Henry VIII and the sweating sickness
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence ...
The Tower of London: 1000 years of resilience and strength (part 2)
Part 2: The World Wars
In this difficult time many of us are taking great ...
The Tower of London: 1000 years of resilience and strength (part 1)
Part 1: famine and fires at the Tower of London
In this difficult time many ...
Creating your own wildflower garden
You don’t need large expanses of land to make your own wildflower meadow providing ...
Georgian Feminism: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, sexual-fluidity and...
Our Queer Lives immersive tours taking place on selected dates at the Tower of ...
The Ones That Got Away: The LGBT+ Stories That Were Almost On The...
Queer Lives at the Tower, our new LGBT+ tours at the Tower of London ...
Conservation and discoveries in our paper collections
We have around 25,000 works of art on paper in Historic Royal Palaces’ collection. ...
Outliers: The Black Watch Mutiny
In this Outliers blog series, we’ve been uncovering the true history that inspired our podcasts’ ...
Six mattresses for a Queen | Secrets of a State Bed
As conservation work continues on Queen Caroline’s State bed, Conservator Beatrice Farmer shares discoveries ...
Outliers: The resilience of Bess Throckmorton
In this Outliers blog series, we’re uncovering the true history that inspired our podcasts’ ...