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The wonderful Richard III Middleham Festival is now approaching! The Yorkshire Branch is hosting all presentations on Saturday 4th July and tickets are still available for seats in Richard’s Collegiate Church of St Mary & St Alkelda. See poster below: All the presentations are ticketed and tickets may be obtained electronically from rgm@dockroyd.co.uk. The Richard III Society…
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Well, it may be a version of Shakespeare’s Richard III, which is total fiction with very little fact, but it’s very interesting all the same. And as it’s also The Earliest Surviving American Feature Film, it’s not only important but also a great peek into those [not so!] far off days when films were in…
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Time for some more utter tosh about nasty, mean, beastly,, heartless, murderous Richard III. Not that Henry VII fares well either: “….Henry VII was not a fun guy. He was strict, severe, and unbearably cheap. Records from his early reign show that he never parted with a penny he didn’t have to, and he tracked…
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A Taste of Loyalty will be showing at The Bedford Independant Film Festival on the 12th of April at 12:40 in the Historical Category.This is just the beginning.Click the link to grab your film festival tickets! https://quarrytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows?tags=bedfordfilmfest
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With thanks to Ian Churchward. From Ian’s Blog 15th March 2026 An interview with the actor Jack Anthony of Anthony-Hamilton Productions in which he tells about his Prince Richard of Shrewsbury film project. ( not to be confused with the USA actor of the same name who was born in California ) 1.…
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Dan Snow is always a contentious subject for Ricardians, but in this video (https://tinyurl.com/3e4zpxr3) he deals with “….cinematic portrayals of the kings and queens of England and Britain….” so it’s the films he’s commenting on. But I have to say that I couldn’t really find fault with his narrative. However, the video is (a) infuriating…
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From The Richard III Society: News of new event for A Taste of Loyalty, taking place at the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester on 22nd January at 5.00pm: YOU ARE INVITED! Richard III has been buried beneath myth for over five centuries. A Taste of Loyalty seeks to exhume the man beneath the…
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“….Back during this time [1381] King Richard III was on the throne….” Quote taken from https://tinyurl.com/3558yumz. It would seem that the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, during which the famous rebel leader Wat Tyler was murdered, has become somewhat fashionable. Articles about it are frequently dropping into my in-box and there is even to be a…
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