Diaries of war poet online

The diaries of war poet Siegfried Sassoon are being published online for the first time.

The archive of 23 journals and two notebooks of poetry has been digitised by the Cambridge University Library, which bought the collection in 2009.

Until now only Sassoon’s official biographer – Max Egremont – has had access to the complete 4,100-page archive due to its fragile state.

Librarian Anne Jarvis said the war diaries were of „towering importance“.

The journals, which are made freely available online from Friday, offer a unique insight into life on the front line during World War One. / BBC