Richard III

The fate of the princes: Cartesian anxiety and narrative closure in Thomas More’s History of Richard III

Olga Hughes September 29, 2026

The curious similarity between England’s last medieval king and one of the early martyrs of Henry VIII’s reign lies in...

Who Does the Story of ‘The Lost King’ Really Belong To?

Olga Hughes August 30, 2022

Back in 2017, all we knew about an upcoming film on the search for Richard III’s lost grave was a...

Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part III: History and The Tragedy

Olga Hughes May 2, 2022

Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...

Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? The Tragedy and Disability

Olga Hughes May 1, 2022

Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...

Who Was Shakespeare’s King Richard III? Part I: The Tudor Propaganda Myth

Olga Hughes April 30, 2022

Please note that the historical figure King Richard III will be referred to as ‘Richard III’, and Shakespeare’s character Gloucester/King...

The Coronation of Richard III: Part III – Food, Glorious Food

Pamela Furmidge May 20, 2020

When the remains of Richard III were formally identified in 2012, it led to new discoveries about his life and...

The Coronation of Richard III: Part One

Pamela Furmidge February 17, 2020

To modern eyes, the coronation of a British monarch is one of spectacle. The processions through the streets of London,...

Richard III before Bosworth Field by James Walton

Olga Hughes May 30, 2017

  I was walking on a local beach known for its dinosaur fossils, playing with pebbles and sea weed, thinking...

The problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England

John Ashdown-Hill May 22, 2017

In 2004, following the request of colleagues in Belgium, I discovered the mtDNA sequence of King Richard III and his...

A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III

Olga Hughes December 23, 2016

An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...