Person: Samuel Pepys

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<p>Six-year-old girls were in stationary shops this week picking out aggressively pink diaries with hologram pictures on the front and tin clasps guaranteed not to keep secrets from any prying mother. Picture: iStock</p>

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Terry Prone: Today’s the day for young diarists to start writing the story of their lives

2024 may or may not be a happy new year, and we may or may not keep our resolutions. But, on January 1, a new diary is all clean white pages and a sense of glorious possibility

<p>A painting by Hales from c 1695, of<br class="HardReturn"/>Secretary to the Admiralty and diarist Samuel Pepys. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images</p>

culture

Book review: The Lost Diaries of Samuel Pepys has something for everyone

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke: "'Nice Dream' puts me back in my old VW Golf, a late night drive with my now-wife saying "you’ve played that five times!""

general

Tom Dunne's Music & Me: My CDs - should they stay or should they go?

general

Novel approach: Expand your lifespan by reading books

columnists

'Before there was the social media void to shout into, you kept your thoughts to yourself and to a few others close by'

Stop whinging about your digital fears. It's just the latest step in 'civilisation'.

A question of taste: Author Denyse Woods

Denyse Woods was born in Boston, but has been living in Cork for almost 30 years, and is based in Inniscarra.

Thu, 10 May, 2018

Vintage View: The history of the fountain pen

In an age when we rarely reach for a ballpoint, Kya deLongchamps scripts a little history of that old fashioned Christmas favourite — the fountain pen

Sat, 16 Dec, 2017

Coffee shops are about much more than the product they serve

From the ‘koffwey rooms’ of 16th century Constantinople, to the high street chains of today, coffee shops have always been about so much more than simply drinking coffee, explains Robert Hume

Thu, 27 Apr, 2017

What to watch on TV this week

Celebrity Operation Transformation begins on RTÉ One on Wednesday at 9.35pm.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

Irish artists who picked their Desert Island Discs for the BBC

As Colm Tóibín appears on the famed BBC radio show, Richard Fitzpatrick looks at the selections of Irish stars who have already made the trip

Thu, 31 Dec, 2015

We need to talk about Jack

The news that Jack Grealish is to be a character’s name in the next outing by thriller writer and Aston Villa fan Lee Child added an appropriately dramatic twist to the week’s spiciest narrative.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Shape I’m In: Blake Morrison, poet and author

BRITISH poet and author Blake Morrison has earned a strong international reputation for his work, wining a string of literary awards along the way.

Sun, 13 Jul, 2014

Capostrophe! Cambridge vandals' actions fix city's street signs

“If they take our apostrophes, commas will be next”, came the brave rallying cry from grammar enthusiasts, as a war over the noble apostrophe brews in Cambridge.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

What we can learn from history is that we learn nothing from history

WE SEEM to have lost our grip on truth and consequences.

Mon, 07 May, 2012

Getting to grips with the incredible life and work of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens: A Life

Sat, 24 Dec, 2011

Book a good read with a wide choice of enjoyable titles

Biography

Mon, 05 Dec, 2011

Rare 300-year-old ship’s pass to go on public display

AN extremely rare ship’s pass signed by King James II and famous diarist Samuel Pepys is to go on public display in Ireland.

Fri, 06 Aug, 2010

300-year-old document signed by king to go on show

An extremely rare ship’s pass signed by King James II and diarist Samuel Pepys will go on public display in Dublin, it was revealed today.

Thu, 05 Aug, 2010

Feathers fly amid faction fighting

Richard Collins on the traditions surrounding birds.

Mon, 10 Nov, 2008

Tell the wine snobs enjoying a cool red wine from the fridge is simply observing tradition

THE resistance to chilling red wines is at best conservative — and is arguably centuries out of date.

Thu, 27 Jul, 2006

Coogan makes a bid for Hollywood fame

Comedy star Steve Coogan is making a bid for international stardom with his new Hollywood film – because he’s bored with his success in Britain.

Sun, 18 May, 2003