Express.co.uk: Descendants of King Richard III ruled the free world, by Ian Read (24.02.2013) – Genealogist Anthony Adolph claims, that thousands of relatives of King Richard III are spread around the world and most are yet unaware of their royal ancestry. Before that background a poll might be necessary to come to a majority decision, rather than a letter of 9 relatives, claiming to speak with the voice of King Richard III and demanding York as last burial place for their ancestor.
22.02.2013
The next article is rather – how to be a good journalist and good academic, treating a good/bad/worse/brave king: The Guardian: King Richard III was a press man’s dream, but the furore drew criticism, by Ather Mirza (22.02.2013) – Was the presentation of the research and results about King Richard III done in the right way? Position of Ather Mirza, director of the University of Leicester News Centre, who has ably performed the difficult task to bring over 150 journalists from all over the world to come to Leicester for King Richard III.
I commented on the mentioned ciriticism of the UoL on my fan-blog here.
A king might be anything, but boring. To this conclusion comes the following article in The Guardian: Richard III – review, by Lyn Gardner (21.02.2013) – Might Shakespeare have helped King Richard III?
17.02.2013
If you ever wondered what King Richard III and climate warming have in common, this is the definite article for you: Record-Searchlight (Blog): King Richard and climate change, by Doug Craig (17.02.2013)
16.02.2013
BBC Newsy: Could Richard III give Macbeth an image overhaul? By Colin Wright (16.02.2013) – Richard Armitage appearing at the beginning of the Macbeth-video overview by the BBC, though he did not play Macbeth, but Peter Macduff in this 2005-production of ShakespeaRe-Told.
(Source: BBC News – Could Richard III give Macbeth an image overhaul? – 16.02.2013)
Forbes: King Richard III: Villain, Hero, Or Tragic Victim Of Identity Theft? By Naresh Presaud, Oracle Security (15.02.2013) – Explaining the importance of verifying the identity, of finding out that the bones in the carpark really belonged to King Richard III, to a computer generation.
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: First image of tomb that could hold king at Leicester Cathedral (POLL), by Peter Warzynski, Leicester Mercury (13.02.2013) – The design for the tomb of King Richard III is was revealed today by the Richard III Society. On the website of ThisIsLeicester you can even vote if you like the design.
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Princes’ fate looks set to remain a mystery, by Peter Warzynski (09.02.2013) – The research goes on. King Richard III is found, now, did he murder his nephews? And – would the find really prove the fact?
Los Angeles Times: The many faces of Richard III. Was the English king monstrous or beneficent? A democrat or a tyrant? By Wendy Orent (08.02.2013) – Who was the king really? A well researched article with lots of background information.
Richard III Foundation (Petition): (08.02.2013) – Petition by the Richard III Foundation to examine the human remains of the two boys found in the Tower of London in the 17th century and research if they are related to King Richard III and how they died.
The expected result is quite ambivalent, as the bones have been examined by scholars at the time and a contamination of DNA material can no longer be excluded, as DNA of the scholars is no longer available for comparison. The only result, which does have any significance on the case is radiocarbon dating, to verify if they at least belong in the time of the two missing nephews of King Richard III and so potentially could be the nephews Edward V and his younger brother Richard.
07.02.2013
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III set to be buried in Leicester as university makes final decision, by (07.02.2013) – The Battle of the Cities seems decided.
ThisIsLeicestershire.co.uk: Richard III: Should his bones go on display in Leicester Cathedral? By Tim_Healy27 (07.02.2013) – I intentionally left this topic unmentioned here for so long, because I found it quite indecent to even discuss this topic of public exposure of King Richard III’s human remains.
But now, as I have been asked about our position to this article and asked to mention the poll it contains, want to alert you to this topic. Please vote in a way you would like to be treated if someone after over 500 years found your remains; though it might seem more cruel to a late Medieval person than to us today.
We also do no longer have the religious belief that the bones of saints hold a special healing power or potential to help and therefore must be displayed in churches to grant access to this saintly ‘magic’. So the displaying would only make sense if we would see King Richard III as a saint. We can interpret his actions in many ways, but to see him as a saint would certainly be a premiere.
[…] a modern jury would dismiss much of the ‘evidence’ against him before the first tea break.
The Sun: I’ll give my kingbrum for a horse yow lot, by Andrew Parker (06.02.2013) – Sound reconstruction or how Dr. Shaw can distinguish the dialect of long dead King Richard III.
University of Leicester: Soundfile of the Dialect reconstruction by Dr. Philip Shaw
Herald Sun: New hunt for Richard Third lookalikes as face put to long-lost King, by Chris Bartlett (06.02.2013) – Our Facebook page is mentioned in the news. Though Christ Bartlett dismisses the likeness between King Richard III and Mr. Armitage. Mr. Bartlett obviously has not seen “The Hobbit” yet, though he mentiones the film.
University of Leicester: YouTube video of the research results revealed at the press conference on Monday, February 4th, 2013, uploaded by the University of Leicester.
“The Search for King Richard III – The Scientific Outcome”
University of Leicester: The Search for King Richard III – The Scientific Outcome (04.02.2013) – Part of the Press Conference announcing the results of the Search for King Richard III. So if you did not have a chance to listen directly, here is the sound file to do so now.
The Colorado Gambler: The War of the Roses & Resolving Questions Regarding King Richard III, by Anna Lee Ames Frolich (04.02.2013) – An article which came to our notice because of linking to our website. What makes it specially interesting is that it is written by a relative of King Richard III. Though, please let Ms. Frolich explain the connection.
Le Figaro (French): Le squelette de Richard III dévoile ses secrets, by Tristan Vey (04.02.2013) – For King Richard III’s French fans, a very interesting articles with many details and a good graphic of the location of the find.
FrontierLeicester (YouTube): Video Interview with Jo Appleby, by Emma Anne James (from September 2012, published: 04.02.2013) – I had not seen the following interview before and though it represents the status before the confirmed identity of the found skeleton to be of King Richard III, it is still interesting to see the presentation of all the different aspects of research.
The Independent: The man who will unmask Richard III, by Emily Dugan (03.02.2013) – About Michael Ibsen, who’s DNA proves vital to the research about the identity of the found human remains.
The Herald Scotland: Hobbit actor lines up role as Richard III, by Kathleen Nutt (02.02.2013) – Philippa Langley reveals that Richard Armitage has agreed to play King Richard III in her now finished screenplay about King Richard III:
Ms Langley contacted Armitage, 41, who plays dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s blockbuster, and says he agreed to take on the role. Armitage has also starred in a number of television series including Spooks, Robin Hood and the Vicar of Dibley.
Yorkshire Evening Post: Make no bones about it – find could be a king, by Stuart Robinson (02.02.2013) – About researcher in the Leicester project, Bob Woosnam-Savage (Royal Armouries’ curator of European edged weapons), who worked on a possible reconstruction of the battle events leading to King Richard III’s death. News about this reconstruction announced for the press conference on Monday, 4th of February, 2013.
She has even been in talks with Leicestershire lad turned Hollywood hero Richard Armitage — last seen as Thorin Oakenshield in “The Hobbit” — to play the king.
“He was born to play the role,” she explains. “He’s an amazing doppelganger for Richard III, he was born a couple of miles from Bosworth on the anniversary of Richard’s death, and he was even named after him.”
The Telegraph: The hunchback is dead – long live Good King Richard, by Chris Skidmore (01.02.2013) . Chris Skidmore is evaluationg King Richard III in his role as a king and the blackening of his character later on. He concludes, “Richard was a formidable fighter” and will publish a book about King Richard III later this year:
‘Bosworth’ by Chris Skidmore (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, published on April 23) is available to pre-order from Telegraph Books at £18 + £1.35 p&p. Call 0844 871 1514 or go to books.telegraph.co.uk
The Telegraph: Carpark skeleton: row over new burial site for Richard III, by Nick Collins (01.02.2013) – The question about the reinterment is not solved yet. The Battle of the Cities still is going on, not to speak about the battle of confessions.
