Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Post-war Britain | Simon Garfield
In 1936 the Mass Observation Project was set up. The idea was that ordinary people would record, in diary form, what happened in their everyday lives. Simon Garfield has woven a tapestry of diary entries, focusing mainly on six characters, in the period from 1945 to 1950. The result is moving, intriguing, funny and at times heart-breaking.
Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Post-war Britain | 
