https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/20/samuel-pepys-in-spitalfields-1669/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/20/samuel-pepys-in-spitalfields-1669/#comment-103033 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:18:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86160#comment-103033 Beautifully simple and innocent by present day standards. ‘Happiness of the invention’ is a phrase that I doubt even the National Rifle Association in the USA would be reluctant to use now.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/20/samuel-pepys-in-spitalfields-1669/#comment-103012 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:00:09 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86160#comment-103012 Love it! And it’s reminded me to return to my long neglected edition of Pepys, illustrated by EH Shepard with almost as much with and charm as Paul Bommer.

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