Recent Pepys articles
2 June 2019
I’ve noticed a few articles about Pepys appearing recently:
Site News: Pepys in the media
New Samuel Pepys £2 coin
14 April 2019
The Royal Mint, who often produce special coins for special occasions, have produced a £2 coin to honour Samuel Pepys, 350 years after his last diary entry:
The Pithy Pepys: 1660
21 January 2019
Jake Mongler has created a new version of the first year of Pepys’ diary, 1660, aiming to make it more easily readable to modern ears. I asked Jake to describe it for us himself:
Samuel Pepys Twitter account in the news
29 December 2018
Here are two occasions that the @samuelpepys Twitter account has featured in the media this year, both of which I missed until today.
A new abridged edition of the diary
15 December 2018
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.
'17c', a performance about Pepys and you
20 November 2017
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.
Samuel Pepys colouring book
3 October 2017
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.
Photos of St Olave's
24 September 2015
The blog Spitalfields Life has a nice post about Pepys’s local church, St Olave’s, with many good photos, including of Samuel’s own prayer book. Worth a look.
Viz's Samuel L. Pepys
11 January 2015
Viz comic has created a (Not Safe For Work) strip of the adventures of “Samuel L. Pepys” which readers may find amusing. I’m not sure the joke really sustains itself for twelve panels but still, worth a look!
New unabridged diary audiobook in 2015
18 December 2014
Those of you who like audiobooks but have had to make do with abridged versions of Samuel Pepys’ diary will be pleased to hear about a new release from Naxos of the entire diary. Quite an undertaking!