CRAIG BROWN: My satsumas had lost their zest for life! Lockdown Diary Part 2 

CRAIG BROWN: My satsumas had lost their zest for life! Lockdown Diary Part 2 By Craig Brown for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 13 May 2021 September 2020 I spotted my neighbour three doors down having a long chat with the man from Amazon. She seems to … Read more

Renee Zellweger is out and about in LA just days ahead of Bridget Jones’s Diary 20th anniversary

Renée Zellweger was staying busy during an outing in Los Angeles on Wednesday when she took a phone call after leaving an appointment. The 51-year-old actress and two-time Academy Award winner looked comfortable in a casual look as she did some simple exercises outdoors while chatting. Her outing came just days ahead of the 20th … Read more

Oh, no, minister! ALAN DUNCAN’s gloriously wicked diary spills the vitriol on Boris ‘the buffoon’

Today, we begin a blockbuster serialisation of one of the most explosive political diaries ever to be published. Alan Duncan, a well-respected Tory MP for nearly three decades, used them to let off steam in private about the ‘monstrous egos’ that surrounded him. The diaries cover his final four turbulent years in Parliament, when Brexit … Read more

Secret diary of Bletchley spy chief tells of moment the US and British special relationship was born

The ‘Ys’ are coming! Secret 1941 diary of pioneering Bletchley spy chief tells of moment the special relationship was born as US stepped in to help British codebreakers during WWII Alastair Denniston recorded first visit of US cryptographers to Bletchley Park Commander was working with Alan Turing to crack German Enigma code in 1941 The … Read more

WWII diary of Home Guard hero details Swansea’s Three Nights’ Blitz

A shocking diary of a man who helped to put out fires during the Nazis’ bombing campaign in the Second World War has been digitised for the first time.  Swansea firewatcher James R John, 58, wrote in his diary during what became known as the Three Nights’ Blitz on the Welsh city in February 1941. … Read more

Brazilian couple in quarantine hotel reveal what the room and the food is like in lockdown diary

A Brazilian couple spending their first 24 hours in a quarantine hotel have complained about the size of food portions and pleaded with staff to move rooms because their view is so depressing – but still found time for nookie on their first night. Wagner Araujo, 43, is staying with his wife Elaine, 40, at … Read more

Meghan Markle’s half-sibling Samantha releases her tell-all book ‘Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister’

The Duchess of Sussex‘s outspoken half-sister Samantha has finally released her tell-all book about their relationship and the rift that has torn apart the Markle family, promising readers that the ‘truth is stranger than fiction’. Ms Markle’s autobiography, titled ‘The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister: A Memoir, Part One’, is expected to heavily criticise Meghan … Read more

Liz Jones’s Diary: In which I realise I’m actually happy 

Liz Jones’s Diary: In which I realise I’m actually happy By Liz Jones Diary for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 31 January 2021 Someone keeps sending me gifts. Dog toys, mostly. Something they gnaw on to clean their teeth. Flashing lights for their collars. It can’t … Read more

As mutant Covid strain sweeps the UK, a junior doctor’s diary exposes an NHS at breaking point 

MONDAY  THE WARD IS FULL – BUT THE CASES JUST KEEP ON COMING I’m a junior doctor at a city centre hospital in the North of England, but right now I feel more like a firefighter. Every day brings life-or-death decisions here where I work, on a Covid ward for the elderly. At today’s morning … Read more