From our partners at the Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection has announced a series of talks to coincide with its ongoing exhibit The Lost King: Imagining Richard III. Talks will feature special guests Philippa Langley, Dan Jones, and Tobias Capwell, and take place in person at the museum. American Branch members will receive a discounted admission price of 10GBP (must present membership card or #) for in-person talks. (The talks
Old chums reunite for an album and a song about Richard III UK rock group The Blintz Band has written a song about Richard’s last battle, death, and rediscovery called ‘Ambion Hill,’ which features on their EP ‘God’s Golfball.’ The group features Kevin Bainbridge (vocals, rhythm guitar), Colin Barratt (vocals, Bass guitar) and Ian ‘Ted’ Hay (Drums & percussion.) The band’s members all grew up and met in Seaham,
Richard III film to play at Woodstock & Aspen fests While there is as yet no US wide release date for “The Lost King,” Ricardians will have a chance to see it at a few select festivals across the country. The film, a fictionalized account of Philippa Langley’s 2012 discovery of the remains of Richard III, is a featured selection at the Woodstock Film Festival in NY and the Aspen
Bertram Fields Obituary by Susan Troxell Bertram Fields, prominent Hollywood attorney and author of Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes, passed away on August 7, 2022, aged 93, due to complications of Covid-19. Royal Blood is a lawyerly analysis of the accusation that Richard III murdered the Princes in the Tower. The book garnered commercial success and positive reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly,
