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Here’s an interesting blog from Lydia Starbuck, which I’ve copied in full here because on my screen a lot of the words on the right margin are hidden by a border. The October Kings By Lydia Starbuck on 1st October 2015 http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/the-october-kings-54091 King Richard III was born in October 1452, one of five monarchs with…
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http://theberkshireedge.com/richard-iii-debunking-the-myth-with-the-bones/ For those Ricardians in the US. “Join us at 1 p.m. at Dewey Hall on Main Street in Sheffield on Saturday, October 3rd, to hear Sally B. Keil speak about one of the major archeological discoveries of this century, the bones of Richard III.” I hope some of you will be able to attend,…
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http://tinyurl.com/owlk6cm All good Ricardians already know the fine calibre of our king, so hopefully this talk will be honest. If it is, he will be exonerated. And might gain some new supporters.
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Restless, furious, vengeful He sees with eyes long dead Malicious lies recorded His truth and honour fled The loser at the battle Despite his dauntless skill Losing yet more thereafter By the pen of Tudor’s Will He lost through heated courage The impulse wrongly judged Five hundred years to contemplate His honour foully smudged…
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These conjoined initials were devised by Frances Quinn, in Gouache on vellum:
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The link below constitutes one in the eye for Henry Tudor (guess which eye!) The demeaning whispers he always feared and hated…that he was Elizabeth of York’s consort, not she his, are still circulating all these centuries later. Ha, suddenly this dull, wet, windy late-September morning isn’t so bad after all. It might be worth a…
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http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2015-archive-1/september/richard-iii-gave-battle-in-sand Watch time-lapse footage of Richard III sand sculpture being modelled in Leicester’ A time-lapse video showing the creation of a sand sculpture depicting the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 has been captured by the University of Leicester. 80 tonnes of sand were transformed into four giant sculptures by award-winning artists who were asked to…
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The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)
“Tudor” “sources”, Annette Carson, Brecknock, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Casper Weinreich, Charles Ross, Crowland, Edward V, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Woodville, France, Gairdner, George Cely, Guillaume de Rochefort, Hastings, Henry of Buckingham, Henry Tudor, John Morton, John Stow, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Lancastrians, Paul Murray Kendall, Polydore Vergil, Reynold Bray, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, rumours, Shakespeare, Thomas More, Thomas Rotherham, Winston ChurchillPart 8 – “Rumour it abroad…” “ I, from the orient to the drooping west, Making the wind my post-horse, still unfold The acts commenced on this ball of earth; Upon my tongues continual slanders ride; The which in every language I pronounce Stuffing the ears of men with false reports… And no…
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Pieter Bruegel the Younger, “Spring”, c. 1600 So Richard got up one December morning, and thought, “By all the saints, I fancy some asparagus today.” Er, sorry, sire, it’s the wrong time of the year. Hmm, the royal taste buds are well and truly thwarted. Being king didn’t quite get you all you wanted. Today…
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An article from the Society’s NSW branch: NOT LOOKING FOR RICHARD? Not every mention of Richard III in fiction is actually in a book about him.
The New Murrey and Blue blog 