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Richard III Funeral Crown Completed

Olga Hughes April 24, 2014

The much-anticipated funeral crown for Richard III has been completed. The crown was designed and comissioned by Dr John Ashdown-Hill,...

Olga Hughes April 3, 2014

Leicester Cathedral’s plans for an internal redesign to accommodate the final resting place of Richard III have finally been approved...

Olga Hughes March 10, 2014

Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, has called the “Paradise Bed” the most important piece of furniture...

Olga Hughes February 18, 2014

Leave the Lady Alone, She Should Be Buried …cried the newspaper headlines in 1965. Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of...

Olga Hughes February 13, 2014

“We believe it is right that King Richard III stays in Leicester, and that his remains are reburied in our...

Olga Hughes February 11, 2014

The sculpture commissioned by Leicestershire County Council and chosen from five shortlisted entries as part of the Cathedral Gardens project...

Olga Hughes January 31, 2014

The city of Leicester is not letting the battle for King Richard III’s remains dampen their enthusiasm. Work commenced on...

Olga Hughes January 22, 2014

Sherlock Holmes seems to be the subject of much court-room drama of late. Last January the BBC threatened to sue...

Olga Hughes January 13, 2014

Where are the Bones of King Richard III? They are most certainly not in a box in the history department...

C S Hughes January 9, 2014

A team of scientists at South Korea’s Chonnam National University have developed nanorobots that detect at fight cancer cells at...