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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Olga Hughes Film & TV December 20, 2020
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
The Woodvilles: Behind the Myth with Susan Higginbotham Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews October 22, 2013
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
Varlet – From Medieval Servant to Medieval Insult C S Hughes August 12, 2013 var·let /ˈvärlət/ 1. A man or boy acting as a menial servant 2. A knight’s page 3. A...
Tracing the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn with Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris Olga Hughes August 12, 2013It is a good thing for us that historical researcher Natalie Grueninger and historian/historical fiction author Sarah Morris did not...
The Top 5 Songs Hated By Medieval History Nerds C S Hughes August 7, 2013History nerds, they loved the TV show The Tudors, but hated its innacuracies. They swoon over rough headed James Frain,...
3000 Year Old Mummy Resurrected With LEGO C S Hughes July 2, 2013No, not in some arcane ritual imploring Anubis to turn back the twelve hours of the night to re-incarnate a...
Why Vitamins Are Funky C S Hughes May 20, 2013The term vitamin was derived from ‘vitamine,’ a compound word coined in 1912 by the Polish biochemist Kazimierz Funk, when...
Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II Discusses Nymph Racing And The Chastity Commission C S Hughes April 21, 2013Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1780 to 1790. Here he is...