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A vast, international and unrivalled collection of diary extracts - from over 1,000 diarists

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Friday, February 27, 2026

A most excellent person

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Today marks the 320th anniversary of the death of John Evelyn, a contemporary and friend of Samuel Pepys, who described him as a ‘most excel...
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Founding Father Franklin

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Today marks the 320th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. From humble origins, he not only became a very wealthy businessmen, but...
Friday, August 1, 2025

A swagman’s life

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‘Went down to the river to get eels. Didn’t catch any, but passed the time visiting with old Tom who still remembers the 1896 floods.’ So re...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Wall Street palpitating

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It is 150 years today since the death of George Templeton Strong, a New York lawyer remembered for his remarkable diary, which provides a ne...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Better than Proust’s madeleine

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‘I am startled to find that on the last page of my diary for 1980 I myself wrote: “There will be a nuclear war in the next decade.” And then...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Charlie instead of Concord

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‘[Suu Kyi] came back after a hot trek in the sun to some village or other smelling strongly of cheap scent. It’s usual for enthusiastic ladi...
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