Pepys' puppet sighting is recorded by a plaque on the wall of St Paul's Church, unveiled in 1962. This led to the first Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival being held in 1976, which ...

Punch and Judy puppet shows are a quintessential part of British culture, with their red-and-white-striped booths closely associated with the seaside resorts that thrived in the Victorian era.