Nella Last

Nella Last, a wife and mother, chronicled her daily experiences of civilian life during the Second World War for the Mass-Observation Archive. She found solace and an outlet from a stifling provincial existence and a repressive marriage through her writing, which she began in 1937 and continued diligently. Her diaries, rich with the observations of an intelligent woman navigating ordinary life, were ultimately published after her death. Last's distinctive voice captured the spirit and realities of her time.