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Nothing but interesting diary entries. Launched 1st January 2023. Sibling of @lettersofnote. Edited by @shaunusher.

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"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…

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"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…

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"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…

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"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…

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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…

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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-…

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"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…

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"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…

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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.

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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 Shaun Usher ✍️ Diaries of Note linktr.ee/DiariesofNote

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'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.

'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.
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'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

'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