I would particularly like to thank the following for their help and generosity in allowing me to use their work: Giles Radice, Tony Benn, Chris Mullin, Deborah Bull, Gyles Brandreth, Paddy Ashdown, Oona King and Bloomsbury Publishing, Bernard Donoughue, Brian Eno, Christopher Gill, Lord Norwich, Philip Ziegler, Michael Spicer, Jim Wilson.
Two bodies were extremely efficient and took a great deal of trouble in locating and lending books or documents: the TUC Library Collections (at the London Metropolitan University) under the Librarian Christine Coates; and Bideford Library in North Devon (thanks to Devon County Council for preserving its service).
The Britten-Pears Foundation generously granted me use of Benjamin Britten, Journeying Boy: The diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928–38 edited by John Evans, Faber and Faber (2009); Letters from a Life 1923–39 and 1939–45 edited by Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed, Faber and Faber (1991).
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Lord Alanbrooke, War Diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke 1939–45 edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2001) by permission of David Higham Associates
Leo Amery, The Empire at Bay: Diaries 1929–45 edited by John Barnes and David Nicholson, Random House (1988) by permission of David Higham Associates
Paddy Ashdown, Diaries Volume One 1988–97 Allen Lane (2000); Volume Two 1997–99 Allen Lane (2001); Beyond Westminster, Simon & Schuster (1994)
Cecil Beaton, Diaries: 1939–44 The Years Between; 1944–48 The Happy Years; 1948–55 The Strenuous Years; 1955–63 The Restless Years; 1963–74 The Parting Years. Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1965, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978) by kind permission of Rupert Crew Ltd
Tony Benn, Years of Hope 1940–62 (1994); Out of the Wilderness 1963–67 (1987); Office Without Power 1968–72 (1988); Against the Tide 1973–76 (1989); Conflicts of Interest 1977–80 (1990); End of an Era 1980–90 (1992); Free at Last 1991–2001 (2001); More Time for Politics 2001–2007 (2007); The Last Diaries 2007–10 (forthcoming) edited by Ruth Winstone; Hutchinson by kind permission of Tony Benn
Alan Bennett, Untold Stories Profile/Faber and Faber (2005)
Violet Bonham Carter, Champion redoubtable: Diaries and Letters 1914–45 (1998); Daring to Hope 1946–69 (2000) both edited by Mark Pottle, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. By kind permission of Aitken Alexander Associates on behalf of the Bonham Carter estate
Jimmy Boyle, The Pain of Confinement: Prison Diaries, Canongate (1984)
Gyles Brandreth, Breaking the Code, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1999); Something sensational to read in the train, John Murray (2009). By kind permission of Gyles Brandreth
Vera Brittain, Chronicle of Friendship 1932–39 (1986); Vera Brittain’s Diary 1939–45 (1993) edited by Alan Bishop. Victor Gollancz
Robert Bruce Lockhart, The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Volume I, edited by Kenneth Young, Macmillan (1973)
Deborah Bull, Dancing Away 1997–98, Methuen (1998) By kind permission of Deborah Bull CBE and Methuen
Alexander Cadogan, Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan 1938–45 edited by David Dilks, Cassell (1971)
Alastair Campbell, The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries Hutchinson (2007). Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd
Barbara Castle, The Castle Diaries 1964–76 Macmillan (1980) by permission of David Higham Associates
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon, The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon edited by Robert Rhodes James, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1967)
Walter Citrine, The Mining Crisis and the National Strike Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, 20 (2005)
Alan Clark, Diaries 1983–1992, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1993) © 1993 Alan Clark; Into Politics: Diaries 1972–82, Weidenfeld and Nicolson edited by Ion Trewin (2000) © 2000 The Estate of Alan Clark; The Last Diaries Diaries: 1992–99, Weidenfeld and Nicolson edited by Ion Trewin (2002) © 2002 The Estate of Alan Clark. Jane Clark’s Journal © 2002 Jane Clark. By kind permission of Weidenfeld and Nicolson, a division of the Orion Publishing Group, London
Peter Clarney, diary manuscript in the TUC Library Collections with thanks to the Librarian of the Collections, London Metropolitan University
John Colville, The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries 1939–55, Hodder and Stoughton (1985)
Robin Cook, Point of Departure, Simon and Schuster (2003)
Alfred Duff Cooper, The Duff Cooper Diaries 1915–51 edited by John Julius Norwich, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2005) by kind permission of Lord Norwich
Noel Coward, The Noel Coward Diaries edited by Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1982) © Graham Payn 1972. By kind permission of Weidenfeld and Nicolson, a division of the Orion Publishing Group, London
Richard Crossman, Minister of Housing and Local Government 1964–66 (1975); Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1966–68 (1976); Secretary of State for Health and Social Security 1968–70 (1977); Backbench Diaries 1951–64 (1981): all published by Hamish Hamilton and Jonathan Cape and edited by Janet Morgan
Edwina Currie, Diaries 1987–92 Little, Brown (2002) by kind permission of Little Brown Book Group
Iain Dale iaindale.blogspot.com By kind permission of Iain Dale
Hugh Dalton, Political Diary of Hugh Dalton 1918–40 and 1945–69 edited by Ben Pimlott, Random House (1987) reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd and the London School of Economics and Political Science
Audrey Deacon, The Diary of a Wren, The Memoir Club (2001)
Bernard Donoughue, Downing Street Diary, Jonathan Cape (2005) reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd
Blanche Dugdale, Diaries 1936–47, Valentine Mitchell (1973)
Brian Eno, A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno’s Diary, Faber and Faber (1996)
Hugh Gaitskell, Diary of Hugh Gaitskell 1945–56 edited by Philip Williams, Jonathan Cape (1983)
Christopher Gill, Whip’s Nightmare, The Memoir Club (2003) by kind permission of Christopher Gill
Joyce Grenfell, The Time of my Life: Entertaining the Troops – her War time Journals edited by James Roose-Evans, Hodder and Stoughton (1989)
Alec Guinness, My Name Escapes Me, Hamish Hamilton (1996) by permission of David Higham Associates
Peter Hall, The Peter Hall Diaries Hamish Hamilton (1983) by kind permission of Peter Hall
Viviene Hall, extract from The Home Front ed Norman Longmate, Chatto and Windus (1981)
John Horner quoted in Forged in Fire: The history of the Fire Brigades Union edited by Victor Bailey, Lawrence and Wishart (1992), with thanks to the FBU
Tom Hurndall, The Only House Left Standing: The Middle East Journals, Trolley Books (2012) by kind permission of Anthony and Jocelyn Hurndall and Trolley Books
Roy Jenkins, European Diary, Collins (1989)
Thomas Jones, Whitehall Diary Vol. 1 1916–25, Vol. 2 1926–30 edited by Keith Middlemass, TUC books (1969) by kind permission of the OUP and TUC Publications
Oona King, House Music: The Oona King Diaries, Bloomsbury (2007), © Oona King, courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Alan Lascelles, King’s Counsellor – Abdication and War: Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles edited by Duff Hart-Davis, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, London. © The Estate of Sir Alan Lascelles 2006
Nella Last, Nella Last’s War edited by Richard Broad and Suzie Fleming, Falling Wall Press (1981); Nella Last’s Peace edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, Profile (2008) Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Group, Ltd
Lord Longford, Diary of a Year Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1982) and Prison Diary Lion Publishing (2000) Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown, London on behalf of The Estate of Lord Longford © Lord Longford 1982 (Diary of a Year) and 2000 (Prison Diary)
Harold Macmillan, War Diaries: The Mediterranean 1943–45 (1984); The Macmillan Diaries: 1950–57 (2003) edited by Peter Catterall; The Macmillan Diaries 1957–66 edited by Peter Catterall (2012). All published by Macmillan by kind permission of the Macmillan Trustees
Lord Moran, Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival 1940–65, Constable (1966)
Piers Morgan, The Insider: The private diaries of a scandalous decade, Ebury Press (2005) Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd
Piers Morgan, Don’t you know who I am? Ebury Press (2007) Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd
Louis Mountbatten, Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1920–22 (1987); Personal Diary of Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten 1943–46 (1988); From Shore to Shore: The Final Years 1953–79 (1989) all edited by Philip Ziegler, Collins
Chris Mullin, A View from the Foothills 1999–2005 (2009); Decline and Fall 2005–2010 (2010); A Walk on Part 1994–1999 (2011) all edited by Ruth Winstone, by permission of Chris Mullin and Profile Books
Malcolm Muggeridge, Like it Was: A selection from the diaries of Malcolm Muggeridge edited by John Bright-Holmes, Collins (1981)
Harold Nicolson, Diaries and Letters 1907–64 edited by Nigel Nicolson, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2004) By kind permission of the Nicolson family
Joe Orton, The Joe Orton Diaries edited by John Lahr, Methuen (1986)
George Orwell, Diaries edited by Peter Hobley Davison, Harvill Secker (2009) Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd
Peter Pain quoted in Forged in Fire: The history of the Fire Brigades Union edited by Victor Bailey, Lawrence and Wishart (1992) by kind permission of the FBU
Michael Palin, Diaries 1969–79: The Python Years, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2006) © Michael Palin 2006. By permission of Weidenfeld and Nicolson, a division of the Orion Publishing Group, London
Frances Partridge, Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945–60, Gollancz (1985) by permission of Rogers Coleridge and White
Lance Price, A Spin Doctor’s Diary Hodder and Stoughton (2005)
J. B. Priestley, English Journey Heinemann in association with Gollancz (1934) Reprinted by permission of United Agents on behalf of The Estate of J. B. Priestley
Giles Radice, Diaries 1980–2001, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (2004) by kind permission of the Orion Publishig Group, London © 2004 Giles Radice
John Rae, Old Boys’ Network, Short Books (2009)
John Reith, The Reith Diaries edited by Charles Stuart, Collins (1975)
George Riddell, Lord Riddell’s Intimate Diaries of the Peace Conference 1918–23, Gollancz (1933)
Stephen Spender, Journals 1939–83 edited by John Goldsmith, Faber and Faber (1985)
Michael Spicer, The Spicer Diaries, Biteback Books (2012) by kind permission of Lord Spicer and Biteback Books
Frances Stevenson, Lloyd George – A Diary edited by AJP Taylor, Random House by permission of David Higham Associates (1971)
Roy Strong, The Roy Strong Diaries 1967–1968, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1997) © 1997 Roy Strong. Reproduced by permission of Felicity Bryan Literary Agency and the author
David Temple, The Big Meeting: A History of the Durham Miners, TUPS Books in association with the Durham Miners’ Association (2011). With thanks for the Ramsay MacDonald and James Maxton extracts, by kind permission of David Temple and TUPS Books
Beverley Tinson, The Gresford Letters: Aftermath of a disaster, Avid Publications, (2009)
Kenneth Tynan, Diaries edited by John Lahr, Bloomsbury (2001) courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Evelyn Waugh, Diaries of Evelyn Waugh edited by Michael Davie, Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1976) an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, London © The Estate of Evelyn Waugh 1976
Beatrice Webb, Diaries 1912–24 and 1924–32 edited by Margaret Cole, Longmans Green and Co (1952, 1956) by permission of Little, Brown Book Group and the London School of Economic and Political Science
Charles Wilson see Lord Moran
Jim and Jim Wilson, quoted in Ken and Jean Smith, Great Northern Miners, Tyne Bridge Publishing (2008) by kind permission of Ken Smith and Jim Wilson
The Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story: The Memoir of HRH the Duke of Windsor, Cassell (1951). Extracts of letter from ‘Bertie’ (later George VI) to ‘David’ (later Edward VIII)
Virginia Woolf, The Diary of Virginia Woolf Vols 2–5 edited by Ann Olivier Bell, published by Hogarth Press (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) Quentin Bell and Angelica Garnett; reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd; and by kind permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; and with thanks to the Society of Authors, as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf
Woodrow Wyatt, Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Vol. 1 1985–88, Vol. 2 1989–92, Vol. 3 1992–97, all edited by Sarah Curtis, Macmillan (1998, 1999, 2000). By permission of Pan Macmillan, London © Woodrow Wyatt 1998, 1999, 2000