The Search for Richard III - Press updates
Check here regularly for the latest press information on the University of Leicester and Leicester City Council's search for the mortal remains of King Richard III, in association with the Richard III Society.
Resources
Resources from the Richard III Society
Downloadable images and photography
Video interview with archaeologist Richard Buckley
Latest updates for media
Updates on the progress of the dig.
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Richard III Open Day for all the family
- University of Leicester’s Richard III Open Day will provide a host of public activities
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University of Leicester up for total of eight awards
- Success in Richard III Communications campaign sees University shortlisted for national awards
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King Richard III archaeological unit makes new discovery under a car park in Leicester
- University of Leicester Archaeological Services finds 1,700-year-old cemetery with unusual practice of Christian and pagan burials
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King Richard III archaeology team bids to extend search at historic search site
- Dig team to investigate 600-year old stone coffin and to learn more about Church that housed a King
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Richard III facial reconstruction on show in city
- Model head to go on nationwide tour before forming permanent centrepiece of visitor centre display
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Richard III may have gone through painful medical treatments to ‘cure’ his scoliosis
- Richard III may have gone through very painful treatments for his spinal deformity, according to University of Leicester researcher
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Leicester shortlisted for national awards
- The University of Leicester has been shortlisted for two Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Awards
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Richard III biographer who predicted the discovery of the King launches new book
- Author David Baldwin, a retired University of Leicester historian, identified the site of the discovery in 1986
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The University of Leicester joins iTunes U
- Free educational content includes Search for Richard III
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Insights from key figures in Search for Richard III at public lecture
- The Search for Richard III – the Archaeology and the Genetics explored at the University of Leicester on Thursday 21 March
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Leicester Cathedral Design Briefing for Reinterment of Richard III
- Design brief available online from 12noon, Wednesday 13th March
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Students to visit site of Richard III’s death and learn Shakespearean stage fighting
- University of Leicester English BA students to visit Bosworth battlefield heritage site for workshops on Thursday, March 14
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University of Leicester mathematicians calculate chances of actually discovering King Richard III were less than 1%
- Fact that astonishing discovery was made at all is testament to world-class expertise of University of Leicester team
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Leicester Cathedral Design Briefing for Reinterment of Richard lll
- Leicester Cathedral to publish design brief on Wednesday 13 March
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£600,000 boost for University of Leicester’s New Galleries Appeal
- Funding will support building of new gallery wing at Embrace Arts, the University’s inclusive, multi-use arts venue
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University of Leicester’s discovery of King Richard III named Research Project of the Year
- The Search for Richard III wins prestigious award from Current Archaeology magazine following a record number of votes from the general public
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The science of the chilli pepper and the impact of inherited disease
- Hot topics to be explored at the University of Leicester public lectures on Tuesday 12 March
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Was King Richard III a control freak?
- University of Leicester psychologists believe Richard III was not a psychopath – but he may have had control freak tendencies
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UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER ACQUIRES HISTORIC PAINTING OF KING RICHARD III
- Oil painting depicts King Richard III at the Blue Boar Inn on the eve of Battle of Bosworth
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Listen to Richard III’s life through music
- Recorder trio TritonE perform a musical biography of Richard III’s life at the University of Leicester
