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: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ Olga Hughes His Dark Materials December 29, 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
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
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
Richard III’s Elusive Queen: A look at Anne Neville with Amy Licence Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III October 1, 2013
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Olga Hughes June 12, 2021There are certain aspects of Anne Boleyn’s life, and death, that will always influence the way her story is told....
Who’s Afraid of Anne Boleyn? Olga Hughes October 31, 2020Recently I saw a meme aimed at history nerds making fun of ‘social justice warriors’. I’ll laugh all day long...
My Name is Jane…Boleyn Olga Hughes May 19, 2017“War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming—making people not know who they are....
Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli Olga Hughes December 17, 2016 Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli The celebration of Christmas in the Henrician Court...
The Light in the Labyrinth – Christmas at Greenwich Olga Hughes December 15, 2016My two Anne Boleyn novels, Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth, a young adult...
A Diary of Anne Boleyn A Poem by James Walton C S Hughes November 12, 2016A Diary of Anne Boleyn My ladies weep in the vernacular tongue kneeling in the French style I caught the...
The Queen and the Ambassador Lauren Mackay March 29, 2016Easter, 1536. With the death of Katherine of Aragon in January, it would seem that Anne Boleyn is at last...
A Lament for the Lady Who Waited C.S. Hughes and Olga Hughes February 26, 2016International Tell A Fairy Tale Day February 26th 2016...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII – their Marriages, their Deaths and their Births Danielle Marchant July 7, 2015The birth dates of many historical figures have become lost over time. We know that King Henry VIII was born...
Anne Boleyn’s Privy Kitchen Olga Hughes May 19, 2015After Cardinal Wolsey gave Hampton Court Palace to Henry VIII, Henry’s first improvement was to expand the palace kitchens. They...
Wolf Hall Finale: Master of Propaganda Olga Hughes March 3, 2015Peter Straughan was facing two major problems when adapting Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies for television. The first...
Wolf Hall’s Characterisations of the Boleyn Family Clare Cherry February 11, 2015I’m am not entirely sure what the Boleyn family did to deserve Hilary Mantel. In both her novels, and the...
The Dullards of Wolf Hall Olga Hughes January 30, 2015You think candlelight is problematic? I like the candlelight, it’s Wolf Hall’s most redeeming quality, along with the gorgeous music. The...
What Can Help When Death Hath Played his Part? The Early Defenders of Anne Boleyn Olga Hughes May 19, 2014Today is the anniversary of one of the most notorious judicial murders in English history, the execution of Queen Anne...
The Anne Boleyn Papers with Elizabeth Norton Olga Hughes May 1, 2014Much of our perception of Anne Boleyn has been shaped by the written word – from contemporary historical accounts to...
Queen Elfrida and Anne Boleyn Elizabeth Norton November 5, 2013My all time favourite queen of England has to be Elfrida (or, more correctly but less easy to read, Aelfthryth),...
