Stories by pepys

An unsolved Renaissance murder mystery

Diary Days from Christmas Past

Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger

The Ghost and the Princess

The Penn Libraries Acquire Only Known Copy of Legendary Franklin Broadside

An Excerpt from “Keef,” a Novel About the Magical “Witching Drug” (1897)

Tradition for Sale: On University Architecture

True Kilts: Debunking the Myths About Highlanders and Clan Tartans

Balthild Seal Matrix

A brief history of battlefield boozing

The Merchant Fleet of Late Medieval and Tudor England, 1400–1580

Guy Fawkes night’s oddest traditions are due to a 1606 law (2014)

The Dramatically Different World of ’70s Dating Ads

On Unread Books

Paper bag reveals forgotten history

On “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” by John Locke

To Dine at Kew: The Meals of George III and His Household

When Oscar Wilde Colluded with Russians

The life and loves of a ‘tremendous literary rebel’, Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Annus Horribilis: A look at what’s left after the fire (1666)

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