From a mechanical garden to an automatic tea-table, in the late eighteenth century you were bound to find something extraordinary at Merlin’s Museum of Mechanical Amusements.

Flames are racing towards your house: what do you save? In 1666, Samuel Pepys prioritised his cheese.

Join the crowds at a royal joust in honour of Elizabeth I.

Frederick’s Place, in the City of London, used to be called Gropecunt Lane in the medieval period due to its many brothels. As nearby Milk Street and Bread Street can attest, medieval Londoners valued pragmatism above all in their naming of streets.