This converted religious site provides an interesting window into the changing culture of Notting Hill in the contemporary period.

This viewpoint uses the Carnival Against the Nazis in Victoria Park as an avenue to explore the birth of the Rock Against Racism movement.

The Academy in Brixton is one of London's most successful music venues. It's rise to prominence was anything but pre-ordained though. Listen here to find out about the Academy and the role of Brixton in the venue's success.

The Hammersmith Palais lasted nearly a century as a top spot for nighttime fun. Nights at the Palais reflected the ever-changing demographic makeup of West London and led to cross-cultural interactions of many varieties.

Witness the most famous game of chess ever played – and discover the tragic downfall of its loser, Lionel Kieseritzky.

Ridiculed by labyrinth historians and enthusiasts, Hampton Court Maze has become crucial to behavioural psychology and AI research. [CW: animal cruelty]

Join Andy Warhol at the Dorchester Hotel as he goes to the opening of his Athletes Series at the ICA; as he parties with Bob Dylan, Bianca Jagger and Jack Nicholson; and as the drug-fuelled lives of his entourage are spinning out of control. [CW: suicide attempt]

On March 8th, 1941, the Café de Paris – 'the safest and gayest restaurant in town' – was destroyed in the Blitz. Among the dead was one of the most important figures in Black British jazz: Ken "Snakehips" Johnson.

This viewpoint includes extracts from 'Snakehips Swing' by Ken "Snakehips" Johnson and his West Indian Dance Orchestra, available on 'Black British Swing: The African Diaspora's Contribution To England's Own Jazz of the 1930s and 1940s'.

[CW: war; death]

On this spot, between brothels and drug addicts, John Spilsbury invented the first 'Dissected Puzzle'. It was intended to educate upper-class children, but it found its greatest hour in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

1797: from a cell in Bedlam, James Tilly Matthews believes a gang of villains are controlling politicians and nobility using the terrible Air Loom. Find out who they are and their plans for Britain's downfall. [CW: mental illness, torture]