Monthly Archives: March 2013
I finally wade into the controversy of Richard III…
Well, for a long time now I’ve been resisting having ‘views’ on Richard III, because I’m generally quite equivocal about the whole thing. But here we go. With a comment in today’s Guardian I have finally succumbed… ‘Who says the Wars of the Roses are over? Five hundred years since the Battle of Bosworth, the Yorkist
Continue ReadingMy new programme on Bolsover Castle: this Wednesday, 27th March, 8pm, BBC Four
Devoted readers of my blog and books will know this story already, but this Wednesday you can see it made into a lovely little television programme… A few weeks ago I was in cold and misty Derbyshire, making a film in a new BBC Four strand called ‘Secret Knowledge’. This is a really great idea
Continue ReadingWhat it’s like to be the Queen’s doctor…
Here’s my article from yesterday’s Telegraph… When the Queen left hospital after a brief stay earlier this month, she reputedly told her doctors not to “make a fuss’ – entirely in keeping with what we know about her stoical character. But our monarchs have never been particularly docile patients. The doctors who look after them
Continue Reading‘Fit to Rule?’ series coming up on BBC2 – what it’s all about
Some people have kindly been asking me about my ‘Murder’ series, but I’m afraid that you’re getting ahead of yourselves, we haven’t even made that one yet! Next up will be ‘Fit to Rule?’, which is rumoured (and I stress rumoured) to start on 26th April. Here’s the official explanation of what it’s all about.
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