The Diary Review

Two hundred and seventy years ago today, Henry Fielding, celebrated author and justice of the peace in London, died in Lisbon where he had j...

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...

Here is a second sample chapter from the yet-to-be-published London in Diaries , this one about a German tourist to London in August, more t...

‘We went this afternoon to the Louvre, [. . .] Some of Canaletto’s views of Venice we admired very much; many of the subjects are not agreea...

‘I think I have taken my farewell of New York [. . .] I wish to be at home and yet dread the thought of returning to my native Country a Beg...

It is half a century ago today that I upped and left my home and family to travel round the world, not to return for nearly three years. Tha...