The Diary Review

Today marks 150 years since the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a popular poet in her time, who was married to Robert Browning, another...

New Che Guevara diary published in Cuba (see also Che’s last days ) - BBC , The Guardian Arrested Maoist’s diary reveals top secrets - The T...

One hundred years ago today, the British people were celebrating the coronation of King George V and his wife Queen Mary. Both George and Ma...

Goose Lane Editions, a Canadian publishing company founded in 1954 and said to be one of the country’s most exciting showcases of home-grown...

Alfred Domett, a literary man who emigrated to New Zealand and became its prime minister for a short time, was born two centuries ago today....

Yale University Press has just published a first substantial edition of the journals written by Alfred Kazin, one of the most important Amer...

Joseph Hunter, a little remembered Yorkshire antiquarian, died 150 years ago today. He started to keep a diary with some determination - per...

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Sir George Jackson, a 19th century diplomat of quiet distinction. Though little-remembered...

Today, one hundred and ninety years ago, was born Anthony Ashley Cooper, who later became the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. A religious man, and,...

William Dyott, a soldier who served all over the world for the British army and faithfully kept a diary, was born exactly a quarter of a mil...

‘Rain; so had out the picture of ‘Last of England’ & scraped at the head of the female, afterwards worked at it 2 hours without model ...

Soldier, politician and spymaster, Sir William Brereton - perhaps best remembered for besieging Chester during the Civil War - died 350 year...