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
Doctor Who: First Photos Of Capaldi’s Scenes Cause Controversy C S Hughes Film & TVWhovian News January 18, 2014
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
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
Richard III Short Film ‘Finding Richard’ Premieres at Cannes Film Festival Olga Hughes Film & TVRichard III May 18, 2014
Richard III: Leicester Cathedral Plans Approved Olga Hughes April 3, 2014Leicester Cathedral’s plans for an internal redesign to accommodate the final resting place of Richard III have finally been approved...
Richard III: The Road to Leicester with Amy Licence Olga Hughes March 6, 2014There are few medieval kings who have caused centuries of continual debate. The first fictional depictions of “The Tyrant” Richard...
The Princes in the Tower with Josephine Wilkinson Olga Hughes February 25, 2014In 1483 twelve year-old King Edward V and his brother, nine year-old Richard Duke of York were taken into the...
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...
Leicester Cathedral will Bury Richard III “With Dignity and Honour” Olga Hughes February 13, 2014“We believe it is right that King Richard III stays in Leicester, and that his remains are reburied in our...
Towards Stillness: The Life, Death and Discovery of Richard III Olga Hughes February 11, 2014The sculpture commissioned by Leicestershire County Council and chosen from five shortlisted entries as part of the Cathedral Gardens project...
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...
City of Leicester Forges Ahead with Richard III Plans Olga Hughes January 31, 2014The city of Leicester is not letting the battle for King Richard III’s remains dampen their enthusiasm. Work commenced on...
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...
Elizabeth of York and her Kings – Henry VII Olga Hughes December 30, 2013The marriage of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York was not a love match. It was arranged by their mothers...
Elizabeth of York and Her Kings : Richard III Olga Hughes December 18, 2013 …that with my soul I love thy daughter and do intend to make her Queen of England. That Richard...
The Lost Son of Richard III? The Search for Richard Plantagenet Olga Hughes October 14, 2013 The grave of King Richard III may have been discovered, but the mystery of Richard of Eastwell, a reclusive bricklayer...
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...
Richard III: Lordship, Loyalty and Profiteering Jamie Adair October 4, 2013Richard III may not have killed the princes in the tower, but it doesn’t mean he was Mr. Nice Guy...
The Canonisation of Richard III: Have we Gone too Far? Jamie Adair October 4, 2013Have we swung too far the other way? Richard III has swung from being the deformed vilified monster in Shakespeare...
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...