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Should you keep a diary?

Or: Why Samuel Pepys's bowel movements matter

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Katja Hoyer
May 28, 2026
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One of Carl Weirich’s diaries.

“Have you heard of Samuel Pepys?” I was asked on a podcast recently. As it turned out, I had. In case you haven’t: Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English government off…

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