The Diary Review

Wanda Gág, an American artist and author best known for her Millions of Cats children’s book (apparently, the oldest US picture book still ...

‘ My mind’s still in a whirl. Jack Hamesh was here. [. . .]  We talked until evening and he kissed my hand before he left. No one’s ever kis...

Henry (Hap) Arnold, the only American ever to achieve the five star rank of general in two separate branches of the US military, was born 13...

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, the British author of many an adventure story set in colonial Africa, often in sympathy with the native populations...

Joseph Martin Kraus, a German-born composer who found fame in, and thanks to, the Swedish court of King Gustav III, was born 260 years ago t...

Constable, part of the Little Brown group, has just published the diary of a young woman - Sarah Stamford - who was working as a BBC secreta...

George Sand, the famous French writer, cigar smoker and lover of artists, died 140 years ago today. A hard working and prolific author of no...

Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Allen Ginsberg, one of the most prominent members of the so-called Beat Generation, which a...

Unpublished Dalí diary sold in Paris - Sotheby’s , The Guardian The diaries of Vivienne Westwood - The Bookseller Napoleonic Wars diary ...

Sir Reader Bullard, a British career diplomat whose final posting was as Ambassador in Tehran, died 40 years ago today. He served as Consul-...

‘In town there was a poster confirming the shooting of ten people. If by the 4th of the month the bandits aren’t handed in they will shoot t...