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TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous books and articles on creativity, sporting management and leadership, as well as fictional works involving the mythical University of Urmston. He has been influential in the development of creativity-related projects in Europe, including the European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI), and was co-founder (with Susan Moger) of the journal Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also author of detective stories centred around the fictional University of Urmston, and a nearby chess club which houses a top-secret government surveillance operation. His recent switch to podcasting reaches out to a wider general audience interested in current affairs, and the processes of creativity previously described in his lectures, blogposts, and textbooks.

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The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tay. Who really killed the Princes in the Tower?

September 21, 2023 • Tudor Rickards

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The Daughter of Time, by Josephine Tay. Who really killed the Princes in the Tower?

Richard the third, according to our history books, backed up by William Shakespeare. But not according to the Richard 111 Society founded in 1924. Nor according to crime writer Josephine Tey, in her crime novel originally published in 1951.

Tay never received the fame of Christie or Sayers, but her writing is of the highest quality of readability and storyline.

The Daughter of time in the title refers to Truth, according to a proverb I had never come across. The story is of Detective Inspector Alan Grant who when recovering from a broken leg, develops a theory that the popular view of the villainous Richard might be incorrect. With the help of assorted contacts he sets out on the trail of uncovering a four hundred year murder case.

I will say no more, but leave you with an example of the author’s skill at capturing a character in a few paragraphs.

My podcast is from Chapter 2, and starts with the arrival at his hospital bed of West End theatre star Marta Hallard, closely followed by the expensive aroma of L'Enlos Cinq ...

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