The Diary Review
A vast, international and unrivalled collection of diary extracts - from over 1,000 diarists
Friday, March 24, 2017
The existence of orgonity
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Wilhelm Reich, an Austrian psychoanalyst who claimed to have discovered healing powers in the biological energy of orgasms, was born 120 yea...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
God save the Queen
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‘Here again after another week of “progress” as it is called, through Ontario - that is, being bucketed from one place to another by night ...
Sunday, March 12, 2017
An orgy in the Vatican
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Cesare Borgia, one of the most infamous of the Borgia family, indeed labelled by some as ‘ the most handsome, dashing, and despicable Borgia...
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Flying over the Poles
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Richard E. Byrd, one of the most decorated US naval officers, died 60 years ago today. He was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first s...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Father of African philology
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Wilhelm Bleek, sometimes called the father of African philology, was born 190 years ago today. His most enduring legacies are the work he di...
Monday, March 6, 2017
Death in my heart
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‘There is nothing but death in my heart. It is as though I have been pumped with lead. There is nothing to look forward to at all, at all . ...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Oh how weak is man
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Some 210 years ago today was born Wilford Woodruff. As a very young man he was drawn to the new religious teachings of one Joseph Smith, and...
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