I'm spitting feathers today. Really.
But if you don't live in the UK, you may wonder what I'm talking about. Well it's a saying which has two meanings. It can mean I'm very thirsty -a metaphor for my mouth being so dry, it feels like it's full of feathers.
There's another meaning too....we also say it when we're angry -like being so angry I'm foaming at the mouth. So which of those am I today? Let's put it this way , I don't want a glass of water...
Why? It's all about the King who was found in a car park..
I've found out that distant relatives of Richard III have been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to rebury the king's remains here in Leicester.
The Plantagenet Alliance, which includes fifteen of his relatives, want his body to be buried in York, saying it was the King's wish. So they've launched a legal challenge to the decision made by the Ministry of Justice that The University of Leicester could decide where Richard's remains would be buried.
Now, Mr Justice Cave has granted Judicial Review proceedings against the Secretary of State for Justice and the University of Leicester .
I can't believe it! It all began nearly a year ago....and I've been following the story both here on the blog...and as a BBC reporter working a mere two minute walk away from where King Richard III was found...see below
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/richard-iii-days-of-hype-and-hope.html
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=richard+III
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/more-days-of-richard-iii-mania.html,
In February, the remains which had been found a Leicester car park were confirmed as Richard's by a team from the University of Leicester, led by Richard Buckley.
Now before the dig even began, a licence to carry out the dig, issued by the Ministry of Justice, gave the authority to decide where to rebury the king to the university. Quite rightly, in many people's opinion, it was felt appropriate that the King should be reburied in the cathedral just opposite where he had lay for nearly 500 years.
And where he has been remembered all over the city
In Castle Park Park Gardens, where you can smell where his statue stands before you see it....his statue is surrounded by the heady scent of nearly a hundred white roses....
So, it seemed as if the matter were sorted....already thousands have come to Leicester, to the city where he set off on his last journey to the Battle of Bosworth, to see his resting place under the car park, to visit the temporary exhibition telling the story of who he was, and the now world wide famous archaeological dig to find him....
Leicester City Council's plans to build a £4 million visitor centre are already well advanced and Leicester cathedral has already began a £1 million project to house the tomb of Richard III in time for his re-interment there next May. A "significant space" is being created with a new floor, lighting and stained glass windows.
So what now? Who knows...but today the judge has said the resting place of an anointed king is was a matter of "general public importance and touches on Sovereign, State and Church.".
So now it would seem there'll be a full High Court Hearing. I can imagine the urgent talks being held right now. Talks between passionate people at Leicester City Council , Leicester Cathedral and the University of Leicester , on the legacy that the discovery of King Richard III has brought to all of us here in Leicestershire...and what it will mean if we lose the King.
I bet they're spitting feathers too...and when I say that, I wouldn't have thought that they're all clamouring for a cup of tea ....
Today's track....well, here's Depeche Mode and "Wrong"...
But if you don't live in the UK, you may wonder what I'm talking about. Well it's a saying which has two meanings. It can mean I'm very thirsty -a metaphor for my mouth being so dry, it feels like it's full of feathers.
There's another meaning too....we also say it when we're angry -like being so angry I'm foaming at the mouth. So which of those am I today? Let's put it this way , I don't want a glass of water...
Why? It's all about the King who was found in a car park..
I've found out that distant relatives of Richard III have been granted permission for a judicial review of the decision to rebury the king's remains here in Leicester.
The Plantagenet Alliance, which includes fifteen of his relatives, want his body to be buried in York, saying it was the King's wish. So they've launched a legal challenge to the decision made by the Ministry of Justice that The University of Leicester could decide where Richard's remains would be buried.
Now, Mr Justice Cave has granted Judicial Review proceedings against the Secretary of State for Justice and the University of Leicester .
I can't believe it! It all began nearly a year ago....and I've been following the story both here on the blog...and as a BBC reporter working a mere two minute walk away from where King Richard III was found...see below
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/richard-iii-days-of-hype-and-hope.html
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=richard+III
http://thinkingofthedays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/more-days-of-richard-iii-mania.html,
In February, the remains which had been found a Leicester car park were confirmed as Richard's by a team from the University of Leicester, led by Richard Buckley.
Now before the dig even began, a licence to carry out the dig, issued by the Ministry of Justice, gave the authority to decide where to rebury the king to the university. Quite rightly, in many people's opinion, it was felt appropriate that the King should be reburied in the cathedral just opposite where he had lay for nearly 500 years.
And where he has been remembered all over the city
In Castle Park Park Gardens, where you can smell where his statue stands before you see it....his statue is surrounded by the heady scent of nearly a hundred white roses....
So, it seemed as if the matter were sorted....already thousands have come to Leicester, to the city where he set off on his last journey to the Battle of Bosworth, to see his resting place under the car park, to visit the temporary exhibition telling the story of who he was, and the now world wide famous archaeological dig to find him....
Leicester City Council's plans to build a £4 million visitor centre are already well advanced and Leicester cathedral has already began a £1 million project to house the tomb of Richard III in time for his re-interment there next May. A "significant space" is being created with a new floor, lighting and stained glass windows.
So what now? Who knows...but today the judge has said the resting place of an anointed king is was a matter of "general public importance and touches on Sovereign, State and Church.".
So now it would seem there'll be a full High Court Hearing. I can imagine the urgent talks being held right now. Talks between passionate people at Leicester City Council , Leicester Cathedral and the University of Leicester , on the legacy that the discovery of King Richard III has brought to all of us here in Leicestershire...and what it will mean if we lose the King.
I bet they're spitting feathers too...and when I say that, I wouldn't have thought that they're all clamouring for a cup of tea ....
Today's track....well, here's Depeche Mode and "Wrong"...
