ Abrams directed Star...
Two Torments: Stephen King’s Carrie and Joe Hill’s The Lady Rests C S Hughes October 16, 2013Carrie is Stephen King’s classic 1974 horror novel, his first published novel, filmed by Brian De Palma in 1976 and...
Harrison Ford defends Ender’s Game “Art and their Creators Often Diverge” Olga Hughes October 13, 2013Harrison Ford has rejected the suggestion that author Orson Scott Card’s personal views are relevant to the content of the...
Sleepy Hollow, Lieutenant, Leftenant And The American Revolution C S Hughes October 11, 2013In Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman’s Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane is a British Officer who joined the American rebels under...
Has Downton Abbey Gone too Far? Backlash at Distressing Scenes Olga Hughes October 9, 2013Season Four Spoiler Warning! Has Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes gone too far? This week’s episode has sparked heavy criticism...
Damned Richard C S Hughes October 6, 2013Richard The Third as portrayed by Aneurin Barnard in the TV adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s The Cousins’ War trilogy, The...
Arya Stark and Luke Skywalker, Meet Bruce Lee C S Hughes September 26, 2013Speak the name, and death will come. On the morrow, at the turn of the moon, a year from this...
Star Trek: Boldly Going Where No Theatre Has Gone Before C S Hughes September 23, 2013For the past five years late summer evenings in Cathedral Park, Portland, Oregon have resounded with unusual sounds. Not the...