Extracts from personal diaries published in various periodicals, mainly in the London Review of Books (aka LRB). Consists of typed and handwritten sheets, copies of type set versions and newspaper cuttings of published versions, mainly found within the Personal diary for each year. Often annotated by Alan Bennett and on occasion by proof reader.

For further copies of published extracts of diaries please see material collected for Writing Home, MS. Bennett 178 for 1979-90 and material for Untold Stories, MS. Bennett 174 for 1993-2003.