I’m curious to see this diary where my name allegedly appears alongside that of Mr Boulou. Engrenages/Spiral s1e4, Benoit
The most a writer can hope from a reader is that he or she should think, here is someone who knows what’s it’s like to be me. Alan Bennett’s Diaries, BBC 2020
Some of the early ones are so embarrassing I destroyed them. ibid.
If this film has a point, it’s about fairness and tolerance, and however grudgingly, helping the less fortunate. ibid.
All my life I’ve worn a tie. ibid.
September 11th: David Cameron has been in Leeds preaching to businessmen the virtues of what he calls the Smart State. This seems to be a state that gets away with doing as little as possible for its citizens. And shuffling as many responsibilities as he can on to whomever thinks can make a profit out of them. ibid.
He was the greatest escape artist of all time. And his name was the embodiment of mystery and wonder … Key questions remain about his life … Houdini’s diaries kept under lock and key in New York City may answer some of those questions. History’s Greatest Mysteries s2e4: Houdini’s Lost Diaries, History 2021
Pepys’ diaries are more than the writings of a horny dignitary. They depict a country emerging form the darkness of Puritanism and the English civil war. Those years had been grim. Sex: A Bonkers History II: The Tudors, History 2023