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Late last year, the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (Free Saudi Liberals) was sentenced on appeal to ten years imprisonment and a thousand lashes for two offences: apostacy (apparently changing his religion, which is generally a capital offence in KSA) and “undermining the regime and officials” (essentially sedition). He had previously been sentenced to seven years…
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There is one portrait of Richard that is not seen very often, perhaps because it is not straightforward…or well painted. For instance, why the broken sword? As a symbol of his defeat and broken monarchy? It is also rather dark and presumably in need of a good clean, presents him with a malformed left hand,…
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I have just found a very interesting site at https://sevenstarwheel.wordpress.com/. It belongs to a lady who makes 15th-century clothes by studying the old illustrations. It’s packed full of photographs and old pictures, and a LOT of information about the fashions. She is very talented and tells her stories very well. Worth a really good look.
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Well, perhaps ‘makeover’ isn’t quite right, because he’s been flattered by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Musician. See above. There again, perhaps I do George an injustice by saying he’s been flattered, because we don’t know what he looked like, only that he had Edward IV and Richard III for brothers. So, I think it would…
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Among the tongue-in-cheek reports for looking back on 2015 (that’s not a typo), Guardian.com for 28th December 2014 has this to say:- Twelve more bodies identified as Richard III The laboratory that identified the skeleton from under a Leicester car park as the last Plantagenet king was in the spotlight again last spring when 12…
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by Merlyn MacLeod A Christmas candle is a lovely thing. It makes no noise at all, but softly gives itself away. ~Eva Logue “I ask ye, is it too much for a good man to ask for a bit of warm comfort on a cold Christmas Eve?” Hastings raised his hands about chest high.…
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… who Petrus Alamire was spying for but he survived possibly outwitting Henry VIII: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29693410 Here is a little more about him: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29693410
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http://sarahpeverley.com/tag/medieval-expert/ Well, I may be late on the scene again with this one, and everyone out there already knows all about it, but I’ve only just stumbled over the site. I have to say it’s well worth following for all things medieval. The article about Elizabeth Woodville I found particularly informative, describing her clothes, her signature, the…
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Here (with the prospect of York Minister through the window) is a composite picture of Richard III’s queen, Anne Neville, who died in 1485, not long after their son died too. Richard was left alone, facing the gathering storm of invasion by Henry Tudor. The original illustration (also above), much tweaked, is of Mary of Burgundy (whose…
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This morning I received a Google Alert. I receive them every day for anything that mentions Richard III. That’s the king, by the way. So if you received this, what might you expect? Or hope? 12 hours ago. Facebook. RICHARD III BY PHILIPPE STARCK. Art & Design’s photo. Like · Comment. Farshad Jabbari, Tutin Halder,…
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