Tower of London Archives

Templars at the Tower

Why is Friday 13th thought of as an unlucky date? One possibility is the arrest of...

If you visit the Tower of London, you can walk where some of the most significant...

We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was I thinking?!”...

Part 2: The World Wars In this difficult time many of us are taking great comfort...

Queer Lives at the Tower, our new LGBT+ tours at the Tower of London are just...

The ‘Tower Poppies’ installation in 2014 was a major event of commemoration. But how do we...

It’s #ExploreYourArchive Week! To celebrate, curatorial archivist Tom Drysdale presents some of his highlights from Historic Royal...

Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that tells stories...

Here in the UK poppies have become ubiquitous as symbols of remembrance. But how else do...

Among the ancient traditions of the Tower of London, the Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues is...