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- HeritageDaily: Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth – By Mike Ingram (November 1, 2019) –
How a location can change the perception of past events, that is the result of the extensive research by Mike Ingram about the Battle of Bosworth and the now discovered new location of the battle grounds.
His new publication “Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth”, just published on October 30th, 2019, draws a completely new picture about the battle itself, how it evolved, but also about the events leading up to it.
- APOLLO.The International Art Magazine: Painted as a villain – how the Tudors regarded Richard III, by Christina J. Faraday (October 8, 2019) –
A new portrait was revealed for the 567th birthday of King Richard III at Hever Castle. But would he have been happy about this portrait? Christina J. Faraday, an affiliated lecturer in the History of Art Department at the University of Cambridge, goes deeper into the real meaning of the newly revealed portrait and its Tudor interpretation.
- BBC History Extra: 10 things you need to know about the battle of Bosworth, by Chris Skidmore (August 22, 2019) –
Chris Skidmore is the author of a book “Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors” (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2013).
He has published this article already in August 2014, but it now was re-published by BBC History Extra and still is very interesting to read.
- RadioPublic.com: Philippa Langley on RIII – Podcast: BBC Interview of 6th January, 2015 (June 16, 2019) –
The BBC interview (6 January 2015) with Philippa Langley and Anne Carson, biographer of King Richard III is now available as a podcast on RadioPublic.com.
- BBC News: Richard III: Leicester Cathedral £11.3m plans approved, by BBC East Midlands (February 20, 2019) –
Visitors are queuing up in front of Leicester Cathedral, to see King Richard III’s tomb. Now plans are made to add exhibition rooms to the church building, to accommodate visitors better.
- BBC History Extra: The battle for Bosworth field: Historians react to decision to build on battlefield where Richard III died, by Rachel Dinning (October 4, 2018) –
Historians Mike Pitts, Matthew Lewis, George Goodwin, Diane Purkiss and Michael Jones give their views about the Battlefield of Bosworth, where King Richard III died in 1485. What knowledge is still to be had from a battlefield, of which the exact location was found out only a few years ago? Would it be worth it to destroy the access to a field exactly at a moment, when technology finally catches up with the historical research about the time and could supplement and extend the knowledge about fighting methods, but also about the society of the time?
- BBC News: Richard III find historian John Ashdown-Hill dies (May 23, 2018) –
Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, the historian behind the finding of the remains of King Richard III in Leicester, died on 18 May 2018.
A very sad news for the KingRichardArmitage website, who he kindly supported with interviews and a multitude of valuable information. Just see the various posts and articles we have here on this website: Dr. John Ashdown-Hill – News & Interviews
A great loss for unbiassed historical research.
- History Extra: The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?, by Dr. John Ashdown-Hill (April 9, 2018) –
King Edward IV. and his love-life, having an effect on the succession of King Richard III.
- What’s Up Hollywood: EXCLUSIVE: “Sleepwalker” star Richard Armitage is Living the Dream, by Izumi Hasegawa (October 24, 2017) –
Richard Armitage mentioned King Richard III in his interview about his latest film project “Sleepwalker”.
- History Extra: Was Richard III a loyal brother or murderous tyrant? 60 seconds with Chris Skidmore, by Rachel Dinning (September 12, 2017) –
Author, historian and politician, talks about King Richard III.
- Live Science: Richard III’s Prayer Book Goes Online … and Is That a Personal Note?, by Stephanie Pappas (February 24, 2017) –
King Richard III’s prayer book with annotations in his own handwriting is now digitalised and available online:
Leicester Cathedral – Richard III’s Book of Hours
- The Broadway Channel: Love, Love, Love’s Richard Armitage on Dancing Like a Teenager Backstage, His Royal Bucket List Role & More, by Broadway.com Staff (December 1, 2016) –
Part relevant for King Richard III, transcribed from the video accompanying the interview article:
What role is on your acting bucket list?
“Yeah, there is a role on my bucket list. It has been there for a long time, actually. I’d like to play Richard III in some context, whether that’s the Shakespearean version or another version. I was born on the day that he died and I was named after him, so I feel like I have to […] get into his head, or something.”
Video by: The Broadway Channel, 01.12.2016
Produced by: Lisa Spychala
Photographer: Emilio Madrid-Kuser
Shot & Edited: Nick Shakra
Graphics: Tony Mendoza
- The New Indian Express: Richard III’s Innocence Found in Sterlised Room, by Shom Biswas (March 23, 2016) –
Josephine Tey’s “The Daughter of Time” and her inspector Alan Grant can fascinate even over 50 years
- The Independent: The Princes in the Tower: Will the ultimate cold case finally be solved after more than 500 years?, by Paul Gallagher (August 21, 2015) –
Philippa Langley, the leading lady in the search for King Richard III, now continues with her research and diggs into the historical sources about the Princes in the Tower.
Professional cold case investigators now take over where historians failed for centuries. New, so far closed archives are opened for investigation and material is carried together all over Europe to make the progress of this new research effort interesting to watch.
- Leicester Mercury: Battle of Bosworth re-enactment this weekend (August 19, 2015) –
530 years after the Battle of Bosworth where King Richard III died, the re-enactors make him and his time live again.
- BBC News: Richard III historians Philippa Langley and John Ashdown-Hill made MBEs (June 13, 2015) –
Finally, a royal recognition of the events in Leicester, by awarding the Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) to both Philippa Langley and Dr. John Ashdown-Hill.
(As I was not familiar with the title of ‘MBE’, I had to look it up here at Wikipedia.)
- The Independent: A historian gave the most British look of despair when someone screwed up Richard III’s birthday at his reburial, by Christopher Hooton (March 27, 2015) –
So much effort was undertaken for the re-burial of King Richard III. Still they got King Richard III’s birthday wrong in his eulogy in Leicester Cathedral.
Here a quite understandable reaction by Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who did such extensive research about King Richard III and who enabled the finding of the grave, to be embarassed that even such a basic fact about the king was ignored.
In the debate about the finding of King Richard III, it certainly does not help, that some try to make fun of the historian Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who did the necessary background research to enable the find. The University of Leicester, pressed into the research, did not find the king. They only provided the research equipment, personnel and know-how for coping with the search results, but not the necessary optimism, the belief, the pre-determined area where to dig and the enormous work to achieve the acceptance by the authorities to allow the dig in those areas that was necessary that the king could be found. Without Dr. John Ashdown-Hill’s pre-research and Philippa Langley, the king would have remaind where he was for over 500 years. To ignore that fact is to ignore the real circumstances of the search.
- Medievalists.net (Blog): Philippa Langley: The End of Richard III and the Beginning of Henry I, by Sandra Alvarez (March 27, 2015) –
Interview with Philippa Langley reveals her next research project. The search for Henry I’s abbey in Reading.
- BBC HistoryExtra.com: Bad King Richard III? “He was a product of his time. I’ve warmed to him” says relative Michael Ibsen, by Emma McFarnon (March 27, 2015) –
An interview with Michael Ibsen, relative to King Richard III who helped identify him, about his experiences with the research, making the wood coffin and the ceremonies in Leicester.
- Leicester Mercury: Richard III reburied in Leicester: As it happened (March 26, 2015) –
Live from Leicester – Tweets as the event happened. Burial ceremony in Leicester Cathedral with a statement by Benedict Cumberbatch about his BBC role as Richard III which relies on Shakespeares version.