Diaries of Note

Elton John, 1973

'Captures moments in time like nothing else.' Richard E. Grant 'Completely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.' Stephen Fry 'So blissfully funny, entertaining and full of bite-sized insight'. Helen Fielding Diaries of Note is out today ✍️ linktr.ee/diariesofnote

Hans Christian Andersen ended some of his diary entries with a small cross. Here’s why.

On this day in 1953, Salvador Dalí was still overjoyed to be Salvador Dalí.

'Completely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive. You’ll say to yourself “just one more” and before you know it you’ve read the whole collection.' Stephen Fry A collection of the world's most fascinating diary entries, @DiariesOfNote is out in October.

From Albert Einstein to Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf to Louis Theroux, get ready to discover the world’s most extraordinary diary entries. The Diaries of Note: 366 Lives, One Day at a Time, coming this October from @ShaunUsher ✍️ @diariesofnote linktr.ee/DiariesofNote

The Diaries of Note book will be published next year by Faber and I couldn't be happier. A beautifully illustrated, chronological odyssey through the year via 366 different diarists, each entry telling a story of a life lived on a particular day in history.

“Left the Beatles.” diariesofnote.com/2024/01/10/lef…

"I WAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME." The diary of Clive Wearing, whose short-term memory lasts no longer than 30 seconds: diariesofnote.com/2024/01/08/i-w…

Happy 'World Introvert Day' to all who celebrate (at home).

Patricia Highsmith’s “New Year’s Toast” on this day in 1947: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/31/may…

"The virus has displaced me." The diary of Derek Jarman, on this day in 1989: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/28/the…

"I look forward to the operating theatre as a happy release." On this day in 1946, shortly before his piles were removed by a surgeon, an especially grumpy Evelyn Waugh wrote in his diary: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/23/i-l…

"I have never been happier." A diary entry by Ernest Hemingway on this day in 1953: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/20/i-h…

American missionary Minnie Vautrin became known as the 'Goddess of Mercy' during the Rape of Nanjing, a harrowing period during which the Japanese army unleashed a wave of brutality upon the Chinese city. Vautrin's diary on this day in 1937: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/15/it-…

On this day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole with his team. His diary that evening: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/14/tha…

"I've given my pee to science." The diary of Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on this day in 2014: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/08/ive…

"Now is the time." The final diary entry of 21-year-old Jennifer Bonner, written shortly before undergoing a heart transplant: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/03/now…

"One pheasant behaved like a madman..." The diary of Werner Herzog, written in 1974 as he walked from Munich to Paris to see a friend who was gravely ill: diariesofnote.com/2023/12/01/one…

"Demented with grief. I don’t know what to do." The diary of Iris Murdoch on this day in 1952, shortly after the death of her partner, Franz Baermann Steiner: diariesofnote.com/2023/11/30/dem…

"I have especially enjoyed this autumn." The diary of George Eliot on this day in 1857: diariesofnote.com/2023/11/28/i-h…