From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 539
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021 634
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 695
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 769
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Books June 8, 2026 61
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 539
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1190
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 695
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 769
Why Peter Jackson Will Never Film The Silmarillion Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TV September 1, 2013 120701
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? History October 24, 2022 425
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022 449
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? History August 12, 2022 457
A Home Front Diary 1914-1918 by Lillie Scales Life in London During WWI Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews May 2, 2014 9020
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 410
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 421
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 390
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Shakespeare March 7, 2022 636
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? The Tragedy and Disability Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 1, 2022 366
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 421
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 390
The Search for the Real Richard III: The King’s Grave with Philippa Langley Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III June 2, 2014 6957
Royal Library: Lord Morley’s Tribute to His Daughter Lady Rochford Olga Hughes March 12, 2015Henry Parker, Lord Morley must have spent most of his career under King Henry VIII with his loyalties torn between...
Royal Library: Catherine Howard’s Books Olga Hughes October 31, 2014There is some debate over whether Queen Catherine Howard was literate. However, we do have some examples of Catherine owning...
Royal Library: The Rose and Pomegranate – Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon Olga Hughes October 25, 2014The alliance between England and Spain was supposed to be the great triumph of the new Tudor dynasty. For Katherine...
Royal Library: Cecily Neville’s Legenda Aurea – The Golden Legend Olga Hughes October 17, 2014Bridget of York is the elusive youngest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville. Born in 1480 at Eltham, Bridget...
Royal Library: Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d’Angleterre – Edward IV or Edward V? Olga Hughes October 10, 2014The British Library houses the surviving manuscripts acquired by King Edward IV that formed the basis for the Royal Library....
Royal Library: Richard III’s Historia Destructionis Troiae and Historia Regum Britanniae Olga Hughes October 2, 2014Two of Richard III’s book have travelled rather a long way from his personal collection to the Russian Public Library...
