Bridget Jones’ archives: Explore early diary entries featuring awkward parties, meddling mothers and a shocking confession from Mark Darcy … from the Independent Bridget Jones

With Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy hitting cinemas this Valentine’s Day, we’re republishing the original diary entries that started it all. First published in The Independent in 1995, Bridget Jones’s Diary captured the chaos of single life, self-improvement and romantic misadventures long before apps, ghosting and gaslighting. In this instalment, Bridget navigates a high-society party, an unwelcome seating arrangement, and a surprising late-night confession from Mark Darcy

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