Richard III
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The Tower of London is giving up some of its best-kept medieval secrets. In the most significant dig inside the fortress in a generation, archaeologists have uncovered up to 50 human remains, lost chapels, and a trove of rare artefacts beneath the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula. Read more here: https://shorturl.at/leGSV
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I am reprising the post I made last year, as its a lovely idea. There’s a lovely website where you can remember your deceased loved ones, called Forever Missed. You can light a virtual candle, leave a virtual flower or a note. If anyone would like to remember Richard today, on his birthday, here is…
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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: 📢 STOP PRESS! 📢 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 III’s birthday, our film will be released on streaming service YOREFLIX – The Home of Historical Drama. For…
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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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We’ve heard before that King Charles—when Prince of Wales—was inclined to favour inspecting the contents of That Urn and thus solve the mystery that has blackened King Richard III’s name since the 15th century. I’d like to think something might come of this latest rumour, but I won’t hold my breath. Every royal since Henry…
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I don’t want to know how many “crude anatomical shapes” were painted on Richard’s statue in Cathedral Gardens, Leicester on Friday 28th August, (see https://tinyurl.com/m5mrya7w). I only wish he’d 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 Richard’s new wig in the museum. But today was the launch of a brand‑new 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. I’ll never…
