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If chefs made survival boxes...

Forget baked beans - here’s what the brains behind London’s best restaurants would stockpile for the apocalypse

Evening Standard · 10h ago

Historic Tilbury pub linked to Pepys and Defoe nearly destroyed by fire

The historic World’s End pub in Tilbury, Essex, was almost destroyed by a fire on 23 September 2026, prompting concern over the loss of a landmark associated with Samuel Pepys and Daniel Defoe. The Grade II listed building was included in Thurrock’s recently launched heritage trails and was recognised for…

The Times of India · Oct 27

Author warns lessons of Great Fire of London are being ignored today

THE outbreak of wildfires in Scotland and across Europe this summer struck a nerve with novelist Jack Jewers – whose latest historical crime novel takes place after the Great Fire of London in 1666.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 25

School drops Samuel Pepys’ name from house over ‘abusive’ behaviour towards women

Students voted for the move 1,764 votes to 1,054

The Independent UK · Jan 14

Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years – historian explains

You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you’ve seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people’s cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people do wear them as accessories, these colourful stickers are medicated “pimple patches”, designed…

The Conversation · Dec 19, 2025

Samuel Pepys' old school wants to ban house named after him over his 'abuse' of women

The former school of a famed 17th century diarist has proposed scrapping a house named after him over accusations abuse and exploitation of women.

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025

The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator

Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuser

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025

English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on

Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024