The Diary Review

James Melville, a teacher and protestant activist, was born all of 460 years ago today. He was the son of a Scottish minister, and nephew to...

Diary of a pyramid builder! - Mail Online Battlefield Surgeon - University Press of Kentucky , The Daily Beast Abolitionist’s diary goe...

‘The Emperor blubber itself has a very delicate flavour. As a treat this morning Campbell gave us each a small strip of Emperor’s breast don...

Today marks the 130the anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., who led American soldiers and marines in the Battle of Okinaw...

‘I feel as if a lovely delicate child, tender and humorous, had been knocked down by a truck and lay dying.’ This is the US playwright Cliff...

Gertrude Bell, an early 20th century British traveller and archaeology enthusiast, died 90 years ago today. Her expertise in the Middle East...

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...