Last Tuesday, seventeen A level History pupils were treated to an outstanding day of scholarship. They listened to seven stimulating online lectures about key controversies of the Wars of the Roses conflict, organised by the Richard III Society.

The talks included Professor John Watts on late medieval kingship, Dr Joanna Laynesmith on Margaret of Anjou, Matthew Lewis on Warwick the Kingmaker, Dr David Grummitt on Richard III, Lauren Johnson on Lady Margaret Beaufort, Dr Sean Cunningham on the Yorkist Rebellions against Henry VII and Dr Hannes Kleineke and Dr James Ross who debated why Edward IV was able to recover the throne in 1471.