The Diary Review

‘I was invited to go to Buckingham Palace for Dinner to meet Mrs Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the United States who is over here ...

‘Departed on Air Force One for the northeastern part of England in the Newcastle area, Tyne and Wear County, which was coincidentally the on...

Here is a third sample chapter from the yet-to-be-published London in Diaries , this one about Abul Hassan, a Persian ambassador in the earl...

‘For some time past I have been occupied with a work of infinite grandeur. At the moment I do not know whether I shall carry it through. It ...

‘Out for Chinese chow again tonight. Tom [Hannah], Joe [Greenwood], and I. Morale in this theater at this point is low. Efficiency is also l...

‘Discussions of the evening. Carter on the partition of Germany: “Partition her? Why, we’re going to rent her out! This country is going to ...

‘There was a drama involving two alleged Chinese dissidents who can’t be kept in Hong Kong but have been denied entry to the UK. This had al...