Cambridge University historian uncovers letter to diarist who was a naval official in 1670s
His journals would become famed for their vivid detail and candour. But now, almost exactly 360 years after …
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Pupils at school attended by diarist Samuel Pepys vote to rename a house over his 'abusive' treatment of women ⊖
A consultation was held after a recent transcription of lesser-known parts of Pepys diary resurrected accounts of his serial philandering and rape. Critics said it was an attempt to 'erase history'.
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Samuel Pepys could be 'cancelled' by his old school for 'abusive and exploitative' treatment of women ⊖
Hinchingbrooke School, in Huntindgon, Cambridgeshire, was attended by the chronicler of the Great Fire of London in the 1640s.
7 months ago
Samuel Pepys the sex addict and RAPIST: Great Fire of London diarist's shocking deeds revealed... by the man himself ○
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Samuel Pepys was a serial adulterer, a sex addict, a coercive predator, and a rapist, newly transcribed extracts from his diaries reveal.
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The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist ○
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At four million words he beats Pepys, but the daily jottings of a judgmental don fail to transcend his rather stuffy millieu
AC Benson is remembered today, if at all, for having edited three volumes o…
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – sex and the city ○
Newly decoded extracts from his diaries expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious sexual predator
Samuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded a…
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Great Fire of London With Rob Rinder & Ruth Goodman on CH5: How the Great Fire almost turned Pepys's £1k Parmesan into fondue ○
We've all asked ourselves the question: if the house is on fire, and people and pets are safe, what one item would you rescue? Diarist Samuel Pepys saved a £1,000 imported wheel of Parmigiano.
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