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Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally?

The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh locations spotted in trailer for new British blockbuster The Lost King

Filming began back in April for the movie, with cast and crew members spotted around the capital in areas such as Roxburgh Street in the Old Town and Bruntsfield Links.

Edinburgh Live

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Richard III: The RSC creates history with groundbreaking production

Arthur Hughes becomes the first disabled actor ever to perform the lead role as the wicked royal 'crookback' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Daily Mirror

Golden days and the autumn of life

Brief letters: Protecting nature | Losing trust in the BBC | Welsh welcome | No hunch about Richard III

The Guardian - UK

Queen's two birthdays explained - and why Prince Charles might only have one

The Prince of Wales may get to enjoy the same tradition that his mother did thanks to a very British rule which was introduced to give the monarch two birthdays

Daily Mirror

Royal row erupts over Steve Coogan film about Richard III

Archaeologists fear they are ‘villains of the piece’ in movie, co-written by Coogan and directed by Stephen Frears, about search for British monarch

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‘I had goosebumps!’ – the finder of Richard III’s remains in a car park is celebrated in a Steve Coogan film

As the astonishing story of the king’s bones being discovered in Leicester hits the screen, we meet the sleuth whose extraordinary tenacity – despite chronic illness – located the monarch

The Guardian - UK

Boris the Third review – the greased-piglet antics of a schoolboy PM

Adam Meggido’s play finds the teenage Johnson starring in Shakespeare’s tragedy and gives a taste of his future leadership

The Guardian - UK

Exit Boris, stage right: The Fringe show relevant now more than ever

IMAGINE the scene: a theatre at Eton College, an expectant audience awaits a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, and, playing the titular,…

The National (Scotland)

Prince Charles could be known as King George to avoid bad luck

The Prince of Wales could choose to rule under a different name - and may opt to do so thanks to the bad luck associated with the name Charles

Daily Mirror

Family-friendly days out within two hours of Nottingham

From zoos and theme parks, to parks and museums, there's oodles of places to visit for a fun day out all the family can enjoy

Nottingham Post

Boris the Third: new play tells story of clown who became king

Adam Meggido’s comedy considers the PM’s blustering school performance as Richard III, drawing potent parallels to his current political position

The Guardian - UK

A walk through historic York to a great local pub: the Phoenix Inn

Rich in medieval and Roman history, this walk around the city walls ends up at a good old local

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Stars of summer: Florence Shaw, Claire Rushbrook, Arthur Hughes and Patricia Allison

Some of the actors and musicians in the summer’s most exciting new shows, from Grace Jones’s Meltdown to a radical Richard III, give us a taste of what to expect

The Guardian - UK

Sad! Is Donald Trump just too boring for a grand Shakespearean makeover?

Bertie Carvel is brilliant in The 47th, Mike Bartlett’s ingenious play about the former US president, but the real parallel is not with the Bard’s kings but his hollow braggarts

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‘In France, I’d be a sex symbol’: Eddie Marsan on looks, lucky breaks and playing angry men

Over a bowl of chips in a local café, actor Eddie Marsan revels in his East End culture, and the challenges of finding a human side to aggressive male characters

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James Butler obituary

One of Britain’s leading figurative sculptors whose subjects ranged from Richard III to Jomo Kenyatta

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Birmingham Post

Plans for 63 homes next to Market Bosworth golf club turned down at appeal

Market town is famous for its proximity to the Battle of Bosworth where Richard III was defeated

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a truth to it’: RSC casts disabled actor as Richard III

Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be ‘shown properly’

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Barnard Castle sees best year ever for visitors in 2021 after Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip

Barnard Castle’s 12th century fortress, which belonged to Richard III and has a sensory garden, experienced an almost 20% increase in visitors in comparison to 2019, English Heritage said.

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