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Deal Castle: It Isn’t Big, But it is Clever

Neil Kemp October 21, 2013

This week’s tour of Kent’s historical sights took me to Deal Castle, just south of Deal town centre. Deal Castle...

Neil Kemp October 14, 2013

Whatever happened to the Romans? Now, at first glance, the answer to the above question would seem self-evident. After all...

Olga Hughes October 14, 2013

The grave of King Richard III may have been discovered, but the mystery of Richard of Eastwell, a reclusive bricklayer...

C S Hughes October 6, 2013

Richard The Third as portrayed by Aneurin Barnard in the TV adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s The Cousins’ War trilogy, The...

Jamie Adair October 4, 2013

Richard III may not have killed the princes in the tower, but it doesn’t mean he was Mr. Nice Guy...

Jamie Adair October 4, 2013

Have we swung too far the other way? Richard III has swung from being the deformed vilified monster in Shakespeare...

Olga Hughes October 3, 2013

Five centuries on and even the very bones of Richard III are causing controversy. In 2009 screenwriter and secretary of...

Olga Hughes October 3, 2013

In The King in the Car Park documentary, the world watched as the skeleton discovered on the very first day...

Olga Hughes October 2, 2013

The Legend of Richard of Eastwell Richard, a bricklayer, had arrived in Eastwell in 1542 or 1543 and made his...

Olga Hughes October 2, 2013

King Richard III has long been a puzzle that history is desperate to solve. His reign only lasted twenty-two months,...