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
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
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
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
History Salon: The Survival of the Princes in the Tower Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III June 27, 2014
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
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Olga Hughes Shakespeare April 30, 2022
Fit for a King: The Burial and Reburial of Richard III with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III February 4, 2014
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Four ‘Armour’ Olga Hughes November 27, 2019Episode 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, 2019The 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, 2019Episode 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, 2019It 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, 2019Episode 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, 2019Episode 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, 2019The 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, 2018When Voltaire made his often-quoted statement that the country of Britain has “a hundred religions and only one sauce”, he...
Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas C S Hughes December 19, 2016Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time...
The Trial of Elizabeth Poldark Olga Hughes December 12, 2016The following contains spoilers for Poldark Season 2. Elizabeth Chynoweth has never been in an advantageous position with readers. In...