With some minor tweaks, this could be a show that has the strength of the plague... infectious and interesting.

Readers of the diary of Samuel Pepys know the intimate scenes that pop out so unexpectedly among the humdrum entries on office work and financial difficulties— such passages as Pepys’s account of his ...

Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. The recent cancellation of Samuel Pepys by his old school is by no means the first time the diarist’s sexual proclivities have got him into ...