The Diary Review

August Möbius, an important German mathematician, died 150 years ago today. Most students who have studied maths will recognise his name, la...

‘The Japanese are really conservative and anything a little different is an indication of radicalism. They will have to get used to changes,...

‘Nobody talks about the Germans. But it’s clear that everyone never stops thinking they’re here, and keeps quiet. The main thing is not to s...

‘I got the fence by the cowshed finished and couldn’t help yelling in triumph. Getting it done at last felt fantastic. I hope none of the re...

‘A sourdough sandwich and a sampling of caribou ribs with broth for lunch. This afternoon we would light off the fireplace for the second ti...

‘One week from today my diary will become ten years old. It’s getting to be a fat little rascal and perhaps may be the only literature of an...

Nelson Mandela’s 1962 diary online  -  WikiSource ,  Sunday Times Tin Hats and Rice - Blacksmith Books , South China Morning Post Seamu...

‘We believed in our views, then considered so revolutionary, with burning intensity, and were completely intolerant of narrow nationalism or...

Fred Bason - not a name much remembered - was born 110 years ago today. He was proudly Cockney, and though unskilled and formally uneducated...