The Diary Review

‘Every ten minutes or so a constable enters my cell, looks curiously at my scribblings and asks me what I am writing. I say, “A children’s s...

‘His daily conduct forced a conviction upon my alarmed and tortured mind, that his designs were the most vile.’ This is from an astonishing ...

Three hundred and thirty years ago today King Charles II died, and his brother, James, was crowned king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Jo...

Today marks the centenary of the birth of Thomas Merton, a monk, a mystic and a prolific writer on religious and spiritual issues. Indeed, h...

David Lodge - happy 80th birthday! A British author of modern-day classics such as Small World and Nice Work , and their TV adaptations, Lo...

Ermest Chausson, a little known French romantic composer, was born 160 years ago today. He died relatively young, after a bicycle accident, ...

George Whitefield, one of the great 18th century evangelical preachers, in both Britain and America, and a founder, with the Wesleys, of Met...

Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest serving prime minister, was born 120 years ago today. His first term in office coincided with the start ...

Woodland diary of ecological pioneer Charles Elton - British Ecological Society , Phys.org Diary of Nixon’s chief of staff - The Washingt...

‘Every native in the camp, male or female, who was fortunate enough to get a morsel, dressed it and eat [sic] it. They have a thorough convi...