Samuel Pepys' diary (1660 to 1669) and later collections of fashion plates show that fashion trends were as important to men as women in the 17th Century A series of French fashion engravings ...

But one man wrote everything down in a private book, a diary. His name was Samuel Pepys. Samuel started to write, around 1660, about the things he did and who he saw. He lived in London and began ...

Mrs Sutherland, special collections librarian ... their original owner - they are often stored loose in boxes - so Samuel Pepys's collection offers something a bit different in this area of ...

Then hear about the start of The Great Fire in Thomas Farrynor’s bakery on Pudding Lane and listen to extracts from the famous diary of Samuel Pepys. We also make two sound-pictures about the ...

Learn the song 'London's burning', which has some specially-written additional words. Then hear about the start of The Great Fire in Thomas Farrynor’s bakery on Pudding Lane and listen to ...