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
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
The World of Richard III with Kristie Dean Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III February 15, 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
The problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England HistoryRichard III May 22, 2017
Who Does the Story of ‘The Lost King’ Really Belong To? Olga Hughes August 30, 2022Back in 2017, all we knew about an upcoming film on the search for Richard III’s lost grave was a...
The problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England John Ashdown-Hill May 22, 2017In 2004, following the request of colleagues in Belgium, I discovered the mtDNA sequence of King Richard III and his...
Looking For Richard Project Announcement: Updates on Richard III’s Tomb and Visitor Centre Olga Hughes November 2, 2014The Looking for Richard Project team has announced several updates on their website this evening regarding the Richard III Visitor...
History Salon: Life After Finding Richard III Olga Hughes September 3, 2014 On the 25th of August, 1485, King Richard III was laid to rest in the Greyfriars Church in Leicester....
Richard III: A Modern Medieval Monarch Olga Hughes August 25, 2014Richard III will have more anniversaries than most medieval monarchs by 2015. His major dates, his birthday on October 2nd,...
Finding Richard III: The Official Account of a Remarkable Journey Olga Hughes July 31, 2014It is almost strange to see the culmination of years of hard work and dedication compressed into a series of...
Finding Richard III: The Official Account Released Olga Hughes July 15, 2014The much-anticipated account of the Looking for Richard project’s search for King Richard III is now available. The Looking for...
Looking For Richard Project to Release ‘Finding Richard III: The Official Account’ Olga Hughes June 14, 2014Finding Richard III: The Official Account The Looking for Richard team will finally reveal the real story behind the search...
The Search for the Real Richard III: The King’s Grave with Philippa Langley Olga Hughes June 2, 2014It is difficult to imagine King Richard III being overshadowed. If there is one word we can associate with Richard...
Richard III’s Funeral Crown to be Unveiled in Tewkesbury Olga Hughes May 2, 2014The amazing funeral crown of King Richard III will grace Tewkesbury Abbey this weekend during a major event commemorating the...
Richard III Funeral Crown Completed Olga Hughes April 24, 2014The much-anticipated funeral crown for Richard III has been completed. The crown was designed and comissioned by Dr John Ashdown-Hill,...
Richard III – The Unburied King Olga Hughes February 18, 2014Leave the Lady Alone, She Should Be Buried …cried the newspaper headlines in 1965. Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of...
Fit for a King: The Burial and Reburial of Richard III with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes February 4, 2014“buryed…without any pompe or solemn funerall…in thabbay of monks Franciscanes at Leycester” Polydore Vergil Today marks a full year since...
Just Who is the Custodian of King Richard III’s Bones? Olga Hughes January 13, 2014Where are the Bones of King Richard III? They are most certainly not in a box in the history department...
Richard III and the Battle for His Bones Olga Hughes October 3, 2013Five centuries on and even the very bones of Richard III are causing controversy. In 2009 screenwriter and secretary of...
The Search for Richard III’s DNA: Looking for Richard with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes October 3, 2013In The King in the Car Park documentary, the world watched as the skeleton discovered on the very first day...
