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To my mind, the burial of the king in the (small) cathedral has effectively deconsecrated the building - it seemed a visitor attraction with a bit of a church attached, rather than a religious building which happens to contain a royal tomb. All sense of the sacred had vanished. Undoubtedly the cathedral coffers have benefitted, but not quite what a cathedral should be about.
Liz | 25.05.18 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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Gosh, who knew the bones of an ancient creature of immense stature were on display in Leicester...
Andrew | 25.05.18 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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Historically, it seems filling the Church's coffers is exactly what religion was all about! In 2016 it apparently had an estimated £22bn in assets!
Being quite interested in the War of the Roses, I'll be doing my bit to boost their funds by visiting later in the summer, so this post is very handy, thanks!
Cornish Cockney | 25.05.18 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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How could King Richard III be buried under a car park? Surely they didn't have car parks in 1485?
Adrian | 25.05.18 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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Interesting. Just to let you know that your comment about Philippa's, er, guess, didn't pass unappreciated :-)
DavidC | 25.05.18 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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Bosworth ended the Wars of the Roses? Perhaps because of John Buchan's 'The Blanket Of The Dark' I've always included the Battle of Stoke in 1487, as does Wikipedia.
Since the whole thing is loaded with symbolism, perhaps a more fitting place for Richard's bones would have been Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire, alongside the bones of a cat and a rat.
RayL | 25.05.18 - 11:15 a.m. | #
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I'm surprised that there isn't some sort of Adrian Mole 'Trail/Experience' in Leicester. Rat Wharf, Mr Carlton-Hayes' book shop, Barry Kent's childhood home - someone has missed a trick.
Burntweenie | 25.05.18 - 12:36 p.m. | #
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Seems England has 3 "Golden Miles", Blackpool, Brentford and Leicester.
John | 25.05.18 - 1:14 p.m. | #
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Don't worry the only gold on Brentford's golden mile is probably in the locals teeth.
Tones | 25.05.18 - 2:53 p.m. | #
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I spent three years in Leicester for university. The market is bloody excellent - Europe's largest covered market, in fact. Top quality fruit and veg, Asian, Somalian and Carribbean produce, cheese and probably the only market stall I've ever seen dedicated wholly to tripe.
Patrick | 25.05.18 - 3:52 p.m. | #
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Re: the comment above about Adrian Mole - Sue Townshend's papers are all deposited in the archive at the University and can be viewed by the public.
Patrick | 25.05.18 - 3:53 p.m. | #
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The visitor centre is where I went to school (the school itself moved to a purpose built site some way out of the city a while back). I keep meaning to return “home” to visit both for the exhibition and for the reminiscing! Most of the places you mention hold fond memories for me. Oh and as well as Linekers, the people behind the Dunelm soft furnishing stores also started on Leicester Market.
Mighty Mouse | 25.05.18 - 5:00 p.m. | #
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For a moment there I thought Benedict Cumberbatch had become Archbishop of Canterbury! Can't say I begrudge the CofE generating some income from visiting the tomb. From a purely religious viewpoint it would be hard to justify the cost of maintaining the cathedral, but they wouldn't be allowed to knock it down and put up a more practical hall.
I happened to be in Leicester the day the football team got into the Premier Division the other year, which was "interesting", and left me with a strange feeling of deja vu having done much the same in Hull a few years earlier.
Andrew S | 25.05.18 - 8:02 p.m. | #
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DG. I think you were right when you described the discovery as 'all but unbelievable'. I can't help but think it's all a huge money making exercise that preys on the gullible...
dg writes: Bloody experts, what do they know?
Darren | 25.05.18 - 9:37 p.m. | #
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The National Space Centre is just as you describe it. For a "family-oriented" attraction it does quite well, but for anyone not constrained by having small people in tow, there are better ways of spending £14.
Good to hear about so many of the more appealing sides of Leicester though.
Malcolm | 25.05.18 - 11:26 p.m. | #
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Following your reinterment link, I see that one of the "low ranking royals" was Richard, Duke of Gloucester.
Great Aunt Annie | 26.05.18 - 12:22 a.m. | #
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that should be "low ranking royals who attended the ceremony".
Great Aunt Annie | 26.05.18 - 12:25 a.m. | #
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Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was, probably still is, a patron of the Richard III Society, so it is quite natural that he should be there. I was myself a member of the Society for many years, so I'm very pleased that King Richard has been found and respectfully buried. It is unlikely that I will be able to visit Leicester, so thanks an awful lot, DG, for doing this.
Leuconoe | 26.05.18 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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It's worth observing that the £8.95 entry fee is actually good for a whole year's entry, as with a lot of other similar attractions. Hold on to your ticket and you can reuse it as many times as you like over the course of the following year. If one randomly finds oneself in Leicester with time to kill, it's very handy! Perhaps more likely for me as a resident of the East Midlands than for DG. :)
H D Inglis | Homepage | 26.05.18 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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