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
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
The Third Plantagenet: George Duke of Clarence with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III March 3, 2014
History Salon: Elizabeth Wydeville – The Queen’s Reputation Olga Hughes October 2, 2014Both femme fatale and mater dolorosa are male constructs of types of women which set them aside: one threatening, the...
Elizabeth Wydeville: The Queen Dowager with Arlene Okerlund Olga Hughes October 1, 2014The period between 1483 and her death on 1492 must have encompassed the bleakest moments in Elizabeth Wydeville’s life, yet...
Elizabeth Wydeville: Elizabeth the Queen with David Baldwin Olga Hughes September 30, 2014There are many myths that surround Elizabeth Wydeville’s reputation, but perhaps one of the most obstinate is the image of...
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...
Elizabeth of York and her Kings – Henry VII Olga Hughes December 30, 2013The marriage of Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York was not a love match. It was arranged by their mothers...
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...
Elizabeth of York and Her Kings : Richard III Olga Hughes December 18, 2013 …that with my soul I love thy daughter and do intend to make her Queen of England. That Richard...
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...