From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 649
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021 710
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 780
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 890
Harrison Ford defends Ender’s Game “Art and their Creators Often Diverge” Olga Hughes BooksFilm & TV October 13, 2013 8248
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 228
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022 649
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021 1320
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 7 Æsahættr Film & TV December 31, 2020 780
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Season 2 Episode 6 Malice Film & TV December 20, 2020 890
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 378
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Religion Come Between Jane and George? History October 24, 2022 523
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022 544
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: Did Jane Attend a Protest for Princess Mary? History August 12, 2022 541
The Woodvilles: Behind the Myth with Susan Higginbotham Olga Hughes HistoryInterviews October 22, 2013 6758
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 494
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 533
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 552
Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Why Shylock Is More Relevant Than Ever Shakespeare March 7, 2022 779
The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III History September 29, 2026 378
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy Shakespeare May 2, 2022 533
Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth Shakespeare April 30, 2022 552
Happy Holidays from the Nerds Olga Hughes December 25, 2016 And thanks to Adrienne Dillard and Sandi Vasoli for organising this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas! ...
A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III Olga Hughes December 23, 2016An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...
The English Christmas Panto from the Regency to Its Roots by Kyra Kramer Olga Hughes December 21, 2016The Christmas panto is a very British tradition, one still embraced in some former colonial states and eschewed altogether in...
Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard Olga Hughes December 20, 2016 Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard Let’s face it, whether you recognize it as Greensleeves or What Child is This, you...
How Sara Crewe Saved The Little Match Girl Olga Hughes December 19, 2016This week we have been discussing the festive season in Tudor England, and largely the nobility’s version of Christmas, with...
Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas C S Hughes December 19, 2016Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time...
Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli Olga Hughes December 17, 2016 Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli The celebration of Christmas in the Henrician Court...
Festive Marchpane by Claire Ridgway Olga Hughes December 16, 2016Marchpane by Claire Ridgway Marzipan, along with turrón, is one of the sweets sold traditionally at Christmas in Spain. Toledo...
The Light in the Labyrinth – Christmas at Greenwich Olga Hughes December 15, 2016My two Anne Boleyn novels, Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth, a young adult...
