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I confess to not knowing much about Andrew Slade before reading this article—https://shorturl.at/Zcc6T—but quite clearly he is an acting force to be reckoned with. And as he not only starred in this play about Richard III, but also wrote it, he is a great adornment to the world of theatre. The object of Andrew’s play…
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“….A 1,000-year-old treatment for eye infections could hold the key to killing antibiotic-resistant superbugs, experts have said….” From the safe distance of our later centuries we are often inclined to laugh (or shudder) at the medicinal remedies and treatments our medieval ancestors had to endure. Let’s face it, some of them are truly disgusting. But…
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Having found myself struggling when it comes to providing my fictional medieval characters with the correct flags, banners, guidons, pennons and so on, it was a great relief to come upon websites that explain it all for idiots like me. Here are some of them: Vexillology (the study of flags) is very interesting and colourful…
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Well, here’s an intriguing little revelation about a medieval property scam to benefit the Twynyho family at Soulton Hall, Shropshire. The trickery took place in 1395, and the Twynyhos still held Soulton Hall in 1483 when Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham*, was captured by Richard III right on the estate’s border. What was the…
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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a fascinating herb with a rich history. It is a hardy perennial herb with fern-like leaves and bright yellow flowers, growing up to three feet tall. It prefers moist soil and full sun to partial shade and is commonly found growing in rough ground, on field boundaries. Tansy contains compounds such…
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Sorry this is too late to attend, but it sounds as if it would have been very dramatic… “….Dartmouth Castle will once again serve as a striking backdrop for open-air theatre as The Inn Theatre Company stages its summer production of Richard III . The company is performing one of Shakespeare’s history plays for the first time,…
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There have been several posts on this blog about theatrical productions of Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time. This book is, as all Ricardians know, a seminal work that stands up for Richard III’s innocence regarding the disappearance of his nephews, the so-called “Princes in the Tower”. Some of the posts have heralded the play,…
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After five years of work and expenditure of £27.5m, Norwich Castle has been restored to its original state of 900 years ago, and reopens on Sunday, 24 August. That evening there’s a documentary on Channel Four at 7.30 p.m. If you missed it it is available on 4 for a couple of weeks. To read…
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Maria Grazia Leotta is a staunch Ricardian and she timed her first work of fiction in English to coincide with the Anniversary of Richard’s tragic death. Although this is her first solo English work, she has previously contributed to short story anthologies and had poems published. Not only that but she is also the author…
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