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 Hidden Political Agendas In Richard Scarry’s Naughty Bunny C S Hughes ArtBooksRidiculam Mundi October 17, 2013
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021
Henry VII & Elizabeth of York: ‘The Shadow of the Tower’ Watch-along and Discussion Film & TV November 12, 2020
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill History May 27, 2020
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill History May 27, 2020
Jane Seymour projected the persona people demanded of her: An interview with Adrienne Dillard BooksHistoryInterviews November 16, 2019
In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII with Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris HistoryInterviews November 23, 2016
The Maligned Lady Rochford – An Interview and Cover Reveal with Adrienne Dillard HistoryInterviews September 19, 2016
Scandalous Liaisons : Charles II and His Court with R.E. Pritchard HistoryInterviews September 14, 2016
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 5 The Scholar His Dark Materials December 12, 2020
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 4 ‘Tower of the Angels’ Film & TV December 4, 2020
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 2 ‘The Cave’ Film & TV November 19, 2020
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode One ‘Lyra’s Jordan’ Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials November 5, 2019
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 2, 2022
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: The Protest for Princess Mary Olga Hughes History August 12, 2022 0Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, has really only left a faint impression on history. But I find Jane is the most...
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Olga Hughes Film & TV June 12, 2021 0There 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 History January 25, 2021 0There 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 Film & TV November 12, 2020 1The 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 Film & TV October 31, 2020 0Recently 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 History May 27, 2020 0“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 History May 20, 2020 0When 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 History April 22, 2020 1When 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 History February 17, 2020 0To 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 BooksHistoryInterviews November 16, 2019 0It 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 HistoryMusic January 26, 2018 0Following 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 HistoryPoet's Stage May 30, 2017 2 I was walking on a local beach known for its dinosaur fossils, playing with pebbles and sea weed, thinking...
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 John Ashdown-Hill History May 22, 2017 6In 2004, following the request of colleagues in Belgium, I discovered the mtDNA sequence of King Richard III and his...
My Name is Jane…Boleyn Olga Hughes History May 19, 2017 8“War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming—making people not know who they are....
We Talk The Last Kingdom With Alexander Dreymon C.S. Hughes and Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews May 12, 2017 2It seems like Bernard Cornwell has spent two years reminding people that there are “no dragons” in The Last Kingdom....
1000 Years Of Cnut C S Hughes HistoryRidiculam Mundi May 7, 2017 7Firstly, do not read this if you are dyslexic. And no tittering in the back row. This is mostly a...
A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III Olga Hughes HistoryHistory of Food December 23, 2016 2An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...
