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
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TVHis Dark Materials December 21, 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
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
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Olga Hughes June 12, 2021There are certain aspects of Anne Boleyn’s life, and death, that will always influence the way her story is told....
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn Olga Hughes January 25, 2021There was a time, not that long ago, when I was enthusiastic about arguing every detail, and examining every possible...
My Name is Jane…Boleyn Olga Hughes May 19, 2017“War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming—making people not know who they are....
The Maligned Lady Rochford – An Interview and Cover Reveal with Adrienne Dillard Olga Hughes September 19, 2016Nothing remains of Jane Boleyn. We do not know what she looked like, where she is buried, and we have...
Royal Library: Lord Morley’s Tribute to His Daughter Lady Rochford Olga Hughes March 12, 2015Henry Parker, Lord Morley must have spent most of his career under King Henry VIII with his loyalties torn between...
Wolf Hall Finale: Master of Propaganda Olga Hughes March 3, 2015Peter Straughan was facing two major problems when adapting Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies for television. The first...
Wolf Hall Episode 5: A Murder of Crows Olga Hughes February 21, 2015You have to wonder if it should really be this simple to gloss over the judicial murders of six innocent...