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 ...

They’re taking a page from his book. A new show will bring the diary of 17th century British writer Samuel Pepys to singing, dancing life on the stage of the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Nov. 14. “17c ...

Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) is the most famous diarist in English letters. From 1660 t0 1669, he penned an unforgettable day-by-day description of Restoration London, with its disasters (the Great Plague ...

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 by ...

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TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

"Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just catching up on my latest diary entry." Wikimedia Commons Samuel Pepys kept a diary for just nine years. Thankfully for historians—if not for Pepys, who ...

In 1703 a retired widower named Samuel Pepys died in a London suburb. He had risen from humble beginnings to occupy naval positions of immense power. For a time, as Secretary to the Admiralty, he had ...

LONDON — A British academic says she has uncovered new details about the life of a famous literary paramour: the 17-year-old servant caught consorting with diarist Samuel Pepys. Pepys’ journal ...

THE original Samuel Pepys wrote his secret diary in shorthand and was not deciphered until several centuries after his death, but ‘F. P. A.’ has worn his heart on his sleeve in the pages of four big ...

A collection of French fashion engravings offers precious new insights into the life of Samuel Pepys years after his premature final diary entry. The prints show the tailor's son remained fascinated ...