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  • RICHARD THE POSTER BOY

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    DIGGING FOR RICHARD by MIKE PITTS http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-review-digging-for-richard-iii-by-mike-pitts-9386258.html Well, I’m not quite sure about this review in The Independent. To me it is not balanced. Will Gore has no sympathy for the ‘emotional’ Ricardian side of events, describes the Leicester archaeologists as ‘pragmatic’ (read sensible and worthy), and almost writes, “Richard? Richard who? Oh, him. The…

  • Richard III’s finger

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    For anyone wondering whether Richard could have still formed hisletters if he’d lost digits or tips of fingers, let us begin with whatis required to write with a quill. This video: http://youtu.be/dqCBUHlPVBk features a Japanese calligrapher who, from about 1:00 minute to 3:00minutes, is writing in Gothic Litera Bastarda with a quill. (You won’tsee feathers;…