The “Dark Sovereign” in Leicester this month

Robert Fripp, author of that new play, will be speaking at the Richard III Visitor Centre at 18:30 on 30 July. Full address: King Richard III Visitor Centre 4A St Martins Leicester LE1 5DB Tel: 0300 300 0900 Email: info@kriii.com

Forthcoming events

“A PANEL of experts on the medieval era will gather in Teesdale for a study day next month. “St Mary’s Parish Church, in Barnard Castle, will play host to the all-day event held by the Northern Dales Richard III Group on Saturday, October 14. “Headed by Juliet Barker, a renowned author on medieval English tournaments…

Richard III – hero or villain….?

Look very carefully, I will say this only once. There IS a little article in among all the darned adverts! Helen Cox is to give a talk on whether Richard was a hero or a villain. It is always difficult where he is concerned, because whenever he is described as the boy’s uncle, the uninitated…

Richard III – From Villain to Hero

Yesterday, I came across this interesting poster from the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Center on my Facebook feed.  As a true-blue Ricardian, I was impressed with the title ‘Richard III – from Villain to Hero’ which shows a sea change in how this much maligned king is suddenly being portrayed before the general public.  One of…