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 Hunger Games and Game of Thrones: The Secret Ingredient of Two Bestsellers Jamie Adair BooksFilm & TVGame of Thrones October 13, 2014
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Wolf Hall Episode 4 “The Devil’s Spit”: Playing the Blame Game Olga Hughes Film & TVHistory February 13, 2015
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
Gillian Anderson Narrates Marx’s Theory Of Alienation C S Hughes January 25, 2015Gillian Anderson, Agent Dana Scully from the 90s TV Sci-Fi classic The X Files, who also gave us riveting performances...
Passion But Little Depth In James Kent’s Film of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth Neil Kemp January 24, 2015Testament of Youth, the film based on the best-selling memoir of Vera Brittain, is now on general release in cinemas...
Thunderbirds Are Go! Tracy Brothers Revealed C S Hughes January 16, 2015GerryAnderson.com reports the first image of the Tracy Brothers – heroes of Thunderbirds and ITV’s new version Thunderbirds Are Go!...
Madman Studio Ghibli Blu-Ray & DVD Giveaway! C S Hughes January 6, 2015Thanks to Madman, local experts in all things anime, and distributors of the best in anime, independent and international film...
The Genius Of The Fable – Four Books We’d Like To See Made By Studio Ghibli C S Hughes January 6, 2015The fable is at the heart of storytelling; it is a mystery, an exaggeration, a tall story, a romance, a...
Unboxing The Studio Ghibli Kiki’s Delivery Service Madman 25th Anniversary Boxed Set C S Hughes December 29, 2014It’s hard to believe Kiki’s Delivery Service is 25 years old. It won the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1989,...
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Erebor – A Hobbit Trilogy Watching Guide C S Hughes December 27, 2014There have been complaints from some quarters of the Internet about The Hobbit Trilogy, and especially the final magnificent instalment,...
Unboxing The Studio Ghibli Howl’s Moving Castle Madman 10th Anniversary Box Set C S Hughes December 24, 2014Howl’s Moving Castle tells the story of Sophie, a young hatmaker suddenly swept up into a mysterious and dangerous adventure....
Unboxing The Studio Ghibli The Wind Rises Madman Limited Edition Box Set C S Hughes December 20, 2014The Wind Rises is the soaring story of a young man’s dream of flight, an epic historical drama that retells...
Mad Max: Fury Road Tormentor Trailer C S Hughes December 13, 2014I think Max has graduated from Mad to fully Insane. Found it necessary to change the term ‘teaser trailer’ to...