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
The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones: The Secret Ingredient of Two Bestsellers Jamie Adair BooksFilm & TVGame of Thrones October 13, 2014
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
Truth Endures: Je Anne Boleyn Book Tour and Give Away – Making the Movie Olga Hughes Books September 6, 2016
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Jane Seymour projected the persona people demanded of her: An interview with Adrienne Dillard Olga Hughes BooksHistoryInterviews November 16, 2019
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
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. C S Hughes Shakespeare August 5, 2023
The Third Plantagenet: George Duke of Clarence with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III March 3, 2014
A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III Olga Hughes December 23, 2016An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...
Prince Arthur: The Tudor King Who Never Was – with Sean Cunningham Olga Hughes August 1, 2016He was the Once and Future prince. The most important boy in all of England, the entire hopes of a...
After Richard III: Sir Ralph Bigod and Henry Parker, Lord Morley Olga Hughes March 24, 2015Sir Ralph Bigod is one of those ‘minor’ historical figures we don’t hear much about. He may have been of...
What do King Richard III’s Latest DNA Results Really Prove? John Ashdown-Hill December 3, 2014The University of Leicester have announced that they have uncovered ‘new truths’ about King Richard III’s Plantagenet lineage in Identification...
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...
The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones: The Secret Ingredient of Two Bestsellers Jamie Adair October 13, 2014Although The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones are both runaway bestsellers, in some ways, they couldn’t be more different....
History Salon: The Survival of the Princes in the Tower Olga Hughes June 27, 2014 On the 26th of June 1483 Richard Duke of Gloucester ascended to the throne as King Richard III. Almost...
Amy Licence’s Cecily Neville Mother of Kings Excerpt “His Young Duchess” Olga Hughes May 8, 2014We are pleased to present an excerpt from the wonderful Cecily Neville Mother of Kings by Amy Licence. His Young...
Cecily Neville – Mother of Kings with Amy Licence Olga Hughes May 8, 2014We have a lingering image of Cecily Neville, “The Rose of Raby”, “Proud Cis”, the beautiful, imperious and powerful Duchess...
The Woodvilles: Behind the Myth with Susan Higginbotham Olga Hughes October 22, 2013The secret marriage between a Duchess and a Squire may have raised a few eyebrows in 1437, but no one...
Could Richard III’s DNA help Solve the Mystery of The Princes in the Tower? Olga Hughes October 2, 2013The Legend of Richard of Eastwell Richard, a bricklayer, had arrived in Eastwell in 1542 or 1543 and made his...
And Every Tale Condemns me for a Villain: Richard III with David Baldwin Olga Hughes October 2, 2013King Richard III has long been a puzzle that history is desperate to solve. His reign only lasted twenty-two months,...
Richard III’s Elusive Queen: A look at Anne Neville with Amy Licence Olga Hughes October 1, 2013She was the daughter of one of the most powerful men of the Middle Ages, a Princess of Lancaster by...
Tudor: The Family Story – Legacy with Leanda de Lisle Olga Hughes September 13, 2013The four surviving children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York all had a crown in their future, but it...
Tudor: The Family Story – The Rise of a Dynasty with Leanda de Lisle Olga Hughes September 12, 2013The Tudor dynasty began with a fairy tale – a love match between a beautiful young widowed Queen and a...
Royal Babies: A History of Birth, Death and Destiny with Amy Licence Olga Hughes August 22, 2013Royal Babies – A History is the story of twenty-five births, from the arrival of Princess Matilda in 1066, whose...
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...