Our History of the 20th Century

Plenty to entertain, amuse, enlighten and occasionally horrify. * Guardian *
This fascinating anthology tracks the 20th century through diaries, journals and letters, though mainly diaries… it opens up secret peep-holes on to some of the key events of the century, and allows us to see them from unexpected angles – Craig Brown * The Mail on Sunday *
a blast… a worthwhile wander through great events and small ones, and especially into great minds having small moments – Libby Purves * The Times Literary Supplement *
A wonderfully curated collection of intimate diary voices: rich in their variousness, compelling in their impact, and cumulatively giving us a fresh and thought-provoking version of twentieth-century Britain. – David Kynaston

Travis Elborough has co-edited two previous anthologies of diaries, A London Year and A Traveller’s Year. A freelance writer, author and cultural commentator for nearly two decades, his other books include The Long-Player Goodbye, a hymn to vinyl records; Wish You Were Here, a survey of the British beside the seaside and most recently A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution.

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