A very material mail

Turn the science spotlight on our collections and explore the challenge of personal protection and its progression.

Looking at historic armour from our collections, we explore body protection, and how both traditional and modern materials are used.

What materials would you choose to protect yourself with? We take an in-depth look at materials and their properties.

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Email: educate.tower@armouries.org.uk

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The whole truth

The phrase "Lock, stock and barrel" refers to something in its entirety, the whole thing – in the same way that a complete gun has a lock, a stock and a barrel.

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