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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 6 ‘The Daemon-Cages’ Olga Hughes His Dark Materials December 11, 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
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
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
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes Shakespeare March 7, 2022
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
The Canonisation of Richard III: Have we Gone too Far? Jamie Adair HistoryRichard III October 4, 2013
The Coronation of Richard III: Part One Pamela Furmidge February 17, 2020To modern eyes, the coronation of a British monarch is one of spectacle. The processions through the streets of London,...
Evidence of the Accommodation used during Royal Visits to Leicester, 1460-1485 John Ashdown-Hill December 4, 2015There is a popular legend that, prior to the battle of Bosworth, King Richard III spent the night of 20-21...
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....
The Marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydeville with Susan Higginbotham Olga Hughes September 29, 2014Decades before his grandson King Henry VIII scandalised Europe with his six marriages, King Edward IV made his own controversial...
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...
Elizabeth of York – Great Expectations? Jamie Adair December 29, 2013In many ways, Elizabeth of York is one of the most pivotal, and yet elusive, figures in the Wars of...
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...
