No blood, no corpse in the privy, just an ordinary Letts diary of the sort that is currently half price in Smith's.
In his book Fascist Voices (2012), Christopher Duggan, who has died unexpectedly aged 57, drew on thousands of ordinary Italians' diaries, memoirs and letters to explain why so many identified closely with the fascist regime of the early 20th century and the second world war.
Ms. Guo's film is 76 minutes of ordinary doings and diary entries, shot in black and white, starring two decidedly, even proudly, ordinary people.
He quotes extensively from letters and diaries of ordinary workers writing home to their families.
In his search for the diaries of ordinary people, Finkel has found that many potential historical treasures have disappeared, discarded or destroyed by unthinking mourners or removal men.
"Gardiner's use of the diaries of ordinary people... gives verve and authenticity to her story," Richard Davenport-Hines wrote in the Sunday Times.
Using survey evidence and the diaries of ordinary people, he shows how reactions to Churchill's speeches at the time were often very different from what we have always been led to expect.
Cameron talked, too, of the human stories of the war – a theme this slickly choreographed but often beautiful and moving service explored through the letters and diaries of ordinary people, soldiers and civilians who lived through it.
While some are deliberately crafted pieces of prose (the transcripts of formal speeches, or the carefully turned words of great writers), many more are artless (the letters, recollections, or diaries of ordinary people), and no less potent or evocative for that.
She is probably best known for Georgy Girl, which was adapted for the big screen, and Diary of an Ordinary Woman.
