A diary can be many things – a place to preserve our most private thoughts free from self-censorship, a record of events, or simply an entertaining story. As readers, there is a special intimacy in ...

Diaries are having a moment. It's not just books. Diaries have continued to be a visible part of public life: New York Times' Metropolitan Diary is a shared writing project now in its fourth decade, ...

When the government's chief scientific adviser started a "brain dump" of diary entries on the Covid crisis in 2020, he says he did not expect - or want - it to be published. Instead, Sir Patrick ...