“The notebooks of a writer,” wrote Susan Sontag in 1963, “have a very special function […] Typically, writers’ notebooks are crammed with statements about the will: the will to write, the will to love ...

The 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook reveals one woman's interior life with radical honesty. On International Women's Day, Clare Thorp explores how the book – which has just been republished in English – ...

Digital diaries and apps are convenient but there’s something about making a list with pen and paper that makes you focus on a task. And then there's the tangible satisfaction of ticking off a job ...