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A look at the beacon which was lit at Bosworth Battlefield on Thursday 8 May to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The anniversary, commemorates 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. The beacon lighting was hosted by Leicestershire County Council in conjunction with the Sheepy Beacon Society. It took place at 9.30pm and was part of a series of similar events taking place across the length and breadth of the UK. We start the film with the light fading and standards from a much earlier historic battle on this site (The Battle Of Bosworth Field) flying high across the Battlefield the beacon filled with material ready to be lit stands surrounded by a perimeter featuring union flag bunting. As the sun sets we are asked to remember all who served and the beacon is lit, an emotional moment on a former battlefield. we see the gathered crowd lit by the burning beacon as it burns brightly joining many others across the country in remembrance and coming together to give ...

Opposite the King Richard III Visitor Center in Leicester three previously uninteresting and  unassuming junction boxes have been transformed by local street artist Wing Lo. The boxes against a wall facing the visitor centre now provide even more of a link between the centre, King Richards Statue and the Leicester Cathedral where he was re-interred. The Artwork on the boxes feature a welsh dragon the logo and colours of one of the works backers (BID Leicester) and the largest box features King Richards royal standard and the logo of the visitor centre it faces. My short look at the work starts at the famous statue in the Cathedral gardens before rounding the corner to reveal the boxes. Junction Boxes By Artist Wing Lo

As part of the National Galleries "Coming Home" project well known portraits are "loaned" to the place most linked to the person featured, in this case King Richard III whose remains where famously found under a car park in the city of Leicester in 2012. The (surprisingly small) late 16th century portrait is hung at the New Walk Museum in the city as the centerpiece of an exhibition exploring the story of the King, the discovery of his remains and what these reveal about his life and death. The exhibition in partnership with Leicester Cathedral and The King Richard Visitor Center runs until September 22nd 2019 and is well worth a visit to see this historic portrait in person.