From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 622
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021 690
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 755
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 854
Star Trek: Boldly Going Where No Theatre Has Gone Before C S Hughes Film & TV September 23, 2013 2641
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Books June 8, 2026 177
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 622
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1283
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 755
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 854
Royal Library: Richard III’s Historia Destructionis Troiae and Historia Regum Britanniae Olga Hughes BooksRichard IIIRoyal Library October 2, 2014 8400
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 264
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? History October 24, 2022 495
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022 515
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? History August 12, 2022 517
Damn Lies and Sagas: Viking Warriors and Warfare with Ian Stephenson Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews July 1, 2014 11034
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 467
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 491
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 498
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Shakespeare March 7, 2022 719
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? The Tragedy and Disability Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 1, 2022 441
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 264
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 491
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 498
The Princes in the Tower with Josephine Wilkinson Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III February 25, 2014 6739
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Olga Hughes Books June 8, 2026 177
Harry Potter and the Trans Genocide Olga Hughes September 30, 2026She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter’, you’re supporting...
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III Olga Hughes September 29, 2026The curious similarity between England’s last medieval king and one of the early martyrs of Henry VIII’s reign lies in...
Unmistakably Blytonian: Modernising The Magic Faraway Tree Olga Hughes July 29, 2026It’s almost a rhetorical question: can Enid Blyton be modernised? Of course she can. And anyone still unconvinced need only...
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Olga Hughes June 8, 2026The first sort of lighthearted criticism of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character I came across was actually of...
Proposal to Honour the “Conspiracy of Midges” that destroyed Oliver Cromwell C S Hughes May 13, 2026Cork City, Éire, may soon become home to the world’s smallest public monument: a statue commemorating the mosquito — or...
How to Kill Trump Without Really Trying – or – On the Eternal Rectitude of the American President’s Hair C S Hughes February 3, 2026Like any liar, the press is filled with contradictions. Seldom holding itself accountable for what it says, it can blithely...
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes Film & TV July 29, 2022 622
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes Shakespeare March 7, 2022 719
The Coronation of Richard III: Part III – Food, Glorious Food Pamela Furmidge History May 20, 2020 1064
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...
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...
Unmistakably Blytonian: Modernising The Magic Faraway Tree Olga Hughes July 29, 2026It’s almost a rhetorical question: can Enid Blyton be modernised? Of course she can. And anyone still unconvinced need only...
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Books June 8, 2026 177
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 622
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1283
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 755
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 854
From The Ashes: A poetry collection in support of the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire relief effort News February 19, 2020 822
