Patricia and Robert Malcolmson are social historians with a special interest in Mass Observation. They have edited several MO Diaries, including Nella Last's Peace and Nella Last in the 1950s. They live in Nelson, British Columbia.

A fantastic story -- Victoria Wood My gut feeling is that Nella will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth-century English diarists. -- David Kynaston, author of 'Austerity Britain' Whatever her mood, Nella Last has the quality shared by all great diarists: of making her readers feel that however vast the differences between her life and ours, they are easily outweighed by the shared experiences of love and loss, disappointment and hope, that she describes with such artless humanity. Daily Mail I relished it ... her personality is so powerful. -- Margaret Forster An excellent correlative to the mantra "everyone has a novel in them". Some people are natural diarists and Nella is one of the best ... She also used literary language in an entirely naturalistic way. -- Lesley McDowell Sunday Herald An epic journal ... What brings her diaries to life is their unpretentious freshness and honesty. -- Michael Kerrigan Scotsman

Patricia and Robert Malcolmson are social historians with a special interest in Mass Observation. They have edited several MO Diaries, including Nella Last's Peace and Nella Last in the 1950s. They live in Nelson, British Columbia.

A fantastic story -- Victoria Wood My gut feeling is that Nella will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth-century English diarists. -- David Kynaston, author of 'Austerity Britain' Whatever her mood, Nella Last has the quality shared by all great diarists: of making her readers feel that however vast the differences between her life and ours, they are easily outweighed by the shared experiences of love and loss, disappointment and hope, that she describes with such artless humanity. Daily Mail I relished it ... her personality is so powerful. -- Margaret Forster An excellent correlative to the mantra "everyone has a novel in them". Some people are natural diarists and Nella is one of the best ... She also used literary language in an entirely naturalistic way. -- Lesley McDowell Sunday Herald An epic journal ... What brings her diaries to life is their unpretentious freshness and honesty. -- Michael Kerrigan Scotsman