Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
News about this site and other Pepys-related events.
A couple of months ago Everyman’s Library published a new abridged edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys. It was compiled by Kate Loveman, who wrote Samuel Pepys and His Books, which Sue Nicholson reviewed for us in 2016.
Coming up soon at London’s Old Vic theatre is 17c, a play about Pepys. From the website:
If you’re near London’s western reaches on Saturday 22nd September 2018 you might be interested to know that Swakeleys Estate is open as part of Open House London.
If you use Mastodon you might like to know that Samuel Pepys is now “tooting” there as @samuelpepys@mastodon.social.
On 11 March 2019, Gresham College in London have a lecture called Gresham’s Bequest to Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. From the website:
Here’s an event by Gresham College (in the Encyclopedia) that might interest anyone within reach of London…
The New York Times has a review of a piece of theatre about Pepys called 17c, by Big Dance Theatre, which also features this website and its readers.
If you’re a fan of colouring books and you’re keen on Samuel Pepys (which seems a given) then you’ll probably like Several Fine Experiments in Colouring: Samuel Pepys Moste Laughable Discourses.
On 21 October 2017 there’s a walk related to Pepys as part of the Literary Footprints Festival in London.
I’ve just made this website run over a secure connection (its address now starts “https” rather than just “http”) — you should see a little padlock or similar in your browser.