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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

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Muskets, chain mail and medieval laundry: behind the boom in historical re-enactment

Do you fancy a weekend sword fight or touring a castle dressed as a laundress? Volunteers devoted to ‘living history’ events explain their enduring appeal

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Samuel Pepys: diarist, administrator … budding fashionista

New analysis of 17th-century diarist’s French fashion engravings shows he was not only a shrewd political operator but had a keen eye for new trends

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Stephen Cox obituary

Other lives: Former director-general of the Commonwealth Institute and executive secretary of the Royal Society under four presidents

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What COVID diaries have in common with Samuel Pepys' 17th-century plague diaries

People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons – to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political and historic significance. The UK’s former chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance’s diaries have been a key source of evidence,…

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Museum of London identifies man who raised alarm over Great Fire

Exhibition at museum’s new site will focus on Thomas Dagger and other ordinary Londoners caught up in 1666 inferno

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Breakfasting with the stars: how the famous got their day going

For Marilyn Monroe it was eggs in a glass of milk, for Muhammad Ali it was steak… Rebecca Seal reveals what seven great figures from history had for breakfast - and how you can make it for yourself

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Britain’s broken housing system means living inside a sick joke

While anxiously waiting to see if she can afford to stay in her London flat, Eloise Hendy sought solace in Kieran Yates’s compelling memoir and manifesto ‘All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In’. She speaks to her about the past and present of living in Britain

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'Monarchy faces immense challenges - and King Charles must tackle them all, for all'

It is a difficult challenge. One Charles must rise to - because the monarchy is sewn into the fabric of the country. For good or ill, it makes us who we are. The light in the darkness, a fixed point for the nation

Daily Mirror

‘We won’t change our name for the King’ says London’s Prince Charles cinema before coronation

‘Not now, not ever’ they pledge

Evening Standard

Document that made Charles II king to be auctioned for £600k

Signed copy of 1660 Declaration of Breda, which restored monarchy in Britain after Cromwell’s rule, goes on sale in May

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A proud shark, an uncertain scientist and a broken dog statue – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

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The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea at the Queen’s House review - a clear view to the horizon

Assuming you have a high tolerance for maritime pictures this exhibition is a fascinating look at two artists who entranced the English court with their images of the sea

Evening Standard

And so to bed with Samuel Pepys

Brief letters: A literary cure for insomnia | Arts and health privatisation | Heffalump traps | Effects of Librium | Must-see theatre

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