Richard III
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Part I of a review by Myrna Smith, Ricardian Reading Editor The second paragraph of the preface to this book brings up politics, citing Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher, whose death “was generally regretted by those in the south of England, but not in many other parts of the country…..There will never be a factual…
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How would Richard’s scoliosis be treated today?
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“Body of Evidence” was the title of a talk given by Dominic Smee, Richard’s “body double”, at Leicester University earlier this year. Until recently, one of the great mysteries surrounding the last Plantagenet king was the contradiction between the severity of his supposed deformities and his reputation as a soldier, praised amongst others by his…
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… was the Newarke Church in the 1331 Hospital of the Annunciation, in which he laid from August 22-25 1485, also described here. The Earl of Leicester at the time of the construction was Henry of Lancaster, son of Edmund Crouchback. This is the Hawthorn Building of de Montfort University, on the same site today.…
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I have enjoyed reading the books of Richard Unwin about Richard III from the point of view of Laurence the Armourer and was intrigued by his theory that William Stanley was not a traitor, or at least not in the way we might think. Think about the battle – William Stanley and his men are…
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Elizabeth of York (Emma Sian Cooper) and Professor John Skelton (Taresh Solanki). Picture: Nadeem Chugtai Make a note of the following links:- http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/chance-quiz-richard-iii-academics-9847864 and http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/what-s-on/local-listings/play-aims-to-challenge-views-on-richard-iii-1-6899672
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It is always a pleasure to visit the sumptuous J. Pierpont Morgan Museum and Library located in the Murray Hill section of New York City. Built in 1906, designed by the esteemed architectural firm of McKim, Meade and White, it is breathtakingly beautiful as well as a unique source of medieval riches, housing one of the smallest…
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Deans Close School (Cheltenham) to hold ‘Richard III’ Edinburgh Fringe preview at Tewkesbury Abbey….
The above photograph is from http://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/ The following article can be read at http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Deans-Close-School-hold-Richard-III-Edinburgh/story-27602320-detail/story.html#2. However, the intrusive and downright obstructive presence of numerous annoying adverts makes reading it there a slow and very disagreeable experience. So I’ve copied the main gist of it. “Deans Close School (Cheltenham) to hold ‘Richard III’ Edinburgh Fringe preview at Tewkesbury…
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When Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo began to write their classic Godfather movies, based on Mario Puzo’s pop novel, did they have the Plantagenet Brothers, Edward, George and Richard in mind as the prototypes of Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone? Whether they did or not, the parallels among the characters and their historical counterparts are quite interesting and in several instances, astonishing.…
