Excellent article, Michael. Thanks for continuing to feed us the ONDB as you can....
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Dec 16, 2007 8:07 pm
Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676), writer, patron, and royalist army officer, was born at Handsworth Manor,...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Dec 25, 2007 9:44 pm
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 --...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Dec 28, 2007 5:23 pm
<http://www.nytimes.com/>36194d53.jpg Recalling a singular event in New Netherland before 1664. OPINION | December 27, 2007 ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Dec 30, 2007 6:22 pm
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...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Dec 30, 2007 8:09 pm
Phil, Thanks for such an amazing labor of love! Terry...
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Todd Bernhardt
beat_town
Dec 30, 2007 10:06 pm
Indeed! What a fantastic resource you've built, and community you've enabled!...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Jan 1, 2008 9:00 am
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...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 1, 2008 11:06 am
I just posted an article on my personal site hopefully encouraging some new readers to give Pepys a try: ...
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falstaff3456
Jan 7, 2008 2:57 am
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...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Jan 7, 2008 4:39 am
Samuel Pepys 'was original teleworker' By Martin Shankleman, Work correspondent, BBC News His diaries provide an intimate glimpse of London 350 years ago, but ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 7, 2008 2:12 pm
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...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 7, 2008 3:31 pm
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...
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Barbara Howard
barh2004
Jan 19, 2008 3:15 pm
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...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jan 19, 2008 6:16 pm
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)....
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ewhitt
misslizzy999
Jan 19, 2008 7:31 pm
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...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jan 20, 2008 12:26 pm
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...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Feb 2, 2008 8:23 am
Small and Shocking: microscopy in Restoration London Saturday, 9 February, from 2 pm An afternoon programme about Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, and the ...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Feb 2, 2008 8:32 am
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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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Feb 2, 2008 6:54 pm
Thinks, Michael. This links to some really great stuff....
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Feb 15, 2008 1:20 pm
Oops, I posted this on the Site News last night, and forgot to copy it to the list. Here you go... Glyn Thomas has discovered a series of monthly talks about...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Feb 19, 2008 8:34 pm
BLOGS A Book of Blogs? 'Ultimate Blogs' promises to present 27 'masterworks' from the blogosphere in book form. LOL! By Brian Braiker | Newsweek Web Exclusive ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Feb 20, 2008 6:39 pm
http://www.pepysdiary.com/about/archive/2008/02/20/8301.php The site has been mentioned favourably a few times in the press recently, mainly due to its...
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fluffgmail
msfrizzylogic
Feb 20, 2008 6:43 pm
... My word! You're an actor too?...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Feb 20, 2008 6:47 pm
Oops, I initially forgot to include a bit from this week's 'Time Out'... And finally, we're described as one of the '50 Best London Websites' ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Feb 20, 2008 6:48 pm
At 18:43 +0000 2008-02-20, fluffgmail wrote: ... Well, an acting student at the moment. Don't hold your breath :) Lots more here about my current studies, if...
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hughyeman
Feb 24, 2008 3:19 pm
My day yesterday seemed so well suited to a Pepys-style diary entry that I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Here it is. ...
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terry.foreman@...
thforeman
Mar 1, 2008 4:00 am
Nobility in the Colonies, loyalists at the Revolution, landed gentry on and on It is no stretch to claim that the story of eastern Long Island’s hamlets and...
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billiehands
Mar 4, 2008 7:02 pm
iam intrested in there daily lives. Wat they eat,wore and what they did for amusment. Also the medical side, like the dentist and poor old Samuals bowels!! So...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Mar 18, 2008 6:45 pm
The oxford 'Life of the Day' -- http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/lotw/2008-03-18 Spoiler -- and not least Pepys ogled her: 26 April 1667 while in her coach 'naked...
