The Leicester photograph presents a perspective that probably wouldn't be seen by the visitor. Why can't they both have memorials? Once the TV programme is forgotten, people won't remember anything except the legend.
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It's been a great opportunity to teach kids about our island history with a fascinating story attached of the recovery and identification of Richard III because it has brought the past to life. I'm sure that many adults as well as children have been prompted to read and learn more and, one hopes, become hooked. The whole thing is a really quite wonderful story.Originally posted by french frank View Post
One hopes that schools haven't squandered this opportunity."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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The Society had already gone ahead and commissioned their own memorial - a more ornate design. I can imagine its members didn't want to contribute to another, rival, one as well. One's very traditional, one's plain contemporary - but in the end they're just blocks of stone, memorials.Originally posted by mercia View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Yep, what did I tell you (in common parlance "it's a turkey")....glad someone is tuned in....Also I think that tombs should be either in the ground and flat or at least rooted to the ground....the one on offer 'hovers' ( my quotes)....Yep!!....esp for R3 because he has already been moved....the 'hover' makes it look impermanent,,,,bong chingComment
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Walton should be disinterred to write a score for a full TV dramatisation of all this!Comment
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And then re-interred in Oldham!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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It's a typical Plantagenet thing. Never do things in halves! Just the whole or nothing else!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostDon’t cry for me
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The story says that "some large donors had contacted [Philipa Langley] to ask for their money back." and that "unhappy international members of the society had contacted her.", so it would seem that the money had already been given, or at least promised to, the Cathedral authorities. Perhaps they should have specified that they wanted approval of the design before handing the money over.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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This is the Richard III Society's choice:
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Well, that gets rid of one possible compromise ...Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
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A levitating tombOriginally posted by jean View PostThis is the Richard III Society's choice:
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In that case, perhaps he could rotate between York, Leicester & Westminster (the Abbey, not the Palace). Canova's 'Three Graces' spend alternate years in London & Edinburgh, there's a Madonna who regularly moves between Edinburgh & Glasgow, & I beleive there's a saint on a perpetual world tour. So there's plenty of precedent.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostWell, that gets rid of one possible compromise ...Comment
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Now what do Leicester Cathedral want?.... a money magnet??....or are they just hoping to go on as usual???.... are they looking for souvenir sales as an end product????....what's their angle ?????....
....while the 'Wars of the Roses' was a name given long after that time....a traditional shaped tomb like in #550, but with intricate and interesting rose briars twisting around it, and on the top a bronze bas-relief of England at that time....Last edited by eighthobstruction; 23-09-13, 17:24.bong chingComment
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