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
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Erebor – A Hobbit Trilogy Watching Guide C S Hughes Film & TV December 27, 2014
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
Ten Sweets We Want to Eat from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Olga Hughes Books September 13, 2016
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
The Blacksmith, The Brewer or the Shearman: Who Was Thomas Cromwell’s Father? Olga Hughes History January 27, 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
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? Olga Hughes October 24, 2022She could have been influenced by her own family’s long association with the Princess Mary. Eric Ives 1 The idea...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? Olga Hughes September 13, 2022Rochford may have forced Jane to submit to the kind of sex that outraged her. That would have been cause...
Who Does the Story of ‘The Lost King’ Really Belong To? Olga Hughes August 30, 2022Back in 2017, all we knew about an upcoming film on the search for Richard III’s lost grave was a...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Was Jane ‘Rewarded’ by Thomas Cromwell? Olga Hughes August 28, 2022It is also the case that Lady Rochford’s interests as a widow were carefully looked after by Cromwell Eric Ives...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? Olga Hughes August 12, 2022One of the common approaches to creating the ‘villainous’ Jane Boleyn is to seperate her from her Boleyn family, to...
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Testify Against Her Husband? Olga Hughes August 11, 2022Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, has really only left a faint impression on history. Yet I find Jane the most fascinating...
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Olga Hughes June 12, 2021There are certain aspects of Anne Boleyn’s life, and death, that will always influence the way her story is told....
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn Olga Hughes January 25, 2021There was a time, not that long ago, when I was enthusiastic about arguing every detail, and examining every possible...
Henry VII & Elizabeth of York: ‘The Shadow of the Tower’ Watch-along and Discussion Olga Hughes November 12, 2020The recently formed ‘James Maxwell and The Shadow of the Tower’ Facebook group will be holding its first The Shadow...
Who’s Afraid of Anne Boleyn? Olga Hughes October 31, 2020Recently I saw a meme aimed at history nerds making fun of ‘social justice warriors’. I’ll laugh all day long...
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill Olga Hughes May 27, 2020“Writing about Eleanor of Aquitaine has been a very different experience to writing about Eleanor of Castile. With the latter,...
The Coronation of Richard III: Part III – Food, Glorious Food Pamela Furmidge May 20, 2020When the remains of Richard III were formally identified in 2012, it led to new discoveries about his life and...
The Coronation of Richard III Part II: Fabric, Clothing and the Great Wardrobe Pamela Furmidge April 22, 2020When Richard III decided that his coronation would take place only ten days after the day he had taken possession...
The Coronation of Richard III: Part One Pamela Furmidge February 17, 2020To modern eyes, the coronation of a British monarch is one of spectacle. The processions through the streets of London,...
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...
Bulletin From Britain – The Lost Beatles Interview C S Hughes January 26, 2018Following the runaway success of the albums Please Please Me and With The Beatles in 1963 and a string of...
Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton Olga Hughes May 30, 2017 I was walking on a local beach known for its dinosaur fossils, playing with pebbles and sea weed, thinking...