Patrick McGoohan

Dan Snow video on some of our kings and queens, including Richard III….

Mar 23, 2025

armour, battles, culture, films, history, medieval characters, Richard III, The play’s the thing, Uncategorized, Usurpers to throne

“Princes”, Battle of Bosworth, Colin Firth, Dan Snow, Edward I, Edward II, Edward VII, Edward VIII, George III, George IV, George V, George VI, Henry V, Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Hawthorne, Olivia Colman, Patrick McGoohan, Piers Gaveston, Queen Anne, Richard III

Dan Snow may be a popular historian, always on TV, always praised and admired, but he seldom comes in for any thumbs-up from Ricardians. Well, like most of today’s TV-historians, he’s pro-Tudor. And that, folks, means putting their Rosa Klebb boots into Richard III. So when this link https://shorturl.at/nlCnD turned up and I saw it…
Henry Tudor was a villain….

Feb 28, 2023

anniversaries, films, The play’s the thing

Henry VII, Laurence Olivier, Patrick McGoohan, Richard III, Sean Connery, Stanley Baker

“….Two years later, after being cast by Laurence Olivier as Henry Tudor in Richard III, he played a villain again in Child in the House….” Oh, the bliss of taking a sentence out of context. Yes, of COURSE Henry Tudor was a villain! The quote is from this link about the great Welsh actor…
My versions of mediaeval Kings

Apr 25, 2017

art

Alan Howard, Blake Ritson, Caxton, Edward I, Edward III, Edward IV, Graham Turner, Hans Holbein, Henry V, Henry VII, kings, music, Patrick McGoohan, portraits, Richard II, Richard III, Tom Hiddleston

Why is it that one particular image will capture the perceived essence of a medieval king in one’s mind? When one hears music for the first time, it will be that first rendition/interpretation that stays, and by which one will judge all others. At least, that is how it is with me. No matter how…

Patrick McGoohan

Dan Snow video on some of our kings and queens, including Richard III….

Henry Tudor was a villain….

My versions of mediaeval Kings