From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 651
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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 230
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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 497
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His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Five ‘The Lost Boy’ Olga Hughes December 5, 2019Episode 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, 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,...
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...
Five Great Films That Nearly Were C S Hughes September 4, 2013Would Scorcese have received an Oscar sooner if he’d directed Clockers? Would The Golden Compass have gone on to be...
