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There is a public vote for the best sculpture and one of those shortlisted is a stylised sculpture of Richard III, at Sutton Cheney, where he may have prayed the night before Bosworth. The figure is kneeling and is meant to show him contemplating the uncertain future ahead and his responsibility to his lineage and…
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I’m not sure whether this is going to be pro-Richard III or not. What do you think from this trailer?
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Here’s what they say: đ˘ STOP PRESS! đ˘ We are THRILLED to announce that our wonderful proof of concept short film, A Taste of Loyalty, has found a new home. On the 2nd of October, King Richard IIIâs birthday, our film will be released on streaming service YOREFLIX – The Home of Historical Drama. For…
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Bah! Humbug! I’m sick and tired of reading about 14-year-old Richard II being a monstrous tyrant. This is in The Uprising, of course, which film has filled the headlines for weeks now. The chosen plot sounds so weighted that it even suggests the film’s hero was the original Robin Hood! Eh? Robin Hood was around…
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When I saw the heading of the article below, for a moment I thought another son of Richard’s had been found! But no, it’s a plaque to Edward of Middleham. It was unveiled in the Church of St Mary and St Akelda in Middleham, in the year that marks the 550th anniversary of his birth.…
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Weâve heard before that King Charlesâwhen Prince of Walesâwas inclined to favour inspecting the contents of That Urn and thus solve the mystery that has blackened King Richard IIIâs name since the 15th century. Iâd like to think something might come of this latest rumour, but I wonât hold my breath. Every royal since Henry…
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I donât want to know how many âcrude anatomical shapesâ were painted on Richardâs statue in Cathedral Gardens, Leicester on Friday 28th August, (see https://tinyurl.com/m5mrya7w). I only wish heâd come to life and gone after them to jab his sword at their rear ends! Oh, if only…. But it says all we need to know…
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By Susan Lamb It was a bright Saturday morning and the Richard III Society was totally buzzing with excitement. It hadn’t seen this much excitement since Richardâs new wig in the museum. But today was the launch of a brandânew apple variety, grown right there in Leicester, named after our good king Richard III. It…
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A lot of you may already have twigged that I enjoy the Country Life magazine articles about historic properties throughout the UK, and this https://tinyurl.com/3wdz2rzh (written by Toby Keel) is one of them. We all like to dream about living in a Home with History, but very few of us manage to achieve the dream. Iâll never…
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We all know by now that the usurper Henry Tudor, aka Henry VII, was born in Pembroke. The town even boasts a statue of him. Not that he ever did much for the Welsh. He was entirely self-seeking, and had his diminutive mother cracking the whip behind him. Well, we always imagine her being the…
