Dear all,
This autumn and winter we’re uncovering death at the Tower from burial sites to so-called ‘anti-vampire kits’ and from after-dark tours to conversations about modern death.
For more information, visit:
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/WhatsOn/talksanddebates
Curious connections…death and the graveyard
Tuesday 6 October, 19.00-20.30
Panel discussion
£10 / £9 HRP members
Includes a glass of wine
Why do over 70% of us choose to be cremated? Is death the ultimate leveller or are there different rules for the rich and famous? And is there really much difference in how we treat bodies in the 21st century from the 11th century?
The Tower of London conjures images of death and dark history. It was called “the saddest place on earth” and floors were known to collapse from the weight of cadavers, but there’s another side to death at the site. Join modern death professionals, historians, and academics in conversation, in this historic setting, about what we do with our bodies when we die.
Walk with a curator: death at the Tower
Wednesday 28 October, 19.00-20.15
Outdoor curator tour
£20 / £18 HRP members
Bring a torch and join Tower Collections’ Curator, Sally Dixon Smith, after dark to explore the burials, murders and mysteries of the Tower. From the Beefeaters’ pet cemetery to the execution site of eleven spies and from the long-gone chapel graveyard to Traitors’ Gate, there’s a thousand years of death at the Tower to uncover.
Curious connections…capital punishment and public opinion
Tuesday 3 November, 19.00-20.30
Panel discussion
£10/£9 HRP members
Includes a glass of wine
The Tower of London is one of the world’s most infamous execution sites, though surprisingly few prisoners were executed within the Tower walls. Many of these were high-profile, political cases including Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, and eleven spies who were killed at the start of the First World War. They all sparked public opinion, outcry, and, in some cases, support.
Though it can be tempting to think of capital punishment as a historic issue, there are few topics as relevant, controversial and heated in world media, politics and living rooms today. Join journalists, historians and psychologists in conversation about capital punishment from the Tower of London’s history to the 21st century.
Study day: how not to get killed
With the Royal Armouries
Saturday 23 January, 10.00-14.30
Archive study day
£32 / £28 HRP members
Includes tea and coffee
The Royal Armouries’ collection contains curiosities, arms, and armour from antiquity to today. Have you ever wanted to know how to protect yourself from vampires, whether mummified cats keep witches away or how safe armour really is? We’ll reveal the answers to these questions and many other secrets of the Royal Armouries' collection in an exploration of how to fend off supernatural, combative and down-right-weird risks to life in this fascinating study day.
Susie Thornberry, Producer
Tower of London, Historic Royal Palaces
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