EPISODE · Aug 14, 2015 · 17 MIN
Why Do We Need Diaries?
from The Why Factor · host BBC World Service
We trust them with our deepest secrets, and use them to preserve our memories. They’ve been hidden, destroyed, and read without permission. Mike Williams talks to people who write diaries, and the historians on a mission to "rescue" the diaries of normal people. Produced by Hannah Moore (Photo: A handwritten page from a diary. Credit: Mike Williams)
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