On October 26, 1977, the day after his mother died, French philosopher and literary theorist Roland Barthes began the “Mourning Diary”—a series of reflections written on small pieces of paper the size ...

In an age dominated by digital communication, artificial intelligence and social media, the simple act of writing in a diary might seem outdated. However, diary writing remains a timeless and powerful ...

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 ...

What did the project involve? This Experimental Partnership emerged from the 2017/18 Ideas Exchange “ Writing and well-being for busy people”. The project sought to tackle the topic of diary writing ...