Diaries of Note

Nothing but interesting diary entries. Sibling of @lettersofnote. Edited by @shaunusher. The Diaries of Note book will be published on 9th October 2025.

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Elton John, 1973

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

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

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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.

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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 @ShaunUsher ✍️ @diariesofnote

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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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We are delighted to announce Diaries of Note by Shaun Usher, which collects 366 of the most noteworthy diary entries ever written. . . ✍️
Coming Autumn 2025.
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“Left the Beatles.”

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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: https://t.co/ZeRZ2JiRwX

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

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Patricia Highsmith’s “New Year’s Toast” on this day in 1947: https://t.co/tt6fKaqkXx

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"The virus has displaced me."

The diary of Derek Jarman, on this day in 1989: https://t.co/PJwf0pm5zZ

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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: https://t.co/CIDylyfPHw

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"I have never been happier."

A diary entry by Ernest Hemingway on this day in 1953: https://t.co/fjfq4uwYNv

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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: https://t.co/TVAd09U9MA

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On this day in 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole with his team. His diary that evening: https://t.co/uSX3dj9HjD

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"I've given my pee to science."

The diary of Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on this day in 2014: https://t.co/JyscPNCb6S

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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: https://t.co/6d0d5vUNWq

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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: https://t.co/8WyKKtVjrf

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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: https://t.co/iKa14TgS6N

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"I have especially enjoyed this autumn."

The diary of George Eliot on this day in 1857: https://t.co/Xl716XPDxh