A tad off-topic, but perhaps timely, at this time of year. "No one seems quite sure of the reason, but there has been a thriving tradition of nonsense writing...
For those who think this is off-topic, the barons' revolt that resulted in the Magna Carta Libertatum, was provoked in part by war taxes. We (landowners) are...
Hi I have an unusal coin and I would like to get so information on it if possible. It looks gold and has Currency at top and Pepys Series at bottom with a...
You may have noticed that the website is currently unavailable. Something went wrong with the server and the company is still trying to fix it 18 hours on ...
Phil: Thanks, just got back late from a few days away and went to bed thinking that the problem was either in my 'steam powered' home system or the interface...
Hi, The site is back up and working. If you posted an annotation sometime during Thursday night, UK time, then you may want to check that it's still on the...
Behn, Aphra [Aphara] (1640?-1689), writer, kept her early life obscure. The only person who claims to have known her as a child was the cavalier Colonel...
Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676), writer, patron, and royalist army officer, was born at Handsworth Manor,...
A seasonal post from Jeannine... http://www.pepysdiary.com/indepth/archive/2007/12/25/sams_navy.php Hope you've all had (or are having) a good holiday. Phil --...
As I mentioned a couple of months ago <http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2007/11/04/8018.php> I've been adding Wikipedia content into the Encyclopedia...
Books speak volumes about life's milestones Purchasers of houses do not like books. They make houses look old and tired. Lose the books!" I heard this advice...
Phil, I am a teacher in Massachusetts, and I discovered your Pepys Diary several years ago, if memory serves me correctly, while performing research for the...
Samuel Pepys 'was original teleworker' By Martin Shankleman, Work correspondent, BBC News His diaries provide an intimate glimpse of London 350 years ago, but ...
Hi Roger, There's a page about biographies of Pepys in the Encyclopedia which you might find useful: http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/2430.php I know very little...
Hi, I'm *really* not too bothered about awards, but they can be fun. If anyone feels up for more voting this month (and thinks the site is worth it!), feel...
Hello everyone I noticed this in London Review of Books today: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n02/jone01_.html Scroll down to fourth paragraph. Keep up the good...
Barbara, Thanks for being so attentive. Kudos to Phil (again) for showing how a book can be a blog (a possibility denied by the book under review in the LRB)....
Interesting piece, and great PR for the site. I had to laugh, though, at the paragraph mentioning Phil, especially the line: "It doesn't exactly not fit in...
Thanks Barbara! I meant to post that myself but have been feeling a bit under the weather, so keeping off email. I read the LRB myself, which makes it extra...
Small and Shocking: microscopy in Restoration London Saturday, 9 February, from 2 pm An afternoon programme about Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, and the ...
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., January 24–May 17, 2008 10am–5pm Curator(s): Alan Stewart and Garrett Sullivan Early modern Britain sought...
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