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 Tale Of Studio Ghibli A Not To Be Missed Cinematic Showcase C S Hughes Film & TV September 6, 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
Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton Olga Hughes HistoryPoet's StageRichard III May 30, 2017
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 August 5, 2023“Love is a fire, and it’s ragin’ out of control” Genya Ravan moans through a scene in the 1979 Walter...
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Olga Hughes May 2, 2022Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? The Tragedy and Disability Olga Hughes May 1, 2022Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Olga Hughes April 30, 2022Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...
Merchant of Venice: Part Two – History and Myth Olga Hughes March 22, 2022Please watch: Shakespeare the Author One of Shakespeare’s most profound speeches doesn’t actually belong to one of his plays....
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Olga Hughes March 7, 2022Shylock has been residing in a corner of my mind for about four years now, ever since I first studied...
Richard III – For A Horse C S Hughes March 30, 2015CATESBY Rescue, my Lord of Norfolk, rescue, rescue! The king enacts more wonders than a man, Daring an opposite to...
The Genius Of The Fable – Four Books We’d Like To See Made By Studio Ghibli C S Hughes January 6, 2015The fable is at the heart of storytelling; it is a mystery, an exaggeration, a tall story, a romance, a...
Who Wants To See Patrick Stewart Read John Cooper Clarke’s Chickentown? C S Hughes October 17, 2014They say the Yorkshire accent is the closest thing to the way English sounded in Elizabethan times, except for Bostonians,...
A New Afterlife for King Richard III? Olga Hughes May 31, 2014The University of Leicester, along with scientists from the University of Cambridge and Loughborough University, have finally released their case...
Shatner, Shakespeare and Much Ado About Whedon C S Hughes July 24, 2013There is something quite magnificent about seeing Shakespeare done properly. Especially the comedies. Raucous, ribald, rude and rambunctious, done properly...