University of Leicester
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Well, well, another university is accused of trying to stop other researchers’ work! See here: (https://discover.swns.com/2026/07/researchers-snubbed-by-university-in-bid-to-dig-for-king-alfreds-remains/) It’s Winchester this time, and the lost king is Alfred the Great. Oh, echoes of Leicester and Richard III. Anyway, here’s another link about this: https://discover.swns.com/2026/07/researchers-snubbed-by-university-in-bid-to-dig-for-king-alfreds-remains/ Is The Lost King 2 on the horizon….? Hmm. Probably not.
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For the armchair archaeologists among us, here’s a link (https://tinyurl.com/23ds5mjm) about the finding of an ancient ‘sunken’ village/buildings connected to Loddington Hall in Leicestershire. From this link I investigated more and found the gbnews article (https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-east-midlands-loddington-medieval-britain ) identified under the image of archaeologists below. There is also https://worldomep.org/news/university-of-leicester-archaeology-loddington-uncovers-timber-buildings-that-rewrote-local-history/, and you can listen to the BBC…
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While it’s fascinating to learn about the well-known photograph of Richard’s remains (see above) it’s also dismally evident that the university is still hogging the limelight (pun intended) where his discovery is concerned, see the video at https://tinyurl.com/ycxv44ds. Not one mention of Philippa Langley, the Richard III Society or any other “outsider”. It’s all the…
