527 years ago today the last king of England to die in battle, Richard III, was killed at Bosworth. Now, I know what you're thinking. How can a blogger who calls his bike White Surrey after Richard's horse be anything other than biased on this subject. Let me assure you that as a professional historian I am fully aware of the strict importance of objectivity and scrupulous impartiality.
I am also fully aware that the Duke of Richmond, who beat Richard at Bosworth (unfairly) was the most disreputable, rancid, vengeful and paranoid ruler ever to sit on the English throne.
See?
In other news ...
Oliver Lodge, the physicist, died today in 1940. Or, since he was an ardent believer in spiritualism, did he?
