♕ Press Coverage 2014 ♕

 
 
Selection of articles published about the search and discoveries about King Richard III and the search for the king in Leicester 2014:
(Articles of the year 2012 can be found here.)
(Articles of 2013 are collected here.)
 
(As most articles mix topics, no further sub-groups are built, but the articles are listed in chronological order. Newest articles at the top.)
 
 

• Mike Pitts – Digging Deeper (Blog): Leicester celebrates its king, by Mike Pitts (May 29, 2014) –

  Mike Pitts shows the state and progress in Leicester and talks with Peter Warzynski (from the Leicester Mercury), who keeps us so well informed about King Richard III. The new King Richard III museum in Leicester is planned to already open in July 2014 !

• University of Leicester (YouTube): Richard III – The Judicial Review Decision, by UniversityLeicester (May 26, 2014) –

  Condensed report about the press confrence in Leicester Cathedral announcing the High Court decision about the review of the burial license granted to the University of Leicester and disputed by the Plantagenet Alliance.
   
  

• University of Leicester (YouTube): Richard III – The Judicial Review Decision – Press Conference, by UniversityLeicester (May 25, 2014) –

  Short overview video about the defenders of the burial license in favour of Leicester Cathedral.
   
  

• Leicester Mercury: Richard III: Leicester’s plans to reinter king back on track after High Court ruling, by Peter Warzynski (May 24, 2014) –

  The date of the burial is not determined yet, but the procedure in more detail was revealed at the presentation of the High Court results in Leicester yesterday. Read more about the 4 day event planned around the burial of King Richard III here in this article by Peter Warzynski.

• BBC News: Richard III: Why the rows are likely to rumble on, by Greig Watson (May 23, 2014) –

  The ‘eternal’ Wars of the Roses or why the final decision of the high Court in London might not be the end.

• BBC News: Richard III reburial court bid fails (May 23, 2014) –

  Comments and quotes about the decision of the High Court in favour of the existing granted burial license.

• Leicester Mercury: Richard III: High Court ruling to be revealed on Friday, by Peter Warzynski (May 21, 2014) –

  Leicester or York or …
  On Friday (23 May 2014) the decision about the further procedure will be revealed when the decision of the High Court about the Exhumation License will be revealed at 10 a.m.

• BBC History Extra: Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate, by Emma McFarnon (May 16, 2014) –

  In this article, author Matthew Lewis (interview on KRA) very proficiently defends and discusses the case with student Julian Sutcliffe (in favour of King Richard III’s guilt).

• Leicester Mercury: Richard III: MPs in heated debate over final resting place of king’s bones, by Peter Warzynski (May 7, 2014) –

  Parlament needs to stay calm to decide about a procedure for the burial location for King Richard III. As King of England, Richard Plantagenet deserves an event celebrated with dignity and all honours. Though the procedures so far reveal more about our times than about King Richard’s.

• Leicester Mercury: Richard III: Jewellery expert’s striking design to take pride of place at reburial of king, by Tom Mack (May 3, 2014) –

  The crown for King Richard III, individualised to his measurements, was designed and sponsored by historian Dr. John Ashdown-Hill and created by medieval jewellery expert George Easton.

• BBC History Extra: Five places Richard III may have wanted to be buried (and none of them are Leicester), by Emma McFarnon (May 1, 2014) –

  Prof. Michael Hicks, already raising an unnecessary dispute about the significance of the archaeological research helped by the results in other disciplines, earlier this year, now states 5 alternative burial locations, which King Richard III might have prefered to Leicester.

• Yorkshire Post: Science behind the story of Richard’s remains, by Chris Bond (April 24, 2014) –

  An interesting new book about the discovery of King Richard III in Leicester by Mike Pitts, reviewed by Chris Bond.
  

• Die Welt: Richard III., by Die Welt kompakt (April 23, 2014) –

  That Germany sees Shakespeare as one of their own won’t surprise, if one takes into account the influence the famous bard had on German literature. Goethe admired him and set him up on a pedestal, today’s theatre producers play Shakespeare’s work up and down and every current problem will be projected on one of Shakespeare’s plays, if he had intended it that way or not, e.g. gay marriage, modern warfare, holocaust or marriage problems of all kinds. So it is of no great wonder that even “Richard III” gets modern relevance, as shown in this short article by one of Germans leading newspapers and is refered to wherever it gets ‘cold’.

• Matt Lewis (Blog): Sudeley Castle, April 2014, by Matthew Lewis (April 22, 2014) –

  Sudeley Castle once (or better twice) belonged to Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and the later King Richard III. The ruin of parts Richard III let build are still visible. Matt Lewis draws a vivid picture of this historic place and the people who formed and built it.

• Leicester Mercury: Decision on Richard after holiday (April 18, 2014) –

  High Court closed over Easter, but soon after a decision about the license for the re-burial of King Richard III is expected. Will it be in favour of the University of Leicester, who had started arrangements with Leicester Cathedral or the Plantagenet Alliance, the 15 descendants of King Richard III, who want a re-burial in York Cathedral?

• Leicester Mercury: Did ghost hunters raise Richard III?, by Peter Warzynski (April 16, 2014) –

  Now King Richard III gets spooky. Does he want to speak with us as well as influence us from the other side to being found?

• Yorkshire Post: #TheYP web poll: Where should Richard III be buried? VOTE HERE (April 15, 2014) –

  Would be interested in what the result of such a poll would be, if it were hosted in a Leicester or much better in a neutral newspaper.

• Peterborough Telegraph: Sawtry: History society looks at Richard III (April 14, 2014) –

  Don Chiswell will hold a talk about King Richard III at the Sawtry History Society on Thursday, 17 April 2014, at 7:30 p.m. (WI Hall on Gidding Road in Sawtry).

• Leicester Mercury: Richard III: Sneak preview as Leicester’s £4m visitor centre begins to take shape (April 14, 2014) –

  Progress with developing the future Richard III Museum in Leicester. The chosen director for the new museum will be announced soon.

• Cotswold Journal: Richard III head extends stay in Cotswolds for another week (April 14, 2014) –

  What a treat for a king! – Would King Richard III have enjoyed the Easter holidays at Sudeley Castle and especially the petting zoo?