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: Season 2 Episode 5 The Scholar His Dark Materials December 12, 2020
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 Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
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
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes Shakespeare March 7, 2022
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
Leicester Cathedral will Bury Richard III “With Dignity and Honour” Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III February 13, 2014
Game of Thrones Tour: George R.R. Martin Tour – Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney Olga Hughes November 13, 2013We attended the Dymocks Literary Lunch with George R.R. Martin at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney yesterday. The event...
Canterbury Cathedral: It’s Doubtful That Thomas Would Approve Neil Kemp November 11, 2013This week’s venue will need little introduction as it is not only one of the most iconic buildings in England,...
Kate Mulgrew – Captain Kathryn Janeway To Pen Memoir C S Hughes November 9, 2013Kate Mulgrew, who is currently playing the tough prison cook Galina ‘Red’ Reznikov in the US prison drama Orange Is...
Elfrida – The First Crowned Queen of England with Elizabeth Norton Olga Hughes November 5, 2013She was an Anglo-Saxon Queen, the first consort to be crowned Queen of England. Elfrida made a love match with...
Queen Elfrida and Anne Boleyn Elizabeth Norton November 5, 2013My all time favourite queen of England has to be Elfrida (or, more correctly but less easy to read, Aelfthryth),...
Powell-Cotton Museum, House and Gardens: Fall in Behind the Major Neil Kemp November 4, 2013This week’s report comes from a venue in Kent that is a little different from my previous reports. The Powell-Cotton...
The Boleyn Women with Elizabeth Norton Olga Hughes November 1, 2013It is not often the women of a medieval family overshadow the men. The enigmatic Anne Boleyn continues to capture...
The Simpsons Do The Hobbit On The Couch C S Hughes October 31, 2013There is almost nothing that can be said about The Simpsons except to sit back and laugh and be amazed...
4 Amazing Horror Musicals You May Have Missed C S Hughes October 31, 2013The first horror musical may have been a rhyming burlesque or parody, with musical accompaniment, on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, performed...
Why Deadpan Banter Doesn’t Work in Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. C S Hughes October 29, 2013Marvel’s, or perhaps more properly, Joss Whedon’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the action drama spun off from the Joss Whedon’s Marvel...