The Bank of England Museum (3): The early history of banknotes

The first notes were receipts for deposits made in the bank and were made out to the amount deposited. In … More

Tower of London (12): The Old Armouries and Gun collection

Storage of Weapons and armour has always been part of the function of the Tower. Originally located in the White … More

Sir John Soane was appointed in 1828 to undertake an expansion of facilities on the site at Threadneedle St to … More

The Salt Tower was built around 1230 as part of Henry III’s curtain wall. It has an upper chamber which … More

Originally opened as a method of raising capital funds for the impoverished government of the day to raise funds for … More

The Wakefield Tower was built by Henry III sometime between 1238 and 1272. In early records it is sometimes known … More

These small plants are often overlooked, but are really attractive. Here are some photos I took recently on a trip … More

Andrew Cunningham was born near Dublin in 1883 and after schooling in Dublin and Edinburgh went to Dartmouth naval College. … More

The cradle tower was built around 1350 as a personal watergate entrance for King Edward III. It later became … More

The legend goes that if there are fewer than 6 ravens living at the Tower then the country will … More