A Turkish Bath for Horses at Hampton Court Palace
With eyes on Royal Ascot this week we wanted to share a lesser-known aspect ...
Four Hundred Years of Spectacle and Glamour!
This year we mark the 400th anniversary of the building of the Banqueting House, ...
What’s in a date? The Use and Usefulness of Anniversaries
Anniversaries of important historic events infest our calendars. Why do we choose to celebrate ...
Royal Wetnurses: the ‘Foster Mothers’ of the Georgian Nursery
Ahead of Mother’s Day, we share the lesser-known histories of the women employed as ...
Poets at the Tower of London: National Poetry Day 2021
Today is National Poetry Day in the UK which encourages all to enjoy, discover ...
Torture at the Tower: The Case of John Gerard
On the anniversary of the birth of John Gerard, Curator Alden Gregory reflects on ...
What’s growing on in the Kitchen Garden?
Kitchen Gardener Inchico Garbutt takes you through a year in the life of the ...
Behind the scenes of Mind Behind the Myth with Daniel Regan
How does the story of George III’s treatment at Kew Palace inform discussion of ...
Templars at the Tower
Why is Friday 13th thought of as an unlucky date? One possibility is the ...
Restoring Genius: Grinling Gibbons’s Carvings in the Orangery of...
The 3rd of August marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Grinling Gibbons, ...