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Tag: Tower of London

Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from Tudor Portraiture

Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from...

November 24, 2020
We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was I thinking?!”...
The Tower of London: 1000 years of resilience and strength (part 2)

The Tower of London: 1000 years of resilience and...

May 14, 2020
Part 2: The World Wars In this difficult time many of us are taking great comfort...
The Ones That Got Away: The LGBT+ Stories That Were Almost On The Tours

The Ones That Got Away: The LGBT+ Stories That...

February 7, 2020
Queer Lives at the Tower, our new LGBT+ tours at the Tower of London are just...
How do we know what the Tower Poppies meant to people?

How do we know what the Tower Poppies meant to...

December 13, 2019
The ‘Tower Poppies’ installation in 2014 was a major event of commemoration. But how do we...
Architectural drawings reveal the transformation of the Tower

Architectural drawings reveal the transformation...

November 25, 2019
It’s #ExploreYourArchive Week! To celebrate, curatorial archivist Tom Drysdale presents some of his highlights from Historic Royal...
Outliers: The rise and fall of Eleanor Cobham

Outliers: The rise and fall of Eleanor Cobham

November 19, 2019
Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that tells stories...
Never forget: Poppies and other symbols of remembrance

Never forget: Poppies and other symbols of...

November 7, 2019
Here in the UK poppies have become ubiquitous as symbols of remembrance. But how else do...
Cockles, cows & kegs: the history of the Constable’s Dues

Cockles, cows & kegs: the history of the...

November 15, 2018
Among the ancient traditions of the Tower of London, the Ceremony of the Constable’s Dues is...
Voices from the Tower: The Story of Roger Casement

Voices from the Tower: The Story of Roger Casement

August 3, 2018
Water Lane at the Tower of London was once submerged in the Thames. Along Water Lane...
Gibbons goes from Hampton Court to Fairfax House - part 2

Gibbons goes from Hampton Court to Fairfax House...

June 4, 2018
Volunteering at HCP As a volunteer at Historic Royal Palaces for several years, I was delighted...
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