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Tuesday 20 October, 12.30 - 2pm. £3.96 (booking required). 'Faithful Frank' lived just off Fleet Street. He is better known as Francis Barber, servant, friend and heir of Samuel Johnson, the creator of the Dictionary of the English Language (1755).

Thursday 22 October, 6.30pm-8pm. £20 / 2 for £35. A ghost. A witch. A princess. Madeleine Pelling's spellbinding history unpicks the stories of three incredible 18th-century hoaxes.

Tuesday 27 October, 12.30 - 2pm. £3.96 (booking required). 'Faithful Frank' lived just off Fleet Street. He is better known as Francis Barber, servant, friend and heir of Samuel Johnson, the creator of the Dictionary of the English Language (1755).

Thursday 29 October, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14 / 2 For £22. Enjoy sparkling drinks and discover one of London's best-kept secrets!

Wednesday 11 November. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.

Thursday 19 November, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!

Thursday 3 December, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!

Wednesday 9 December. 1pm - 3pm. £20. Take a fascinating walk through the heart of literary London and visit the festively decorated home of Dr Samuel Johnson.

Tuesday 15 Dec, 5.30pm - 7pm. £14/£22 for 2. Step Back in Time this Christmas! Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Dr Johnson’s enchanting historic house!

Wednesday 27 January 2027, 6.30pm - 8pm. £27.50. How did a marginal dialect spoken in the late 9th century by 200,000 people become the world’s lingua franca?

Thursday 25 February, 6.30pm - 8pm. £14 / 2 for £22. An evening with Kuba Shand-Baptiste on her moving tale of migration, friendship and the spaces we create when the world gives us none.

Thursday 15 April, 6.30pm - 8pm. £16/2 For £27. Join Stephanie Howard-Smith for a delightful romp through the history of the most famous pocket-sized pups and their owners across the centuries.