From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 520
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021 621
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Captain Picard & The Star Trek TNG Crew’s Xmas Carol Mash Up C S Hughes Film & TV December 5, 2013 5704
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 42
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 520
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1165
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 681
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The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? History October 24, 2022 412
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Amy Licence’s Cecily Neville Mother of Kings Excerpt “His Young Duchess” Olga Hughes History May 8, 2014 4469
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 386
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 408
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Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Shakespeare March 7, 2022 618
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? The Tragedy and Disability Olga Hughes Shakespeare May 1, 2022 353
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His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ Olga Hughes December 29, 2019Episode 8 Spoilers Betrayal If there was one episode this season that was an almost perfect adaptation of the source...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 7 ‘The Fight to the Death’ Olga Hughes December 21, 2019Episode 7 Spoilers The Fight to the Death There is no way of getting around the fact that, for book...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 6 ‘The Daemon-Cages’ Olga Hughes December 11, 2019Episode Six Spoilers The Daemon-Cages Philip Pullman once said that “There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Five ‘The Lost Boy’ Olga Hughes December 5, 2019Episode 5 Spoilers The Lost Boy Who is the ‘lost boy’? Titled for chapter twelve of Northern Lights, in which...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Four ‘Armour’ Olga Hughes November 27, 2019Episode Four Spoilers Armour We’re now four episodes in, and Armour revealed some small flaws in the thus-far polished veneer...
His Dark Materials: On Gyptians Olga Hughes November 24, 2019The Gyptians of Philip Pullman’s ‘Brytain’ and the wider world were introduced in the first episode of His Dark Materials...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Three ‘The Spies’ Olga Hughes November 20, 2019Episode Three Spoilers The Spies For an episode that took place over a handful of days in even fewer locations,...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode Two ‘The Idea of the North’ Olga Hughes November 13, 2019Episode Two Spoilers The Idea of the North In his lecture ‘The Writer’s Responsibility’, Philip Pullman quotes film director and...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode One ‘Lyra’s Jordan’ Olga Hughes November 5, 2019Episode One Spoilers Lyra’s Jordan If, as a book fan, you had any reservations about His Dark Materials, the opening...
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: ‘The Golden Compass’ and Pre-Show Thoughts Olga Hughes November 3, 2019The following is spoiler-free but references themes from the His Dark Materials book trilogy. The Golden Compass has its twelve...
