In July 2020, a quote ostensibly written in 1665 by Samuel Pepys, dubbed the world's greatest diarist by some, started to circulate on social media. The passage lamented how "gadabouts" (defined ...

It was an event that changed the face of London forever. Howard Timberlake retraces the footsteps of Samuel Pepys during the Great Fire of London through his vivid and detailed diary entries ...

For me, it’s the unexpurgated Diary of Samuel Pepys. Completing the 11-volume set challenges even the most dedicated, but the entries are so vivid and comprehensive that the readers feel almost ...

Pepys is best known for his 1660s diaries, external, but he was also a bibliophile who bequeathed his large library to Magdalene College, Cambridge. The manuscripts can be seen at the ...

1666: Samuel Pepys, writing in his famous diary, records the first description of a blood transfusion. Pepys (whose name is usually pronounced Peeps, or occasionally Peppis) was an able ...

In 1667, Pepys was bustling around the healing city, putting his rooms back in order and turning his thoughts to new developments in politics. Pepys survived. Scholars are still not sure whether ...

Pepys, an intimate portrait of the great diarist, naval strategist and adulterer, starts filming for BBC TWO Steve Coogan plays Samuel Pepys, naval strategist and serial adulterer, in the first ...

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 ...

I first encountered the diary of Samuel Pepys in 1958, when I was 10. It is the book that has informed – I might almost say "defined" – my whole life.

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 ...