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Sally Hawkins says women being dismissed as emotional ‘frustrates the f*** out of me’

The actor stars in ‘The Lost King’

The Independent UK

Extraordinary discoveries made by ordinary people - from Hermes head to baby mammoth

Ordinary people, often in very ordinary circumstances such as gardening and dog walking, have stumbled on rare treasures from the past. They include a rusting and rare Enigma deciphering machine

Daily Mirror

The Lost King: why are we still obsessed with Richard III after 500 years?

The release of Stephen Frears’ film The Lost King once more focuses attention on one of the most controversial figures in English history: King Richard III. The film is a compelling account of the struggle of a woman called Philippa Langley to find the grave of the 15th-century king, which…

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King Charles 'backs DNA test' for 539-year-old Princes in the Tower murder mystery

Queen Elizabeth II had previously refused permission for testing of the remains, but it seems that King Charles is more receptive to the idea and could back a full inquiry

Daily Mirror

Northern Ireland clergyman to be the next Dean of Canterbury

The Co Fermanagh man said he was “overjoyed and humbled” by his appointment

Belfast Live

Five of the best buildings to peek into at this weekend’s York Unlocked

The open house event will see 60 historic buildings in the city free to visit. A local expert picks his must-sees

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King review – Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama

The team behind Philomena turn the true story of how the infamous king’s remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama

The Guardian - UK

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The Lost King review: Discovery of Richard III’s skeleton is farcically replayed in Frears and Coogan’s drama

Why does the comedy drama think it can undo one form of malevolent villainisation by creating enemies of its own?

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan ‘not a monarchist’ despite recent royal-related projects

The actor’s upcoming film, The Lost King, tells a fictionalised version of King Richard III’s remains beneath a Leicester car park in 2012.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan sets his sights on the life of a fugitive king

Inspired by a book by Princess Diana’s brother, the actor is researching flight of Charles II from Oliver Cromwell’s troops

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh woman who discovered Richard III in a car park inspires new Steve Coogan movie

The comedian's new film tells the incredible story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (played by Sally Hawkins) who led the team that found The Lost King

Edinburgh Live

The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history

Toronto film festival: Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King movie review: Sally Hawkins is Oscar-worthy in crowd-pleasing Ricardian tale

With ghostly appearances and quiet subversion, this drama is bound to create more drama

Evening Standard

So Richard III was a good guy? Really? The Lost King: Imagining Richard III – review

Its standout exhibit is Paul Delaroche’s painting of the two princes the monarch jailed awaiting death. Why does this vogue-ishly pro-Richard show, a tie-in with the Steve Coogan film, place a question mark over it?

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The Lost King at the Wallace Collection review: championing a curious part of this exquisite collection

Timed to coincide with the film of the same name, this small but fascinating display leads you into a treasure trove

The Guardian - UK

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?

Edinburgh Live

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.

Evening Standard

The best exhibitions to see in London in autumn 2022, from Lucian Freud to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

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Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

Golden days and the autumn of life

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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 National (Scotland)

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,…

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