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Public health
fromianVisits
2 days ago

How Londoners tracked death figures to survive the Great Plague of 1665

Londoners used weekly Bills of Mortality death figures during the 1665 Great Plague to guide daily movements, social contacts, and decisions to stay or flee.
Education
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

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

Students at Hinchingbrooke School voted to remove Samuel Pepys's name from a house after research revealed harmful, abusive and exploitative behaviour towards women.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bedoyere review sex and the city

Samuel Pepys's diary is a key historical source for 17th century middle-class life, detailing personal and public upheavals.
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