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The Extraordinary Life and Death of Lady Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

25 October 2024

Lady Margaret Pole spent her life serving the Tudors. But in 1541, she was led to her execution at the Tower of London on the orders of Henry VIII.

'May I Go Home?': Lady Jane Grey's First Moments as a Tower Prisoner

11 October 2024

Lady Jane Grey's biographer, Dr Nicola Tallis unpicks the moment that Jane learned of her deposition and was forced to come to terms with her fall from Queen to Tower prisoner.

Medieval and Tudor Poets at the Tower

09 August 2024

What dramatic Tudor event might Sir Thomas Wyatt have drawn on for his poetry? And did you know Geoffrey Chaucer worked at the Tower of London?

Charles II and the Discovery of the 'Princes in the Tower' in 1674

17 July 2024

Tower of London Curator Charles Farris explores one of the most famous discoveries in the Tower’s history – a small chapter in the continuing mystery of the Princes in the Tower.

An Asian wild cat and his Indian trainer in 18th-century London

12 July 2024

Curator of Inclusive History, Dr Mishka Sinha, picks up the tale of the 'Shah Goest' - a wild cat kept in the Royal Menagerie within the confines of the Tower of London.

The Death of Elizabeth of York at the Tower of London

05 July 2024

Tracy Borman delves into the story behind the death of the original Tudor Queen, within the walls of this royal fortress.

Imagining Anne Boleyn's Coronation in 1533

10 May 2024

Curator of Historic Buildings, Alden Gregory imagines the ambitious festivities that Henry VIII commissioned to welcome Anne Boleyn as his second Queen Consort.