Richard had a good night on TV last night, Three progrannes about him! Including David Starkey at his best. Richard (as well as being the central anti-hero in Shakespeare's first big stage hit) makes charisnatic appearances in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson and is the subject of The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. Our American friends may not know that a Richard is cockney rhymming slang for a turd. Richard the Third = Turd. Here is my version of Dick's song. http://www.bigalwhittle.co.uk/lifehistoryandsongsof/id31.html
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