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

Olga Hughes July 29, 2022

The 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

Olga Hughes January 25, 2021

There was a time, not that long ago, when I was enthusiastic about arguing every detail, and examining every possible...

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

Olga Hughes December 31, 2020

Episode spoilers and full book spoilers for The Subtle Knife. Æsahættr The crew behind His Dark Materials have always been...

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

Olga Hughes December 20, 2020

Episode Spoilers Malice All of Mrs. Coulter’s story over season two, from her torturing the witch Katja, the murder of...

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

Olga Hughes January 23, 2020

Call for submissions. The 2019-2020 bushfire season has seen unprecedented destruction, as well as an unprecedented national and worldwide response....

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

Olga Hughes December 29, 2019

Episode 8 Spoilers Betrayal If there was one episode this season that was an almost perfect adaptation of the source...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’

Olga Hughes December 21, 2019

Episode 7 Spoilers The Fight to the Death There is no way of getting around the fact that, for book...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 6 ‘The Daemon-Cages’

Olga Hughes December 11, 2019

Episode Six Spoilers The Daemon-Cages Philip Pullman once said that “There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Five ‘The Lost Boy’

Olga Hughes December 5, 2019

Episode 5 Spoilers The Lost Boy Who is the ‘lost boy’? Titled for chapter twelve of Northern Lights, in which...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Four ‘Armour’

Olga Hughes November 27, 2019

Episode Four Spoilers Armour We’re now four episodes in, and Armour revealed some small flaws in the thus-far polished veneer...

His Dark Materials: On Gyptians

Olga Hughes November 24, 2019

The Gyptians of Philip Pullman’s ‘Brytain’ and the wider world were introduced in the first episode of His Dark Materials...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Three ‘The Spies’

Olga Hughes November 20, 2019

Episode Three Spoilers The Spies For an episode that took place over a handful of days in even fewer locations,...

Jane Seymour projected the persona people demanded of her: An interview with Adrienne Dillard

Olga Hughes November 16, 2019

It is difficult to try and define which of Henry VIII’s queens have been the most maligned, because they have...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Two ‘The Idea of the North’

Olga Hughes November 13, 2019

Episode Two Spoilers The Idea of the North In his lecture ‘The Writer’s Responsibility’, Philip Pullman quotes film director and...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode One ‘Lyra’s Jordan’

Olga Hughes November 5, 2019

Episode One Spoilers Lyra’s Jordan If, as a book fan, you had any reservations about His Dark Materials, the opening...

His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: ‘The Golden Compass’ and Pre-Show Thoughts

Olga Hughes November 3, 2019

The following is spoiler-free but references themes from the His Dark Materials book trilogy. The Golden Compass has its twelve...

1946 George Orwell’s Christmas Pudding

C S Hughes October 9, 2018

When Voltaire made his often-quoted statement that the country of Britain has “a hundred religions and only one sauce”, he...

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