Blog for Britain

According to the BBC, the National Trust is giving people the chance to record their diary for 17 October 2006 and it will be stored for posterity at the British Library.

"We want to urge people participating to reflect in their diaries how history itself impacted on them that day – whether it be simply commuting through an historic environment, discussing family history, watching repeats on TV, or listening to mum's incessant 80's pop.

17 October has been chosen deliberately as ‘an ordinary’ Tuesday of no particular significance. We want to record the ordinary lives of citizens and students.

By doing so in vast numbers, everyone will be contributing something valuable to the historic record - a snapshot of everyday life at the beginning of the 21st century."

You can upload your blog entry until 31 October.