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    Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’

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    His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr

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    From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium?

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    July 29, 2022

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    December 31, 2020

    His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice

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    “From The Ashes” Poetry for Bushfire Relief: Call for Submissions

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    January 23, 2020

    His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’

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    December 29, 2019

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    Two Torments: Stephen King’s Carrie and Joe Hill’s The Lady Rests

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    October 16, 2013
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    The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George?

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    October 24, 2022

    The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like?

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    Who Does the Story of ‘The Lost King’ Really Belong To?

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    August 30, 2022

    The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Was Jane ‘Rewarded’ by Thomas Cromwell?

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    The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary?

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    The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Testify Against Her Husband?

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    August 11, 2022

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    The Boleyn Women with Elizabeth Norton

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    November 1, 2013
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    Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object.

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    Merchant of Venice: Part Two – History and Myth

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    Richard III – For A Horse

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    March 30, 2015

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    Merchant of Venice: Part Two – History and Myth

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    March 22, 2022
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    May 20, 2020

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    February 17, 2020

    Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton

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    May 30, 2017

    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

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    May 22, 2017

    A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III

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    December 23, 2016

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    Richard III Tomb Design Still Causing Controversy

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    June 17, 2014
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