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 Department Store Drama Wars: The Paradise Loses out to Mr Selfridge Olga Hughes Film & TV March 7, 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
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
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. C S Hughes 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 problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England John Ashdown-Hill May 22, 2017In 2004, following the request of colleagues in Belgium, I discovered the mtDNA sequence of King Richard III and his...
The Secret Queen Buried in Norwich Olga Hughes December 2, 2015ince we last spoke to Dr. John Ashdown Hill in January, he has finally seen King Richard III re-interred and...
The Inspiration for Richard III’s Rosary Olga Hughes January 21, 2015Dr. John Ashdown-Hill will forever be linked with King Richard III. Twelve years ago he commenced research on the mitochondrial...
The Dublin King with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes January 9, 2015In 1487 a young boy was crowned King Edward VI in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. After a failed rebellion...
What do King Richard III’s Latest DNA Results Really Prove? John Ashdown-Hill December 3, 2014The University of Leicester have announced that they have uncovered ‘new truths’ about King Richard III’s Plantagenet lineage in Identification...
History Salon: Life After Finding Richard III Olga Hughes September 3, 2014 On the 25th of August, 1485, King Richard III was laid to rest in the Greyfriars Church in Leicester....
Finding Richard III: The Official Account of a Remarkable Journey Olga Hughes July 31, 2014It is almost strange to see the culmination of years of hard work and dedication compressed into a series of...
Finding Richard III: The Official Account Released Olga Hughes July 15, 2014The much-anticipated account of the Looking for Richard project’s search for King Richard III is now available. The Looking for...
Looking For Richard Project to Release ‘Finding Richard III: The Official Account’ Olga Hughes June 14, 2014Finding Richard III: The Official Account The Looking for Richard team will finally reveal the real story behind the search...
Richard III’s Funeral Crown to be Unveiled in Tewkesbury Olga Hughes May 2, 2014The amazing funeral crown of King Richard III will grace Tewkesbury Abbey this weekend during a major event commemorating the...
Richard III Funeral Crown Completed Olga Hughes April 24, 2014The much-anticipated funeral crown for Richard III has been completed. The crown was designed and comissioned by Dr John Ashdown-Hill,...
The Third Plantagenet: George Duke of Clarence with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes March 3, 2014We know him as false fleeting perjured Clarence, always as a traitor, sometimes as a drunk and a madman. We...
Fit for a King: The Burial and Reburial of Richard III with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes February 4, 2014“buryed…without any pompe or solemn funerall…in thabbay of monks Franciscanes at Leycester” Polydore Vergil Today marks a full year since...
Just Who is the Custodian of King Richard III’s Bones? Olga Hughes January 13, 2014Where are the Bones of King Richard III? They are most certainly not in a box in the history department...
The Search for Richard III’s DNA: Looking for Richard with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes October 3, 2013In The King in the Car Park documentary, the world watched as the skeleton discovered on the very first day...
