Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill Olga Hughes May 27, 2020 History, Interviews “Writing about Eleanor of Aquitaine has been a very different experience to writing about Eleanor of Castile. With the... Read More...
The Coronation of Richard III: Part III – Food, Glorious Food Pamela Furmidge May 20, 2020 History, History of Food When the remains of Richard III were formally identified in 2012, it led to new discoveries about his life and times. Am... Read More...
The Coronation of Richard III Part II: Fabric, Clothing and the Great Wardrobe Pamela Furmidge April 22, 2020 History When Richard III decided that his coronation would take place only ten days after the day he had taken possession of the... Read More...
From The Ashes: A poetry collection in support of the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire relief effort C.S. Hughes and Olga Hughes February 19, 2020 News, Poet's Stage From the Ashes features contributions from some of Australia’s most remarkable poets. Many are well known around the cou... Read More...
The Coronation of Richard III: Part One Pamela Furmidge February 17, 2020 History To modern eyes, the coronation of a British monarch is one of spectacle. The processions through the streets of London, ... Read More...
“From The Ashes” Poetry for Bushfire Relief: Call for Submissions Olga Hughes January 23, 2020 Books, News, Poet's Stage Call for submissions. The 2019-2020 bushfire season has seen unprecedented destruction, as well as an unprecedented nat... Read More...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ Olga Hughes December 29, 2019 Books, Film & TV, His Dark Materials Episode 8 Spoilers Betrayal If there was one episode this season that was an almost perfect adaptation of the source m... Read More...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ Olga Hughes December 21, 2019 Books, Film & TV, His Dark Materials Episode 7 Spoilers The Fight to the Death There is no way of getting around the fact that, for book fans at least, epi... Read More...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 6 ‘The Daemon-Cages’ Olga Hughes December 11, 2019 Books, Film & TV, His Dark Materials Episode Six Spoilers The Daemon-Cages Philip Pullman once said that “There are some themes, some subjects, too large f... Read More...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Five ‘The Lost Boy’ Olga Hughes December 5, 2019 Books, Film & TV, His Dark Materials Episode 5 Spoilers The Lost Boy Who is the ‘lost boy’? Titled for chapter twelve of Northern Lights, in which Lyra dis... Read More...
