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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Three ‘The Spies’ Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials November 20, 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
Game of Thrones Season 4 Finale: The Children of the Forest Olga Hughes June 17, 2014Warning: Spoilers and book spoilers It is obvious that Bran’s story was never going to play out very well to...
The Real Game of Thrones: How Tormund Giantsbane Made Love to a Bear Olga Hughes June 10, 2014 etween the sour-faced pain-in-the-arse Ygritte, to grumpy old Tormund to the cannibal Thenns, the Wildlings have gotten a bad...
Game of Thrones Season 4: Oberyn vs Mountain (The Denial Version) Olga Hughes June 6, 2014till traumatised after The Mountain and the Viper? (thrice damn you George). Ozzy Man has given us the alternative happy...
Game of Thrones Season 4: ‘The Mountain and the Viper’ and The Maiden Olga Hughes June 4, 2014should have expected Dan and Dave to get everything they could out of the duel between Oberyn and the Mountain....
Game of Thrones Season 4: ‘Mockingbird’ A Broken Heart or Shattered Pride? Olga Hughes May 21, 2014Mockingbird has been the stand-out episode for the fourth season and I loved every minute. From Tyrion’s heart-wrenching scenes with both...
Game of Thrones Season 4: ‘The Laws of Gods and Men’ A Thousand Lying Whores Olga Hughes May 13, 2014This contains spoilers for ‘The Laws of Gods and Men’ and book spoilers I was pleased to see one of...
The Real Game of Thrones: Sexual Violence and the Realities of War vs Exploitation Olga Hughes May 10, 2014George R.R. Martin has caused a stir in the media by allegedly defending scenes of sexual violence in Game of...
Game of Thrones: Fans Outraged but Director Calls Rape Scene “Consensual” Olga Hughes April 22, 2014Spoiler warning! This contains spoilers for Game of Thrones: Breaker of Chains If HBO isn’t going to fire Alex Graves...
Game of Thrones: Season 4 ‘The Lion and the Rose’ and the Purple Wedding Olga Hughes April 15, 2014Spoiler Warning! Major spoiler for Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 2 The Lion and the Rose The last episode...
Game of Thrones: Season 4 “Two Swords” Arya’s Vengeance or Justice? Olga Hughes April 13, 2014The moment from the first episode of Game of Thrones Season 4, Two Swords, that everyone is talking about is...