Richard the Third

[Flosshilde]

I like the ghosts haunting the tomb - the two Princes, perhaps?

[jean]

Now what do Leicester Cathedral want?.... a money magnet??...

It's a venerable tradition - why else the need for a medieval foundation to acquire a really good saint to establish itself as a pilgrimage destination?

Sometimes you just had to go and steal the saint, like the Venetians and St Mark.

[Barbirollians]

This is the Richard III Society's choice:

How dreary is that - hardly fit for a Catholic king who would have expected something a great deal more ornate !

I love the fact that permission for judicial review has been granted . Looks like a deliberate slap in the face for the Lord Chancellor from a High Court Judge when Grayling is set on trying to prevent NGOs from challenging Government decisions in the courts - a medieval Government policy.

[BBMmk2]

Good choice I think. Better the judiciary to decide what to do than lay people, with something like this, or politicians!

[amateur51]

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.

I like the idea of the constant rotation, Flossie - make the bugger work, I say

[french frank]

Since he died at the age of 32 he probably spent more time under the car park than he spent in York or Westminster:

[Serial_Apologist]

Since he died at the age of 32 he probably spent more time under the car park than he spent in York or Westminster:

He'd look quite dinkie in there, wouldn't he!

[amateur51]

He'd look quite dinkie in there, wouldn't he!

Looks a bit like exotic fudge or halva

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

He'd look quite dinkie in there, wouldn't he!

Nah, he's a royal - it'd be a Corgi.

[Serial_Apologist]

Nah, he's a royal - it'd be a Corgi.

Brilliant!

[amateur51]

Nah, he's a royal - it'd be a Corgi.

While ferney's in the mood, is it too early to start writing the Forum's panto?

[Serial_Apologist]

While ferney's in the mood, is it too early to start writing the Forum's panto?

Yes it is

Oh no it isn't!
Oh yes it is!

[amateur51]

Yes it is

Oh no it isn't!
Oh yes it is!

[BBMmk2]

Nah, he's a royal - it'd be a Corgi.

Hmmmm as he is Royal, I would love it to be my favourite breed of dog the German Shepherd!

[Flosshilde]

Doesn't sound very Plantagenet to me!