The Diary Review

Henry V, one the great warrior kings in medieval England, died exactly six centuries ago today. He is honoured especially for his military s...

’For the first time I have broken out from the cage which encloses me, and opened a shutter to the outside world. I have touched things whic...

‘Bapu has been observing the behaviour of the cats. His letter to the Ashram today is devoted to that subject. The cat’s concentration in ob...

Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated English biographer, Iris Origo. She spent most of her life in Italy; there ...

Four decades ago I took part in a Brighton festival workshop on the famous novel  Brighton Rock . It was an interesting experience, if a lit...

‘On our takeoff today we had a tire blow out - the right main gear tire, but it went out after we cleared the field or rather just as we lef...

James Robert Hope-Scott, an English lawyer and member of the Oxford movement, was born 200 years ago today. While still in his 20s, he trave...

‘Decided to get off in Matlock, 6:40 P.M. A mountainous and beautiful place - and a nice hotel - “New Bath” - with a pleasant garden. So man...

Sir Roger Twysden died all of 350 years ago today. Having inherited his father’s baronetcy and estate, he became something of a rebel agains...

Narcissus Luttrell - a serial chronicler, keeping diaries and journals through much of his life - died 290 years ago today. Most of the reco...

‘This military education is a darned good thing for me. But I suspect life has a good many blows in store for me yet, else Nature would not ...