In January 1, 1660, Samuel Pepys started writing his diary. He began by recording his daily experiences. But as the days wore on, it became more than a personal revelation. In fact, it was an ...

THE interest in weather notes from old diaries lies in the fact that they may throw some light on the vexed question whether meteorological conditions in Western Europe are changing. The diaries of ...

Andrew Doyle is the author of “Free Speech and Why It Matters” and “The New Puritans.” Samuel Pepys was, famously, an extraordinary diarist, offering a vivid first-hand account of life in Restoration ...

Three short animations for KS1 History exploring The Gunpowder Plot in 1605 - why it happened, the main events and the ...

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Pupils at a school once attended by the 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys have voted to remove his name from one of their houses, following revelations about his "abusive and exploitative" treatment ...

When Samuel Pepys , wifeless and childless, died in 1703, the pride of his life – three thousand books, lavishly gilded and bound in brown leather – passed to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he ...

A school attended by 17th Century diarist Samuel Pepys could drop his name from one of its houses due to his “abusive and exploitative” behaviour towards women. Pepys House is one of five houses at ...

The former school of a famed 17th century diarist has proposed scrapping a house named after him over accusations abuse and exploitation of women. Samuel Pepys, best known for recording events like ...

And so to bed. With those words, Samuel Pepys concluded many an entry in his famous diary. Bed certainly seems to have consumed much of his energy during the nearly ten years that the high-ranking ...