You don’t really need an excuse to visit the Tower of London. As a working fortress, menagerie, prison and now museum it has been at the centre of city life since 1066. Even the shiny skyscrapers that loom over the Norman edifice cannot completely overshadow it: visitors come to see the tower not the ‘cheese-grater’ or ‘walkie-talkie’.Nevertheless the tower in its current state should not be missed.
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red – the gradual installation of 888,246 ceramic poppies to commemorate every British and colonial fatality of WW1 – is a stunning work of art and striking memorial.
The poppies flow out of a window in the outer wall and spread out like water in the castle’s moat. Some even advance over the bridged entrance and will, I expect, in time connect to the other pool of poppies on the other side. The monument’s seemingly organic growth is one of its best features and makes it truly unique.
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