♛ King Richard III ♛

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: ‘Our best guess at Greyfriars’, by Dan Martin (18.05.2013) – PhD student Asem al Bunni (De Montfort University) built the assumed outlook of the Grey Friars Church in Leicester after assumptions and research done by Dr. Ashdown-Hill in his book “The Last Days of Richard III”.

 

• De Montfort University, Leicester: DMU re-creates Richard III’s long-lost friary (20.05.2013) – Speculations about the Greyfriars’ church and St. Mary-in-the-Newarke, where King Richard III may have been on public display before his burial in the Greyfriars church.

 

• University of York: Richard III: History’s man and Shakespeare’s villain. Speakers at the event on Sunday 23 June 2013: Chris Skidmore, Mark Ormrod and Judith Buchanan (21.05.2013) – Admission to the event in the Berrick Saul Building at the University of York is free, but booking is required!

 

• University of Leicester: Was Richard III a benevolent king or a murderous tyrant? (Press release: 21.05.2013) – Free event and open debate on 6 June 2013. [As reported already in last week’s news.]

 

• Middlehamonline.com: Richard the Third Weekend – 5th – 7th July 2013 – As I can’t link to the event itself, just to a general news page, I will quote the even description here:
  

  RICHARD THE THIRD WEEKEND
  Friday 5th July 2013:

  – The weekend will start on Friday from the Chruch of St Mary’s & St Alkeldas with a children’s procession to the Castle where the children will be presented to King Richard & Queen Anne.

  – The raising of Richard’s personal pennant from Middleham Castle.

  Saturday 6th July 2013:

  – Country Market – Market Place Middleham
  A selection of stalls reflecting country gifts, skills and produce

  – King Richard & Queen Anne will process through Middleham

  – Wandering Minstrels

  – Castle re-enactments and audiences with Richard & Queen Anne

  – Hog Roast

  – An evening Talk covering Richard’s life and death
  by the Historian Steven Brindle, Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society and Professor Sarah Haisnworth of Leicester University

  Refreshments included in ticketprice of £18 per person

  Sunday 7th July 2013:

  – Middleham Castle
  an audience with King Richard & Queen Anne

  – Re-enactments archery etc.

  – Wandering Minstrels

  – Craft Fair at the Key Centre

  – Refreshments etc. acailable

  – Market Place afternoon into evening

  – Tilt The Bucket

  – Barbeque food etc.

♛ King Richard Everywhere ♛

• The Atlantic: The Uncanny Face Model They Made With Richard III’s Skull, by Megan Garber (17.05.2013) – Is King Richard III bringing a new dimension into history? Certainly the third…

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Letter from Richard III’s mother discovered in America, by Leicester Mercury (21.05.2013) – Though the article contains the common error to declare Richard III, before becoming King, to have been Duke of York like his father, instead of his real title as Duke of Gloucester, it reamins to be seen how much the proposed letter by Richard’s mother, Cecily Neville, can shed new light on King Richard III.

 

• ThisIsGloucestershire.co.uk: Gloucester ‘snubbed’ on national tour of Richard III’s reconstructed face, by The Citizen (21.05.2013) – King Richard III everywhere? – Apparently not …

 

• ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Deadline nears in Richard III row, by Dan Martin, Leicester Mercury (21.05.2013) – Are the relatives of King Richard III a ‘distraction’?