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
The Genius Of The Fable – Four Books We’d Like To See Made By Studio Ghibli C S Hughes BooksFilm & TV January 6, 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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Olga Hughes Film & TV December 31, 2020
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
What do King Richard III’s Latest DNA Results Really Prove? John Ashdown-Hill HistoryNewsRichard III December 3, 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
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
Church of England and Catholic Church to Take Part in Richard III Reinterment Services Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III September 7, 2014
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
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes Film & TV July 29, 2022
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. C S Hughes August 5, 2023“Love is a fire, and it’s ragin’ out of control” Genya Ravan moans through a scene in the 1979 Walter...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? Olga Hughes October 24, 2022She could have been influenced by her own family’s long association with the Princess Mary. Eric Ives 1 The idea...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? Olga Hughes September 13, 2022Rochford may have forced Jane to submit to the kind of sex that outraged her. That would have been cause...
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 Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Was Jane ‘Rewarded’ by Thomas Cromwell? Olga Hughes August 28, 2022It is also the case that Lady Rochford’s interests as a widow were carefully looked after by Cromwell Eric Ives...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? Olga Hughes August 12, 2022One of the common approaches to creating the ‘villainous’ Jane Boleyn is to seperate her from her Boleyn family, to...
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes Film & TV July 29, 2022
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes Shakespeare March 7, 2022
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 Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? Olga Hughes History October 24, 2022
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? Olga Hughes History September 13, 2022
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Was Jane ‘Rewarded’ by Thomas Cromwell? Olga Hughes History August 28, 2022
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? Olga Hughes History August 12, 2022
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes July 29, 2022The first time I saw Jane Austen described as a ‘prose Shakespeare’ it struck me as absolute perfection. It was...
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021
From The Ashes: A poetry collection in support of the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire relief effort News February 19, 2020
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ His Dark Materials December 29, 2019
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials December 21, 2019
