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
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
The Hidden Political Agendas In Richard Scarry’s Naughty Bunny C S Hughes ArtBooksRidiculam Mundi October 17, 2013
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Toni Mount Richard III: King of Controversy Book Giveaway C S Hughes HistoryRichard III March 27, 2015
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
Looking For Richard Project Announcement: Updates on Richard III’s Tomb and Visitor Centre Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III November 2, 2014
How Sara Crewe Saved The Little Match Girl Olga Hughes December 19, 2016This week we have been discussing the festive season in Tudor England, and largely the nobility’s version of Christmas, with...
Misappropriating the Myth: Leda and the Swan Olga Hughes September 16, 2016“…a legend tells how Zeus winged his way to my mother Leda’s breast, in the semblance of a bird, even...
The Fox and the Goose Olga Hughes March 24, 2016Foxes have long been portrayed in literature as mischievous and sly, practical jokers or charlatans; from Aesop’s The Fox and...
No Damsels in Distress: Fearless Women in Fairy Tales Olga Hughes March 8, 2016ven traditional fairy tales are full of resourceful women. While there may be many tales of fair maidens being saved...
Cinderella’s Revenge Olga Hughes September 14, 2015enneth Branagh’s live-action remake of Walt Disney’s Cinderella left little room for censure. It was enchanting, magical and completely traditional....
The Sleeping Beauty, the Prince and the Ogre Queen Olga Hughes August 5, 2015lingering image of Walt Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty is of happily ever after. It is a perfect romance, the peasant...
