Almost 30,000 ceramic poppies go on display at the Tower of London. Image: Historic Royal Palaces The Tower of London will be flooded with tens of thousands of blood-red poppies later this year ...

Built as a fortress by William the Conqueror beginning in the 1070s, the UNESCO-listed Tower of London is one of the city's most iconic landmarks. Once a palace for monarchs, a formidable state ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, a new commemorative display of ceramic poppies will be installed at the heart of the Tower of London. Nearly 30,000 of the original ...