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
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 Hidden Political Agendas In Richard Scarry’s Naughty Bunny C S Hughes ArtBooksRidiculam Mundi October 17, 2013
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
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
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...
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...
Which Tudor Prince was Conceived in the “Paradise Bed” of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York? Olga Hughes March 10, 2014Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, has called the “Paradise Bed” the most important piece of furniture...
Elizabeth of York and her Kings – Henry VIII Olga Hughes December 31, 2013The rise of the Tudors is the stuff of myth. Edward IV has suddenly and tragically died, and his brother...
Henry VIII’s Diabolical Portrait C S Hughes November 29, 2013When Angie and Rhodri Powell found a near life size portrait hidden under the plaster of their 16th century home...
Canterbury Cathedral: It’s Doubtful That Thomas Would Approve Neil Kemp November 11, 2013This week’s venue will need little introduction as it is not only one of the most iconic buildings in England,...
Walmer Castle and Gardens: A Tudor Rose By Any Other Name Neil Kemp October 28, 2013For this week’s tour of an historical heritage site in Kent, I took the short journey along the coast from...
Deal Castle: It Isn’t Big, But it is Clever Neil Kemp October 21, 2013This week’s tour of Kent’s historical sights took me to Deal Castle, just south of Deal town centre. Deal Castle...
Henry VIII The Life and Rule of England’s Nero: A New Look at the Old Monster with John Matusiak Olga Hughes September 16, 2013Henry VIII has spent nearly five centuries hiding behind the skirts of his many wives. He is one of the...
Several Curious Monsters From A Medieval Menagerie C S Hughes August 17, 2013On the birth of the new heir to the British throne, Australia’s Northern Territory gifted the baby Prince George a...
