The Diary Review

‘Dined with the Einsteins. A quiet, attractive apartment in Berlin West (Haberlandstrasse). Rather too much food in a grand style to which t...

‘As soon as I woke up I rushed to the newsstand on the corner to look for the April issue of Vanity Fair . The second edition is even more b...

Joseph Farington, a British landscape painter and an active member of the Royal Academy from its inception, was born 270 years ago today. Hi...

‘My first day at No. 10. It began at 9.30 a.m. and finished at 6.30. In the course of it I met the Prime Minister, who was shy but welcoming...

‘We were then allowed to leave our stations to get some supper. In order to get aft it was necessary to go along the mess deck. Many people ...

‘On the other hand the fact, of which I was long ignorant, that I possess hidden away what is called a “plot mind” became of very great impo...