IN HIS quintessentially English diaries, James Lees-Milne recalls standing by his kitchen window, watching Cecil Beaton take a stroll in the garden.
His book about his journey to Egypt, entitled Safar-nāmeh (translated into English as Diary of a Journey Through Syria and Palestine), is a pleasing example of simple, clearly expressed, early Persian prose.
Some of the most notable classics of English humour – Diary of a Nobody, Three Men in a Boat, parts of Alice in Wonderland, Cold Comfort Farm – began life as parodies of works that are now forgotten.
A haunting entry, which was also translated into English (the diaries in Urdu are more detailed) described the psychological price that life under tyranny, and amid violence, exacted: On my way from school to home I heard a man saying "I will kill you".
Some (like the Whittalls) retained British nationality over generations of Ottoman life, and it is their English-language diaries, letters and documents that provide Mr Milton with his best material.
He excelled in his studies, especially in English (his lengthy diary was kept mainly in English), and became a devout Christian.
In a working world where nothing ever really functions as it should, our ability to manage our moods and energy through the judicious application of English Breakfast or Diary Milk is a rare and precious thing - a system that works.
This extensive journey, inflected by a renewed interest in Catholicism, formed the basis of his first book, O diário de um mago (1987), which was published in English as The Diary of a Magus in 1992 and was reissued as The Pilgrimage in 1995.
Try to write in English in your diary.
Chief executive Jurga Zilinskiene said the company decided to create the freelance position after being approached by a client to translate a family diary from English into emoji.
