Hacker News: pepys

Can the Dictionary Keep Up?

pepys — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:22:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/stefan-fatsis-dictionary-history/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320040

Points: 17

# Comments: 5

The British Empire's Brothels

pepys — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:39:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/british-empires-brothels

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46932191

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

What influence has the BBC had on history?

pepys — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:35:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/what-influence-has-bbc-had-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45958596

Points: 42

# Comments: 72

Are We Doomed?

pepys — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:11:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/david-runciman/are-we-doomed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45905775

Points: 51

# Comments: 69

'The Dream Factory' Review: A Building and Its Bard

pepys — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:54:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-dream-factory-review-a-building-and-its-bard-6d79ce43

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45872864

Points: 18

# Comments: 0

The Aesthete's Progress

pepys — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:47:37 +0000

Article URL: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/the-aesthetes-progress

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691218

Points: 20

# Comments: 1

The Battle of Hastings Isn't Over

pepys — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:43:48 +0000

Article URL: https://unherd.com/2025/10/the-battle-of-hastings-isnt-over/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45621159

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Ouvriers de Luxe

pepys — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:16:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n19/julian-barnes/ouvriers-de-luxe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45577136

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Oxford might be best described as a city of books

pepys — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:26:13 +0000

Article URL: https://thecritic.co.uk/timeless-temples-of-the-written-word/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45420562

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)

pepys — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:01:23 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/curious-bequests/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45325104

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Sikkim and the Himalayan Chess Game (2016)

pepys — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:34:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/sikkim-and-himalayan-chess-game

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44915939

Points: 34

# Comments: 20

What it means to be 'culturally' Irish in 2025 is complicated

pepys — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:58:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgln9y13x3yo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44858215

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Roots of the Republic

pepys — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:09:47 +0000

Article URL: https://literaryreview.co.uk/roots-of-the-republic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44710529

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Hegel Dust

pepys — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:23:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bookforum.com/print/3201/hegel-dust-62209

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44636277

Points: 27

# Comments: 4

The Salt Path Controversy

pepys — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:06:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/10/inside-the-salt-path-controversy-scandal-has-stalked-memoir-since-the-genre-was-invented

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44539453

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Publishing Pepys

pepys — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:21:06 +0000

Article URL: https://literaryreview.co.uk/publishing-pepys

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44404897

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

Does a Focus on Royalty Obscure British History?

pepys — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:49:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/head-head/does-focus-royalty-obscure-british-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44363804

Points: 41

# Comments: 19

When Humans Learned to Live Everywhere

pepys — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:14:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/science/ancient-human-adaptation-environments.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44313722

Points: 46

# Comments: 15

The long afterlife of a literary classic

pepys — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:19:00 +0000

Article URL: https://thecritic.co.uk/the-long-afterlife-of-a-literary-classic/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44274582

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

pepys — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:41:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/hidden-diary-samuel-pepys

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44214588

Points: 63

# Comments: 54