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Sir Walter Raleigh

This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London

Tudor food and eating

Royal food and table manners at the Tudor court

The Elizabethan era: a golden age?

Was the Elizabethan period really a 'golden era' of English history?

Eleanor of Provence

A powerful and political Queen

The Tower of London and the Second World War

Life at the Tower of London during the Second World War

Elizabeth II at our palaces

Elizabeth II had a deep connection to the Tower of London and the other five palaces in our care

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?

Arbella Stuart

From contender for the throne to prisoner in the Tower of London

The story of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

‘The Grandest House in County Down’