Royal Mail has unveiled 12 stamps being issued to celebrate the UK's national museum of arms and armour. The museum collection, consisting of more than 75,000 objects, is displayed at three sites ...

Although its exterior might be grim and even unimpressive (especially when compared to stately Buckingham Palace), the Tower of London's interior is always bustling with activity. Despite its name ...

Irish officials made extensive efforts to convince UK authorities to return extremely rare bronze cannons after claiming they were “illegally smuggled” from a Waterford shipwreck and sold to ...

1. Valuables have been kept in the keep since the 1100s When you think of the Tower of London, one of the first things likely to pop into your head are the Crown Jewels. Before 1649, the important ...

WHAT HAPPENS? The Ravenous Raven: A raven, one of the guardians of the Tower of London, is caught eating people’s television aerials. The raven is sacked from the Tower, and sent to live in a ...