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: Episode Three ‘The Spies’ Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials November 20, 2019
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 Genius Of The Fable – Four Books We’d Like To See Made By Studio Ghibli C S Hughes BooksFilm & TV January 6, 2015
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Damn Lies and Sagas: Viking Warriors and Warfare with Ian Stephenson Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews July 1, 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
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. C S Hughes 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
The World of Richard III with Kristie Dean Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III February 15, 2015
Happy Holidays from the Nerds Olga Hughes December 25, 2016 And thanks to Adrienne Dillard and Sandi Vasoli for organising this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas! ...
A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III Olga Hughes December 23, 2016An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...
The Tudor Twelve Days of Christmas Eddie Boverington December 22, 2016Dmitry Yakhovsky is studying for an art degree in Belarus, and has an insatiable need to draw everything he sees. Dmitry...
The English Christmas Panto from the Regency to Its Roots by Kyra Kramer Olga Hughes December 21, 2016The Christmas panto is a very British tradition, one still embraced in some former colonial states and eschewed altogether in...
Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard Olga Hughes December 20, 2016 Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard Let’s face it, whether you recognize it as Greensleeves or What Child is This, you...
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...
Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas C S Hughes December 19, 2016Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time...
Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli Olga Hughes December 17, 2016 Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli The celebration of Christmas in the Henrician Court...
Festive Marchpane by Claire Ridgway Olga Hughes December 16, 2016Marchpane by Claire Ridgway Marzipan, along with turrón, is one of the sweets sold traditionally at Christmas in Spain. Toledo...
The Light in the Labyrinth – Christmas at Greenwich Olga Hughes December 15, 2016My two Anne Boleyn novels, Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth, a young adult...
A Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson Olga Hughes December 13, 2016Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson Christmas during the Tudor period, especially during the reign of Henry VIII, was very different...
