#tower of london
The poppies at The Tower of London. A staggering 888,246 poppies will eventually appear in the grounds of the Tower - one for every soldier from the UK, Australia and the Commonwealth killed during the Great War
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OTD May 19th 1536, Anne Boleyn is beheaded by a French Swordsman at the Tower of London after being found guilty of adultery, incest and treason. Her body lies in the Chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula - may she rest in peace
On 1 February 1913, Leonora Cohen made history when she threw an iron bar at the Crown Jewels in protest at the Government. Becoming known as the ‘Tower Suffragette’, Leonora dedicated her life to fighting for women’s suffrage and equality. Not only did she campaign for women’s right to vote in 1918 and 1928, but incredibly she fought again in her late nineties for the passing of the Equal Pay Act in 1970. This gave men and women equal pay for equal work, something that she had been fighting for from the very beginning.
Discover Leonora Cohen’s remarkable story in our film (http://bit.ly/LeonoraCohen) and find out how you can get involved in our programme of events marking the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 here: http://bit.ly/VotesandVoices
#PalacePhoto! Our favourite pictures this week include a beautiful sky above Kew Palace, a snowy landscape in Hillsborough Castle gardens, the Rubens ceiling at The Banqueting House and the black poplar trees at the Tower of London
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Today in 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is executed.
Raleigh is best known as an explorer and a favourite courtier of Elizabeth I. He was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1587. However, Raleigh’s secret marriage to one of the Queen’s maids-of-honour Elizabeth Throckmorton angered the queen and both were imprisoned in the Tower of London. When James I took the throne in 1603, Raleigh was far from a favourite, and, after being implicated in a plot against the King, found himself once more in the Tower – this time for 13 years, held in the Bloody Tower. He was released to lead an expedition to South America, but its failure led to his eventual arrest and death sentence.
Image: The lower chamber in the Bloody Tower, reconstructed as Sir Walter Ralegh’s Study and Walter Raleigh portrait by unknown English artist © World History Archive & Alamy
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Feel like pure shite, just want a movie where the castles are decorated properly
This was the first Goosebumps book I read as a kid. I distinctly remember getting it for Christmas in 1994 and starting it that night. I loved it then, and I’m really happy to say that fro the most part it holds up. It struck a near-perfect balance of horror and adventure. From being chased by a creepy man to then being left by their tour group in a strange foreign city, there was a great escalation in scares with each scene. The memory loss bit was particularly frightening. I blame this book for planting the seeds of my first existential crisis as a young adult. My biggest issues in the book had to do with the actions of the adults around Sue and Eddy. The first and most obvious is the way the kid’s tour guide left without them. That place would be crawling with police if two kids went missing while on a tour. I won’t get into specifics on the rest because of spoilers, but you can read my thoughts on that after the jump. I was also a bit frustrated with the rushed ending and felt it could have been done better. A Night in Terror Tower stands out from the pack for the way it was based on actual historical events; the only other books in the series that do anything like that are Curse of the Mummy’s TombandReturn of the Mummy. Overall, it mostly lives up to my nostalgic love and was still fun to read in spite of knowing all the twists. A Night in Terror Tower is easily one of the strongest books in the series.
Score: 4
A full review with memes, spoilers, and snark can be found over on my wordpress blog:
https://www.danstalter.com/a-night-in-terror-tower/
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Magical Maritimes does London - Round Two!
From the top down pictures include the Tower Bridge, Tower of London, inside the Tower of London, Natural History Museum, Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street at night.
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Traffic on the southern part of the Tower Bridge, spanning the Thames near the Tower of London (c.1900). This bridge was completed in 1894 as a monument to the Victorian Era.
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Boris Karloff takes his revenge on Jack Pierce during the production of Tower of London (1939), via silverscreams.
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