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.. and hello Gillian! Fellow Restoration nut and author! Really appreciate all the comments and links. Given me lots to think about. And thanks Eric. I will...
2 Mar 3, 2013
8:11 pm

gillianbagwell
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Diary emails and RSS feed fixed http://www.pepysdiary.com/news/2013/03/03/14009/ If you read the diary entries by email or RSS you might have noticed it’s...
1 Mar 3, 2013
5:20 pm

Phil Gyford
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Hallo all! My name is Chris Humphreys. I write historical fiction as C.C. Humphreys - 12 novels so far. I am currently writing a pair of thrillers set against...
4 Mar 2, 2013
12:23 am

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http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/london/the-delightful-mr-pepys.html Happy Birthday Samuel! Roger Ebert is, of course, the famous movie critic from the Chicago...
3 Feb 24, 2013
1:00 pm

Tamara
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... From: rb <broroger@...> Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:37 PM Subject: Feb. 23, 2013: The Writer's Almanac To: terry foreman...
1 Feb 23, 2013
6:41 pm

terry foreman
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Anti-spam measures http://www.pepysdiary.com/news/2013/02/20/14008/ It only took seven hours after opening up registrations for our first spammer to sign up. I...
4 Feb 20, 2013
5:28 pm

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Annotations can be posted again http://www.pepysdiary.com/news/2013/02/15/14007/ It’s taken longer than I hoped, but it’s now possible to post...
1 Feb 15, 2013
3:46 pm

Phil Gyford
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Fascinating article about making a living in the London sewers.  Reminded me of Sam's posts mentioning collectors of "night soil": ...
1 Jan 30, 2013
11:51 pm

Todd Bernhardt
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I thought you might enjoy this... Henry VIII's wine cellar, originally part of the Whitehall Palace that Pepys would have known, still exists, underneath the...
3 Jan 27, 2013
4:42 pm

Jenny Doughty
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It is notable how often Samuel was drinking in taverns. In today's extract for 21 January he goes into The Mitre in Fleet Street. Although the tavern has...
7 Jan 23, 2013
11:27 am

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If you're interested in learning more about Charles II's six-week odyssey trying to get out of England after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, please visit my...
4 Jan 22, 2013
12:10 am

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I just got it to work by dropping the period at the end; all else was OK....
1 Jan 21, 2013
10:58 pm

John M
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Pepys and his friends drank at the Royal Oak, one of the early namesakes and likely the first tavern of the oak in which he spent a day while on the run from...
3 Jan 21, 2013
12:05 am

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PTSD: The Soldier's Private War Wednesday, 09 January 2013 00:00 By Robert Wilbur <http://truth-out.org/author/itemlist/user/44815> and James L Knoll IV...
1 Jan 20, 2013
6:19 pm

terry foreman
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Sam (and his slide rule) gets a mention this week as part of an explanation of the origins of the phrase above, in Michael Quinion's always-excellent...
3 Jan 20, 2013
3:58 pm

Todd Bernhardt
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Hello Everybody, If you are not already a member of the evelyndiary Yahoo Group you are cordially invited to join us. You can join by going to the John Evelyn...
1 Jan 20, 2013
10:09 am

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Magdalene College Cambridge is to hold a conference on 'Samuel Pepys and wine' to coincide with the 350th anniversary of the great diarist, and his mention of...
1 Jan 19, 2013
4:46 pm

terry foreman
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The mention of Salisbury Court in yesterday's emailed Pepys diary entry for 16 January 1660 reminded me that I walked through that little street on Tuesday...
1 Jan 18, 2013
6:55 pm

Guy Consterdine
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Annotations update http://www.pepysdiary.com/news/2013/01/18/4/ It’s been a little while since my previous post* about the new site, so here’s an update. ...
1 Jan 18, 2013
5:55 pm

Phil Gyford
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Who knew that Samantha Cameron is the direct descendant of Nell Gwyn? She is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great granddaughter of Charles II's...
5 Jan 6, 2013
8:23 pm

Jenny Doughty
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To ‘record’ derives from the Latin recordari, ‘to remember’, and that’s what medieval English minstrels did with the instrument to which they gave ...
1 Jan 4, 2013
8:51 pm

terry foreman
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What a marvellous start to the New Year - the Restoration in 1660, and the restoration of daily entries from Sam Pepys emailed in real time day by day! I have...
1 Jan 3, 2013
7:08 pm

Guy Consterdine
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There is a new site... I'm not sure when the domain name will change and everyone will see it - I can't yet, but hopefully in the next few hours this will...
11 Jan 1, 2013
2:11 pm

Jenny Doughty
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Hello Everybody, Hope you all had a splendid Christmas ... back to work (Joke). Whilst beavering away between pulling crackers and opening presents I came...
1 Dec 27, 2012
12:15 pm

Eric Mills
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Dear Fellow Travelers in the Realms of the Restoration, I thought you might enjoy the new ONDB entry on a remarkable contemporary of Sam and companion of...
1 Dec 14, 2012
1:51 pm

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Roger Brown (rb) forwarded another Pepys-related find. Terry Foreman ... From: rb <broroger@...> Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:29 AM Subject: The Roger...
2 Dec 13, 2012
5:58 pm

Eric Mills
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Annotations switched off http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2012/12/10/14006.php I'm experimenting with a few things on the site, with the aim of starting...
13 Dec 12, 2012
10:41 am

Eric Mills
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Hoping the Phil will get the Diary up and running after New Year's. I have been experiencing Pepys-withdrawal symptoms for some time now! Cheers, JM in NC...
1 Dec 10, 2012
5:04 pm

John M
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - An historic Boston church has decided to sell a copy of the first book published in the American colonies, hoping to get...
1 Dec 3, 2012
5:42 pm

terry foreman
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My name is Steven W. Winegardner and I work at the Library of Congress. I live at Dupont Circle. I would like to meet any other readers on this site who live...
1 Nov 26, 2012
3:06 am

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