Thursday Doors: The Late Richard III

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Yes, I’m late posting. I fell down a rabbit hole.

You see, friend and fellow writer Andrea Gilbey sent me doors from her “ramble” around Leicester (England), featuring her favorite historical personage, Richard III. He’s mine, too. In fact, he’s my imaginary much-maligned royal boyfriend.

She sent me these pictures:

“I’m five two and I’d have to duck to go through it.”

So then I went to the website for the King Richard III trail, which has an absolute WEALTH of doors, arches, and gateways.

If you haven’t seen THE LOST KING, about the woman who wouldn’t rest until she had found the body of Richard III and cleared his name, DO. It’s one of the few Steve Coogan movies I can bear to watch. He’s lovely in it.

If you haven’t read DAUGHTER OF TIME by Josephine Tey, DO. Best. Detective Story. EVER.

See what I mean about a rabbit hole?

Thursday doors is under the direction of Dan Antion, photographer extraordinaire and critter daddy. Visit his site, enjoy his wonderful photographs, follow his directions, and enter a world of doors.

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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A tiny door

MA

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I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is.

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One thought on “Thursday Doors: The Late Richard III

  1. Stephanie

    August 2, 2026 at 4:28pm

    Now I’m gonna have to look up Richard III. I need a refresher course 😉

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  2. Daniel Antion

    July 30, 2026 at 5:27pm

    Great doors and an understandable excursion through the rabbit holes. I appreciate the recommendations and the information.

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      Marian Allen

      July 31, 2026 at 9:31am

      I love pretty much anything by Josephine Tey or Charlotte Armstrong. Armstrong is the queen of the everyday person doing extraordinary things just because not doing anything would be unthinkable.

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  3. Deborah

    July 30, 2026 at 3:26pm

    She sent you a great door. It’s so easy to go down rabbit holes and only surface hours later isn’t it! Thanks for the movie and book recommendations! I am in need of new viewing and reading material.

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      Marian Allen

      July 31, 2026 at 9:28am

      If you have Netflix or Hulu, I can give you a wealth of recommendations! I also read pretty much anything, so I’m liable to have reading material to suggest, whatever your taste. Unless you like graphic sex or graphic horror, which I kinda don’t think you do. I have nothing on those, because I AVOID.

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