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
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
Harrison Ford defends Ender’s Game “Art and their Creators Often Diverge” Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TV October 13, 2013
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Invasion 1788: The Destruction And Death Of The Old Australia And The Birth Of A Brave New World Neil Kemp History March 4, 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
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
City of Leicester Forges Ahead with Richard III Plans Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III January 31, 2014
How Sara Crewe Saved The Little Match Girl Olga Hughes December 19, 2016This week we have been discussing the festive season in Tudor England, and largely the nobility’s version of Christmas, with...
Misappropriating the Myth: Leda and the Swan Olga Hughes September 16, 2016“…a legend tells how Zeus winged his way to my mother Leda’s breast, in the semblance of a bird, even...
The Fox and the Goose Olga Hughes March 24, 2016Foxes have long been portrayed in literature as mischievous and sly, practical jokers or charlatans; from Aesop’s The Fox and...
No Damsels in Distress: Fearless Women in Fairy Tales Olga Hughes March 8, 2016ven traditional fairy tales are full of resourceful women. While there may be many tales of fair maidens being saved...
Cinderella’s Revenge Olga Hughes September 14, 2015enneth Branagh’s live-action remake of Walt Disney’s Cinderella left little room for censure. It was enchanting, magical and completely traditional....
The Sleeping Beauty, the Prince and the Ogre Queen Olga Hughes August 5, 2015lingering image of Walt Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty is of happily ever after. It is a perfect romance, the peasant...
