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An Interview With… Dr Toby Capwell

May 24, 2025

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Arms and Armour, Battle of Bosworth, Cervantes, Ciaran Hinds, Denzel Washington, Dr Toby Capwell, Henry V, Mediaeval Arms and Armour, Medieval armour, Medieval knights, Philippa Langley, Richard III, Shakespeare, Tobias Capwell, Wallace Collection, Wars of the Roses

Murrey and Blue’s second in the ‘An Interview With…’ series is with Dr Toby Capwell, expert on European arms and armour of the medieval and Renaissance periods (roughly, the 12th century to the 16th). He was formerly Curator of Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection in London. Joanne Larner: I’ll start by asking how…
Dr Toby Capwell to give a talk about Richard III’s armour….

Mar 6, 2025

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This post is to draw attention to an illustrated talk by the excellent Dr Toby Capwell, who famously rode in full armour in Richard III’s 2015 reinterment procession. It is definitely something to which to look forward. The talk is called The Scoliotic Knight: Reconstructing the real Richard III and as the title suggests concerns…