"Some even jokingly suggest that the king had a hand in helping Leicester City’s miraculous 2016 title win." Jokingly? Look at where Leicester City play their home games and tell me that Richard the *King* didn't have some *Power* over that.
For a pleasurably engrossing dive into The Wars of the Roses, you can't do better, in my view, than the BBC tv series The Hollow Crown....(this warm endorsement from a no-great-fan of the BBC in general)
no other country but England turned its national history into a popular drama before the age of cinema
Righto. Apart from the people of the Book. The current conflict is just the latest instalment in the protracted daddy issues between Hagar and Sarah’s sons.
I have always been very sympathetic towards Richard III, murders notwithstanding. That is, until I learned that he empowered writers. Murdering child family members is bad, but elevating writers is just too far, sir.
In May 2004, she visited various sites in Leicester associated with Richard III, including the three car-parks identified in 1975 as possible burial locations. Langley entered the Social Services car park, and at the northern end felt a "strange sensation" come over her, saying "I knew in my innermost being that Richard's body lay there". In 2005, on completing her first draft, she returned to the car park and experienced the same feeling, when she looked down, someone had painted a reserved "R" over the space; she recounted "it told me all I needed to know".
Did you watch the King in the Car Park special? I appreciate what Langley has done but she came across as incredibly weird to me. They revealed the reconstruction of Richard III's face to her and she got all weepy and said "That's not the face of a tyrant! I'm sorry but it's not!". Among other odd behavior. And the special was incongruously hosted by this goofy comedian guy which made the experience even stranger.
Battle of Stoke Field is interesting it is basically an Irish invasion of England. It is almost forgotten- Cork being the Rebel County also refers to this period. You used to see Cork GAA fans with Confederate flags before that became a faux pas
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American here. I've never been so insulted in my life. Literally shaking. I'm so exhausted.
"He did it, and he was right to do it"
- Dominic Sandbrook.
"Some even jokingly suggest that the king had a hand in helping Leicester City’s miraculous 2016 title win." Jokingly? Look at where Leicester City play their home games and tell me that Richard the *King* didn't have some *Power* over that.
I tell you what IS very British though. Finding a kings remains buried under a 🅿️ 😂
For a pleasurably engrossing dive into The Wars of the Roses, you can't do better, in my view, than the BBC tv series The Hollow Crown....(this warm endorsement from a no-great-fan of the BBC in general)
no other country but England turned its national history into a popular drama before the age of cinema
Righto. Apart from the people of the Book. The current conflict is just the latest instalment in the protracted daddy issues between Hagar and Sarah’s sons.
I have always been very sympathetic towards Richard III, murders notwithstanding. That is, until I learned that he empowered writers. Murdering child family members is bad, but elevating writers is just too far, sir.
'they did a racism'. That's funny.
The 2016 miracle. Why, it is indeed so, Robert Huth doth resemble Richard III.
About Langley and the search for RIII's remains
In May 2004, she visited various sites in Leicester associated with Richard III, including the three car-parks identified in 1975 as possible burial locations. Langley entered the Social Services car park, and at the northern end felt a "strange sensation" come over her, saying "I knew in my innermost being that Richard's body lay there". In 2005, on completing her first draft, she returned to the car park and experienced the same feeling, when she looked down, someone had painted a reserved "R" over the space; she recounted "it told me all I needed to know".
I used to drive past Middleham Castle, where he was born, every day on the way to school.
This was a lot of fun, great piece.
Did you watch the King in the Car Park special? I appreciate what Langley has done but she came across as incredibly weird to me. They revealed the reconstruction of Richard III's face to her and she got all weepy and said "That's not the face of a tyrant! I'm sorry but it's not!". Among other odd behavior. And the special was incongruously hosted by this goofy comedian guy which made the experience even stranger.
Battle of Stoke Field is interesting it is basically an Irish invasion of England. It is almost forgotten- Cork being the Rebel County also refers to this period. You used to see Cork GAA fans with Confederate flags before that became a faux pas
Thanks Ed I love the Richard III fans but they are mad. There’s a small typo “Tudo’s”
When they claimed Simnel and Warbeck looked like sons of Edward IV, which painters were they relying on? :-)