Torture at the Tower
Jeremy Ashbee, from the Historic Royal Palaces, discusses a new programme at the Tower of London on punishment and imprisonment.
From May 1st, the Tower of London is opening a new permanent installation entitled ‘Torture at the Tower’. This is the first phase of a general programme to re-interpret the subject of imprisonment in the Tower. The aim is for the whole range of imprisonment – from luxurious to appalling, and from the Normans to the twentieth century – to be presented to visitors. This reflects the genuine importance of imprisonment in the history of the Tower of London, but also allows Historic Royal Palaces, the charity that manages and conserves the Tower, to tackle some of the most popular misconceptions.
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