I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of diaries from Mass Observation in the early years of the Second World War. I was particularly intrigued by one of the diarists - a Glaswegian. It was fascinating to read of places I know and which still exist today. As with Our Hidden Lives, Garfield has wound together the diary entries to form a cohesive whole and, in doing so, has created a very readable look at the social history of the 1940s. ( )