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 7 Æsahættr Olga Hughes Film & TV December 31, 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
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Olga Hughes Film & TV July 29, 2022
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
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
George Boleyn; Arrogant? Eddie Boverington July 19, 2016My name is George Boleyn, And I’d like to set things straight; That I’m really not a monster, And in...
Henry VII Eddie Boverington May 27, 2016I come from west of England; That peninsula called Wales. I’m stronger than a bunch of leeks; In truth as...
Edward Seymour Eddie Boverington April 7, 2016I have a little nephew; Eddie is his name. I love my little nephew, Who provides reflected fame. My nephew’s...
Cromwell’s Lament Eddie Boverington October 28, 2015Picture: Thomas Cromwell by David Levine. Originally appeared in The New York Review of Books, April 6, 1978, accompanying The...
Yea Olde Worlde Uxoricide Eddie Boverington August 10, 2015There comes a time in every homicidal egotistical Monarch‘s life when he decides on uxoricide. That’s killing your wife by...
Respecting The Dead Clare Cherry August 4, 2015was in the fictional programme The Tudors that George Boleyn was first depicted as a rapist. He brutally raped his...
The Six Wives of Henry VIII – their Marriages, their Deaths and their Births Danielle Marchant July 7, 2015The birth dates of many historical figures have become lost over time. We know that King Henry VIII was born...
Lauren Mackay’s Inside the Tudor Court: Finding Eustace Chapuys Lauren Mackay April 2, 2014Historian Lauren Mackay joins us on the third day of her Virtual Blog Tour discussing her new book Inside the...
The Red Rose and the White: Elizabeth of York with Arlene Okerlund Olga Hughes December 11, 2013Elizabeth of York was the product of a love match. Her parents King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville had a...
The Perfect Queen: Elizabeth of York Olga Hughes December 8, 2013On the 11th of February 1466 for the first time in over a century a princess was born. Queen Elizabeth...
Queen Elfrida and Anne Boleyn Elizabeth Norton November 5, 2013My all time favourite queen of England has to be Elfrida (or, more correctly but less easy to read, Aelfthryth),...
Tudor: The Family Story – Legacy with Leanda de Lisle Olga Hughes September 13, 2013The four surviving children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York all had a crown in their future, but it...
Tudor: The Family Story – The Rise of a Dynasty with Leanda de Lisle Olga Hughes September 12, 2013The Tudor dynasty began with a fairy tale – a love match between a beautiful young widowed Queen and a...
Several Curious Monsters From A Medieval Menagerie C S Hughes August 17, 2013On the birth of the new heir to the British throne, Australia’s Northern Territory gifted the baby Prince George a...
Tudor Collectables you Can’t Live Without Olga Hughes August 16, 2013Or can you? Ranging from the seriously cute to the slightly offensive… Although there have been plenty of china...