“Remembering Richard”, a discussion between Richard’s family and friends with a possible solution to the mystery of the Princes. Written by Kevin Herbert and read by Judith, Kevin, Carol, Dorothea, Julia, Lynne, Jan and Jackie.
The proposal by the New South Wales Branch that the date on the coverof the Ricardian Bulletin should give the month rather than the season to be in keeping with the Society’s world-wide membership, was passed unanimously by the UK Executive Committee. Thanks to the NZ Branch for seconding our proposal.
Unfortunately the UK mailing agency in its wisdom sent the New South Wales copies of the 2009 Ricardian and the June 2009 Ricardian Bulletin to New Zealand. However, Rob Smith has kindly forwarded them to us, and they arrived earlier this week. All members will be able to pick up their copy at the meeting. If you do not come to the meetings that regularly, but are planning to come this time, please let us know at library@richardiii-nsw.org.au so that we can make sure to bring your copy along. All others will be posted afterwards.
The second issue of our own journal, The Chronicles of the White Rose, is with the printers and should also be available at the meeting.
Surely this should be an extra reason to come and attend what promises to be a very enjoyable afternoon.
Tags: NSW Branch, Richard III
Posted by: Julia Redlich in News
Look out for a new novel by Philippa Gregory published soon by Simon & Schuster. The White Queen is the first in her new Plantagenet series and is about Elizabeth Woodville. It’s very readable, doesn’t gloss over her faults and ambition, but shows a great understanding of her love for her children, her family and Edward, plus an interesting slant on what may be an answer to the Princes’ mystery – although the author admits there is no proof of it. It will be interesting to see who is next in line for her attention
Tags: Books, Elizabeth Woodville, Richard III
The Plantagenet Society celebrated its 10th birthday on Saturday, July 18, and several Ricardians were present. We loaned three of our display boards for the day, and Kevin brought along his portrait of Richard, illustration of the Battle of Bosworth and a reproduction of Magna Carta.
There were some excellent speakers, including Carole Cusack from Sydney University on the controversies of Plantagenet history, and Bosie Crawford from The Wardrobe in Chatswood displaying and talking about medieval costumes. Her passion for the subject made this a stand-out session. The afternoon brought some delightful music and songs provided by Pastance, and the day ended with a debate on “Is there truth in history?” A retired judge, an ex- crown solicitor and two historical novelists – Felicity Pulman and Isolde Martyn had lots to say – sometimes a little too much to the despair of the time-keeper!
Tags: Plantagenet Society
The good news is that Heraldry Australia have a very special lecture coming up – and Secretary Stephen Szabo assures us that Ricardians are very welcome to attend.
The speaker is Professor Stephanie Trigg from Melbourne University and the subject is “Ladies of Eminence Known to Us: Women and the Order of the Garter”. The talk is illustrated and surveys the history of women’s involvement with the Order from its foundation in 1348 to the present.
The date is Friday, October 23, the place the Mitchell Theatre on the first floor of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts and the time 6.15pm – doors open at 5.30pm.
Entry is by gold coin donation, refreshments will be served beforehand and, of course, there’ll be one of Heraldry Australia’s special raffles.
If you want to attend, please contact secretary@richardiii-nsw.org.au or get in touch with Stephen Szabo secretary@heraldryaustralia.org. He needs to know the numbers by Monday October 19. We hear there will be a dinner afterwards, but details have yet to be finalised. We’ll keep you posted.
Tags: Heraldry Australia
For those of you on facebook, I recently discovered (thanks to the WA branch) that there is on facebook a Common Interest – History Group on Richard III. If you are on facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=1775&post=44543&uid=2216688256#/board.php?uid=2216688256
So far the group has 601 members with very interesting discussions. Topics include among others:
- Things Richard Gets a Bad Rap for
- Anyone else wants to scream reading Alison Weir’s books
- Daughter of Time
- Who done it?
The description says “This group is for all of you who want to restore Richard III’s good name. If you believe Richard was innocent from the murder of his two nephews and want to promote the truth of his innocence, this group is for you!”
So if you have facebook, go on and have a look!
Tags: Richard III
Posted by: Dorothea Preis in News
Great news! Respected author Annette Carson has let us use any of her published articles for our website. You can find her excellent articles in the About section. Annette has a deep understanding of the period and offers us new and clearer insight into the Ricardian era.
Her fascinating book Richard III – The Maligned King, which was up to now only available as hardback, is due out in paperback later this month, which means it will be much more affordable (£12.99 is the UK price). We certainly hope that the paperback edition will also be available in Australia soon. She has also supplied us with a little paragraph which was offered to magazines to coincide with the paperback appearing: this offers a list of the principal amendments in the paperback to anyone who bought the first edition and would like to see the changes. There were a few corrections to make (thankfully not too many!), but there have also been some interesting items that came to light in time to be included. Should you have the hardback edition and be interested in obtaining this paragraph, please contact us at library@richardiii-nsw.org.au.
Tags: Books
