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
Why Deadpan Banter Doesn’t Work in Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. C S Hughes Film & TV October 29, 2013
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
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
Two Torments: Stephen King’s Carrie and Joe Hill’s The Lady Rests C S Hughes October 16, 2013Carrie is Stephen King’s classic 1974 horror novel, his first published novel, filmed by Brian De Palma in 1976 and...
Harrison Ford defends Ender’s Game “Art and their Creators Often Diverge” Olga Hughes October 13, 2013Harrison Ford has rejected the suggestion that author Orson Scott Card’s personal views are relevant to the content of the...
Could Richard III’s DNA help Solve the Mystery of The Princes in the Tower? Olga Hughes October 2, 2013The Legend of Richard of Eastwell Richard, a bricklayer, had arrived in Eastwell in 1542 or 1543 and made his...
Banned Books Week 2013: The Humble Pig Olga Hughes September 28, 2013The Three Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs was part of what the Muslim Council of Britain called a “well-intentioned...
Arya Stark and Luke Skywalker, Meet Bruce Lee C S Hughes September 26, 2013Speak the name, and death will come. On the morrow, at the turn of the moon, a year from this...
Fifty Shades of Grey Pollutes Charity Shops and the Environment Olga Hughes September 26, 2013As we predicted earlier this year, discarded copies of Fifty Shades of Grey are engulfing charity shops in the UK....
Great Mice of Children’s Literature Olga Hughes September 21, 2013Abel was swept away when trying to recover his wife Amanda’s scarf during a fierce storm. Stranded alone on an...
The 10 Best Chapter Endings In Books Olga Hughes September 9, 2013J.R.R. Tolkien: The Return of the King – The Siege of Gondor “And in that very moment, away behind in...
Ten of the Weirdest Book Covers for The Hobbit Olga Hughes September 2, 2013Barbara Remington —but I must ask this about the vignette: what has it got to do with the story? Where...
A New Chapter in Middle-Earth: Exclusive Interview with Hobbit Artist Jemima Catlin Olga Hughes September 2, 2013On September 12th Harper Collins will release the first new illustrated edition of The Hobbit for more than 15 years....