The poppies at the Tower of London

The spectacle of 888,246 hand-made ceramic poppies lining the whole moat of the Tower of London is an indescribably poignant reminder of the exact number of British and Colonial soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives in the First World War. The scene is a field of red with one corner of a tower covered with a vertical display which is redolent of a trail of blood draining into the moat.

The artwork is entitled “Blood swept lands and seas of red” and has been created to coincide with...