From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 628
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021 693
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 762
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 861
Grandpa Joe Is Not the Villain, You Are: Ableism, Classism, and Ageism in the Online Hatred of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s Grandpa Joe Books June 8, 2026 194
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 628
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1294
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 762
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 861
JRR Tolkien’s Newly Discovered Letter: Teaching is ‘Exhausting and Depressing’ Olga Hughes BooksNews June 20, 2014 4378
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 301
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? History October 24, 2022 500
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022 519
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? History August 12, 2022 521
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill Olga Hughes History May 27, 2020 827
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 477
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 501
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 509
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Shakespeare March 7, 2022 736
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 301
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 501
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 509
King Richard III to be Reinterred on March 26th 2015 Olga Hughes HistoryNewsRichard III August 7, 2014 5336
Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas C S Hughes December 19, 2016Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time...
The Tunnel Runner – Terror Under The Streets Of Brisbane C S Hughes September 11, 2016You may have heard of urbex – urban exploration, a little like spelunking, but instead of discovering the mysteries of...
For Halloween We Present The Gothic Horror Lord Bonyfoote’s Dance Olga Hughes October 31, 2015For Halloween we present for your terror, delectation and amusement, Lord Bonyfoote’s Dance, a poem in the classic Gothic tradition...
4 Amazing Horror Musicals You May Have Missed C S Hughes October 31, 2013The first horror musical may have been a rhyming burlesque or parody, with musical accompaniment, on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, performed...
Two Torments: Stephen King’s Carrie and Joe Hill’s The Lady Rests C S Hughes October 16, 2013Carrie is Stephen King’s classic 1974 horror novel, his first published novel, filmed by Brian De Palma in 1976 and...
Damned Richard C S Hughes October 6, 2013Richard The Third as portrayed by Aneurin Barnard in the TV adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s The Cousins’ War trilogy, The...
