In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. “Who knows,” she wrote, “maybe one day your diary will provide a valuable window into this period.” During ...

The reblogging of 17th-century Londoner Samuel Pepys’ diary concludes today One of the more unique sites on the internet is getting ready to post its final update. Since 2003, Phil Gyford has posted ...

Samuel Pepys Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1661 N.S offers readers a candid and detailed look into the daily life of a 17th-century Englishman. Written in a frank and engaging style, Pepys diary ...

A fair amount of what the world knows of 17th century London was captured by one man. For 10 years, Samuel Pepys made daily entries in a shorthand common to scholars of the day. He was a keen observer ...

Samuel Pepys, whose diary entries enriched our understanding of turbulent 17th century Britain, is being celebrated with a new £2 coin from the Royal Mint. A diary kept by Pepys from 1660 until 1669 ...

He may have started it, just as we make similar plans nowadays, as a New Year resolution. Whatever the reason, his diary, which he began exactly 350 years ago this very week, remains the most famous ...

A new £2 coin released to mark 350 years since Samuel Pepys' final diary entry could set collectors back £845. The 17th Century diarist, famed for accounts of events such as the Great Fire of London ...

He's one of England's most famous diary-keepers, but Samuel Pepys had a secret love of French fashion, a new study claims. Fancy garments were the diarist's 'guilty pleasure', a University of ...

THE CONVERSATION, via AP — In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. “Who knows,” she wrote, “maybe one day your diary will provide a valuable window ...