London harbors many secrets, but
18 Folgate Street
is one of its best. Tucked away on a side street in Spitalfields the formerly tatty but now buzzing heart of the city's rag trade the exterior of this five-story Georgian townhouse
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is conspicuous only for its rust red shutters. But inside, it's a time capsule that re-creates life in London as it might have been lived between 1724 and 1919. Each room captures a different era, but the attention to detail never wavers: a discarded wig on a chair; a quill resting in an inkwell;
crumpets
toasting...