A royal arrival: the birth of Elizabeth I
On 7 September 1533, Queen consort of England Anne Boleyn gave birth to her ...
Category: Tower of London
Thomas Cromwell’s Execution
On 28 July 1540, Henry VIII married wife no. 5, Katherine Howard. Although he ...
From hero to zero: Sir Walter Raleigh at the Tower of London
On 19 July 1603, the Tower received one of the most famous prisoners in ...
A soldier and an artist: the life and death of William George Storm
In this blog post, Curator of Historic Buildings Dr Alden Gregory reveals the moving ...
Henry VIII and the men who made him
The life of our most famous king began precisely 528 years ago today, at ...
Rookwood and Digby: Gunpowder Plotters
On the anniversary of the execution of Guy Fawkes, let's take a look at ...
Christmas Tales from the Tower
As it's ...
A Head in the Bloody Tower - A glimpse of yet another secret
A beautiful and mysterious eye
When I started my job at the Tower of London ...
Family means nobody gets left behind — or forgotten
Beyond the Deepening Shadow was one of many commemorative events ...