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The Shorthand of Samuel Pepys

In this guest blog, Professor Kate Loveman, author of The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary (2025), introduces Samuel Pepys, his shorthand diary, and efforts to decipher it.

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How we teach shorthand today

Frances Tew is a Dickens Decoder. She has taught Teeline shorthand for twenty years to students on journalism courses. In the second of two blogs she explains how we teach shorthand today and reflects on Dickens as a shorthand teacher.

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Shorthand today

Frances Tew is a Dickens Decoder. She has taught Teeline shorthand for twenty years to students on journalism courses. In the first of two blogs she tells us what modern shorthand is all about.