Extracts from the plague diary of Mark-ne-Francois-Pepys

March 30th

Up and such is the panic victualing we be out of sugar puffs, so Hartley-Brewer improvising breakfast of pork scratchings in Monster. Abroad to the Anderson Shelter where I did dig out my

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Extracts from the Plague Diary of Mark ne-Francois-Pepys

March 24th

Waked before 4 o'clock with great pain to piss & great pain in pissing by having, I think, drank too great a draught of Monster when playing some serious Call of Duty with Johnny Mercer before going to bed

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6 Mar 1660: Edward Montagu, who would become Earl of in July 1660, asks Samuel Pepys to go to sea with him as his secretary

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On this day 1660: Samuel Pepys begins his diary.

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Sometimes it's the tiniest of objects that tell the greatest stories. This piece of roof tile is twisted and vitrified. I picked it up close to where Pepys sat in a boat 353 years ago watching London burn. More about the Great Fire on my Insta & FB Pages

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Ad Canibus. I was attacked by a dog underneath Eddystone Tower on the Pepys Estate. What always stuck with me was not the dog but the shadows of the massive Tower looming overhead. Everything felt very subterranean and cold and that’s what I want to come through in the painting.

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The Great Fire of started today in 1666...and was forced to bury his beloved parmesan.
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The Great Fire, 48x48ins

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Planning a visit to show Call to check when open today and tomorrow. 07767 498403 apologies for any closures

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Pepys's Navy: Historian releases work on 17th century navy in paperback, via https://t.co/20Jah2xXi9

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Here's the terrific cover of the new paperback edition of Pepys's Navy, coming from next summer!

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