The Richard III Festival is taking place in Gloucester, UK, between 6th and 14th March, and includes talks from the Greyfriars dig team and authors like John Ashdown-Hill. I hope that some of you will be able to go.
- Friday 6 March, 7pm, City Museum - ‘Richard III: the King under the car park’, with Mathew Morris, Greyfriars site director. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 7 March, 11am, City Museum - 'CSI Richard III: Analysis of the King's Bones', with Sarah Hainsworth. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 7 March, 1.30pm, City Museum - Richard III: the genetics, the genealogy and is it actually him?’, with Dr Turi King. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 7 March 3.30pm, City Museum - ‘‘R’ Almost Marked the Spot – Filming the Search for Richard III’, with Carl Vivian, video producer for the University of Leicester. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Tuesday 10 March, 7pm, Gloucester Guildhall - ‘Music in the Age of Richard III’, talk with Cllr Sebastian Field. The talk will be illustrated with recorded musical examples. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Friday 13 March, 2pm, meeting at the City Museum - Richard III – Walking Tour of the City Centre, tour with Christine Morgan. Tour lasts approximately one hour, maximum of 20 people. Tickets £4 each.
- Friday 13 March, 7-9.30pm, St Nicholas Church - ‘Richard III, Tudor Propaganda and the Judgement of History’ – Choral Concert. Tickets £10 to include mulled wine and cakes.
- Saturday 14 March, 10.30am, City Museum - ‘‘’Tis but a scratch”, the reality of 15th century Warfare’, with Bob Woosnam-Savage, Curator of European Edged Weapons at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 14 March, 12pm, City Museum - ‘Richard III’s Heir? – The Dublin King’, with author and historian Dr Louis-John Ashdown-Hill. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 14 March, 2pm, City Museum - ‘Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III’, with Professor Philip Schwyzer. Tickets £7.50 per person.
- Saturday 14 March, 3.45pm, City Museum – The Trial of Richard III. Come along and witness the trial of Richard III, hear all the facts and opinions from the defence and the prosecution – then see what fate the impartial judge delivers! Tickets £5 per person.
Further information can be found at http://venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Museums/events/Richard-III-Festival.aspx