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The Opening Ceremony at the Tower of London

15/03/2022 donbrown 1

You’ve probably heard of the Tower of London’s ‘Ceremony of the Keys’ that takes place just before 10pm every day. This is when the Tower […]

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An Elizabethan Prisoner’s Graffiti

07/02/2022 donbrown 0

The Tower of London, famous though it is for prisoners, had no dungeons as such: the incarcerated would be held in rooms in different buildings […]

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The Chapel of St John the Evangelist

28/12/2021 donbrown 0

One of the loveliest and most peaceful spaces in London is literally in the centre of one of the busiest. The Tower of London gets […]

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The Ravens of the Tower of London

04/02/2018 donbrown 0

Just about everyone knows the legend of the Tower of London ravens; that should they leave the fortress then it and, by extension, the entire […]

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