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Toni Mount Richard III: King of Controversy Book Giveaway

C S Hughes March 27, 2015

ichard III is still an enigma. Villainous and heroic, romantic and ruthless, chivalrous and pious. Maligned by Shakespeare and history...

Olga Hughes March 26, 2015

Richard III’s reinterment date has fallen close to the anniversaries of the death of both his wife Queen Anne Neville...

Olga Hughes March 25, 2015

Throughout his long career Emeritus Professor Michael Hicks has examined various historical figures of the fractious period of the Wars...

Olga Hughes March 24, 2015

Sir Ralph Bigod is one of those ‘minor’ historical figures we don’t hear much about. He may have been of...

Olga Hughes March 23, 2015

he discovery of King Richard III’s remains has had a strange effect on the world of historical research. Because mtDNA...

Olga Hughes March 11, 2015

The Richard III Visitor Centre has given Richard yet another new face. An updated version of the reconstructed head of...

Olga Hughes March 9, 2015

Today we’re pleased to be launching the book tour for David Baldwin’s highly-anticipated Henry VIII’s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life...

Neil Kemp March 4, 2015

Captain James Cook first encountered the Aboriginal people of Australia in April 1770 and was immediately struck by their vigorous...

Olga Hughes March 3, 2015

Peter Straughan was facing two major problems when adapting Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies for television. The first...

Neil Kemp February 27, 2015

It is now 50 years since the death of Sir Winston Churchill and television and radio schedules during January in...