It could be worse. Coronavirus isn’t bubonic plague. I realize that is scant consolation, in these times of economic and social devastation, but we do know one cheering thing about previous plagues, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. "Who knows," she wrote, "maybe one ...

Ute Lotz-Heumann, Professor of Late Medieval and Reformation History at the University of Arizona, compares the response to the plague in the diary of Samuel Pepys with today’s pandemic in an article ...

People keep diaries for all sorts of reasons – to record events, work through difficult situations, or manage stress and trauma. The ongoing COVID inquiry shows diaries also have important political ...

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In the spring of 1665, an Englishman named Samuel Pepys noted in his diary that he’d been “to the coffee-house, where all the news is of … the plague growing upon us in this town; and some of the ...

If you need a role model for life in a plague, it is hard to beat Samuel Pepys. Pepys (pronounced Peeps) was a man about town in the London of the late 17th century, a member of Parliament and of the ...

JUNE 7TH 1665 was an unnaturally hot London day, the hottest that Samuel Pepys had experienced in his 32 years. Sapped by the “mighty heat”, this naval bureaucrat got home late and spent the next few ...

In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. "Who knows," she wrote, "maybe one day your diary will provide a valuable window into this period." During ...