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
Jane Seymour projected the persona people demanded of her: An interview with Adrienne Dillard Olga Hughes BooksHistoryInterviews November 16, 2019
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
The Acerbic Ambassador: Six of Eustace Chapuys Most Cutting Observations Olga Hughes History August 13, 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
Fuckin Abbot C S Hughes August 21, 2015The first recorded use of the word in English occurs in a 1528 manuscript copy of Cicero’s epic work of...
Yea Olde Worlde Uxoricide Eddie Boverington August 10, 2015There comes a time in every homicidal egotistical Monarch‘s life when he decides on uxoricide. That’s killing your wife by...
A Brief History Of (Some Of) the English/British Royalty Since 849 Eddie Boverington July 3, 2015England has had it’s fair share of Kings and Queens, some good, some bad and some positively awful. Here is...
How To Be Happy By Giving Up Your Dreams And Embracing Your Mediocrity – A Book Review C S Hughes June 11, 2015Howard P Hohenzollern has been called by some the “Guru of Mediocrity,” though Hohenzollern himself disputes this epithet in the...
Chickens With Pants! C S Hughes May 1, 2015In the same way humans would make amusing pets for a superior, alien species, perhaps only requiring a device like...
For Lunar New Year, Ram Gets Google’s Goat C S Hughes February 19, 2015This year in the Chinese Lunisolar tradition the Lunar New Year, The Year Of The Goat, begins on Thursday, February...
A Bit Past Australia Day – Or How The Kangaroo Got His Tale C S Hughes January 30, 2015A traditional Aboriginal creation story may tell you the tale of how, in the Dreamtime, there was a particularly greedy...
Australian Adventurers Capture Loch Ness Monster C S Hughes January 14, 2015A pair of Australian adventurers have captured, in a photograph, this incredible image of the Loch Ness monster. Geoffrey McSkimming,...
Cute Furry Animals In Deranged Hostility Circle C S Hughes December 14, 2014amster, penguin, monkey. Like dog, cat, mouse, a triumvirate that epitomizes a hierarchy of cuteness. As demonstrated by Darwinian natural...
Awesome Is What Awesome Does – An Exclusive Axis All Areas Q&A With The Axis Of Awesome C S Hughes October 7, 2014xis Of Awesome – they are the comedic trio who rocked A Game Of Thrones with Rage Of Thrones, their...
The Short And Startling History Of Animals Without Pants C S Hughes July 3, 2014rchaeologists and anthropologists will tell you; humans wear clothes for warmth, protection and decoration. Psychologists will tell you we wear...
Japanese Scientists Invent New Jam Jar For The Future C S Hughes June 9, 2014In Australia by the year 2060, it is estimated over 25% of the population will be over 65. In Japan,...