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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials December 21, 2019
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
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
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
Leicester Cathedral will Bury Richard III “With Dignity and Honour” Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III February 13, 2014
The Princes in the Tower with Josephine Wilkinson Olga Hughes February 25, 2014In 1483 twelve year-old King Edward V and his brother, nine year-old Richard Duke of York were taken into the...
Richard III – The Unburied King Olga Hughes February 18, 2014Leave the Lady Alone, She Should Be Buried …cried the newspaper headlines in 1965. Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of...
Leicester Cathedral will Bury Richard III “With Dignity and Honour” Olga Hughes February 13, 2014“We believe it is right that King Richard III stays in Leicester, and that his remains are reburied in our...
Towards Stillness: The Life, Death and Discovery of Richard III Olga Hughes February 11, 2014The sculpture commissioned by Leicestershire County Council and chosen from five shortlisted entries as part of the Cathedral Gardens project...
Fit for a King: The Burial and Reburial of Richard III with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes February 4, 2014“buryed…without any pompe or solemn funerall…in thabbay of monks Franciscanes at Leycester” Polydore Vergil Today marks a full year since...
City of Leicester Forges Ahead with Richard III Plans Olga Hughes January 31, 2014The city of Leicester is not letting the battle for King Richard III’s remains dampen their enthusiasm. Work commenced on...
Dover Castle – Preparing for the End of the World Neil Kemp January 27, 2014May, 1940 and things looked bad for Britain. Very bad indeed. The bulk of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), combined...
Just Who is the Custodian of King Richard III’s Bones? Olga Hughes January 13, 2014Where are the Bones of King Richard III? They are most certainly not in a box in the history department...
Dover Castle: The Key to the Defence of England Neil Kemp January 13, 2014Dover Castle probably fits most people’s idea of a classic medieval fortress. Incorporating a square keep at its heart, it...
Elizabeth of York and her Kings – Henry VIII Olga Hughes December 31, 2013The rise of the Tudors is the stuff of myth. Edward IV has suddenly and tragically died, and his brother...