Blog - History

Tom patronising the Rose Tavern in Covent Garden.

Thanks to U3A volunteer, Peter Charles, for sharing his research on the Sports Cup.

How the monitoring of mail helped secure the Royal Household.

Tom as a wealthy and well-connected “man about town”.

Thanks to U3A volunteer, Peter Charles, for starting us off with an interesting insight into the history of the nit comb.

Read the latest news from our Manisons in the Orchard project.

Over a period of 12 weeks, volunteer researchers from the University of the Third Age (U3A) have been delving into the past of some of the museum’s collection o

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

The role of the police in Victorian-era royal protection.

The first in this series of engravings shows Tom Rakewell taking possession of the effects of his wealthy but miserly father, who has died without making a will

Dr Nick Hervey examines the historic role of the police in royal protection in the fourth in a series of twelve guest posts.

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.