BC, an unknown – but clearly disgruntled – schemer from the Greek city of Antioch had a curse tablet made. Inscribed on a ...

I could not help but reflect on how money works in times of disaster, whether that disaster is caused by the climate or conflict or cyberterrorism.

Several local people kept a diary of events in Basingstoke over the years, including Samuel Attwood, who wrote for more than half a century, ...

America in 1776 decided to abolish kings, and in 1787, gave its citizens the right to metaphorically behead their king ...

The cost was over £12,000. Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist, was at the ceremony and detailed the service in his diary. This coronation was the last time the traditional procession from the Tower of ...

In 1660, the monarchy was restored, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary, the General Post Office was established – and the Hilton Maze was created. You may be familiar with the first of ...

2. What happened during The Great Fire of London? We learn how the fire spread across the city and how the Lord Mayor, Samuel Pepys and King Charles II were involved alongside ordinary citizens.

He was confident that the fire could easily be extinguished and returned home to bed. Samuel Pepys was highly critical of the Mayor’s response to the fire, recording in his diary that Bloodworth ...

The diaries of Samuel Pepys are only the most famous, and both he and Boswell (among others) did not refrain from recording sexual escapades in a way that our contemporaries don’t associate with the ...

Born in the humble surroundings of a Romsey clothier's shop in 1623, young William displayed an insatiable curiosity from the very cradle.

His sharp wit and erudite conversation charmed the likes of King Charles II and earned him the admiration of the era's greatest diarists, John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys. "Above all, I do value Sir ...

Also, there was apparently an actual Captain Fudge — described by Samuel Pepys in his diaries, no less — who was such a bloviator and teller of lies that “fudge,” on his ship, was ...