The British may not have the most sophisticated palates, but we are adorable in our culinary urges
As we sit awaiting the beef rib trolley in the Grand Divan dining room at the whoppingly sized Simpso…
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Pepys ‘curated’ letters to conceal being offered enslaved boy as bribe – research ⊖⊖
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 …
4 months ago
No 1 for nuns! Níall McLaughlin is architecture’s discreet daredevil – and deserves its top award ⊕⊕
Forget brash statement projects – Riba’s prestigious gold medal has gone to a pivotal figure who works above an Aldi and designs billowing bandstands, jewel-like chapels and buildings that change col…
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'.
9 months ago
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…
10 months ago
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…
Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England ○
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Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war
She was a 17th-century Yorkshirewoman whose memoirs combined comment…
British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on ○
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Race against time to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck off Kent
The British warship HMS Northumberland was built in 1679 as part of a wave of naval moderni…
13 months ago
I’ve never kept a diary. But if I had, I’d want it destroyed when I die ○
From Samuel Pepys to Joan Didion, many literary greats wrote for no one but themselves – then found posterity pawing through their secrets. Trust me: you don’t want to know my innermost thoughts
A few…
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