Richard III: The latest from the funeral front
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Keeping up with Richard III is getting to be a full-time job this week with all the hullabaloo about his reinternment.
Category Archives: History
Monday Mysteries: Ceremonial steps for Richard III
Today on Monday Mysteries we come to the culmination of a story I have been following on the blog for several years: the reburial of Richard III.
Reutlingen’s road to Tübingen
Reutlingen is a fair-sized town near Tübingen, about 10-15 minutes away by train. For all that it’s that close, Chris and I have rarely gone there over the past few years.
Two for a Tuesday
Well yesterday’s Monday Mystery turned out to be one of those “where is the missing blog post?” mysteries. Sorry about that. We’ve been knee-deep (sometimes literally) in sorting papers and other things as we move along the path toward moving … Continue reading
The Geography of Getting out of Dodge
Thanks for all the feedback on yesterday’s post about Plan G, both here on the blog as well in all your emails. 🙂
The coming winter of discontent
It’s been quite a while since I last wrote about the modern battle royal between Leicester and York over Richard III’s remains. Click here to pull up a list of all my old posts, which have details about what has … Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Oldie but Goodie
Today on Food on Fridays we’re in London, eating “ancient food” at the British Museum.
For whom the organ plays
Jack posed a question in his comment the other day and asked for more information about those two big gold keys in the coat of arms of Weil der Stadt. Crossed keys like that in general are the symbol of … Continue reading
The birthplace of Johannes Kepler
The reason we went to the town of Weil der Stadt was not just to check out the planters or eat dessert. Rather, we went to a tiny museum about Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), a key German scientist, astronomer and mathematician … Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: The German-Veronese Lamb
Today on Monday Mysteries we try to unlock the secrets behind a little golden lamb in the Marktplatz.