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Bridget Jones's Diary
The Independent (UK)
28 July 2005 The return of Bridget Jones
31 July 2005 Helen Fielding: She's back - (hurrah!) 
3 August 2005 Keeping up with Ms Jones 
4 August 2005 Mark Darcy is an emotional withholder, and Daniel is just a straightforward man-whore' 
BBC News 4 August 2005  'Hello again, old friend' 
Megastar 4 August 2005 Singletons rejoice
11 August 2005 Am I going to be 80 and casting murderous glances at Daniel in an old people's home?
18 August 2005 We are now going to late-night chemist to purchase completely pointless pregnancy test
19 August 2005  Critic's Notebook - Dear Diary, Time to Catch Up: Same Men (Cads), No Baby (Alas) 
24 August 2005 'Suddenly something magical and new had happened to me: it was a miracle' 
1 September 2005 'Is wrong to use embryonic human being as anti-depressant or mood-stabilising drug' 
8 September 2005 'You're in denial,' said Magda. 'You're pregnant, single, and you don't know who the father is'
15 September 2005 'There was a pause, then a familiar, abrupt voice. I froze, heart lurching. It was Mark Darcy' 
22 September 2005 'Oh bloody hell, what am I going to do? What if neither of them wants to be the father?' 
29 September 2005 'Only twice? Most couples your age are having sex about two or three times a week' 
6 October 2005'What am I going to do? Lunge at Daniel, knock one of his teeth out and then swab the wound?' 
13 October 2005 'When greeting Daniel, will thrust pin into his chest, thereby drawing drop of blood' 
20 October 2005 'What if I put the baby in the washing machine, like that woman in the paper with her cat?' 
27 October 2005 'Oh God. You're pregnant and I forgot. You see? Horrible person. Bye'
3 November 2005 'His eyes immediately went to my stomach, his face a mess of emotions. He obviously knew'
10 November 2005 There is no Bridget Jones column this week
17 November 2005 'I thought Mark was going to start bouncing on the sofa like Tom Cruise on Oprah Winfrey' 
24 November 2005  ‘Do you think both sets of sperm were slugging it out in the womb? Like father, like sperm?’
1 December 2005 'How lovely would have been to arrive with Mark as reunited pregnant Christmas duo' 
8 December 2005 'Felt like Fanny in Far From the Madding Crowd, who ended up pregnant in the snow' 
15 December 2005 1
Apparently Helen Fielding is taking the holidays off. Hope to see more of Bridget in 2006
05 January 2006 'Best thing about being pregnant: Am going to have baby. Am no longer tragic, barren spinster'
12 January 2006 'I mean: as if Daniel is going to marry me. He can't even manage to speak to me' 
19 January 2006 'I sank down, head in hands. Everything I used to care about was gone, or going'
26 January 2006 'There was my little girl. She already had a tiny head and arms and legs' 
02 February 2006 'Just because we go to a scan together, it doesn't mean we're going out together'
09 February 2006'Both I and the baby will have died in childbirth. Alone. Quite alone and dead' 
16 February 2006 'Only an inhuman monster would leave the mother of his unborn child to sit alone on Valentine's...' 
22 February 2006 'What is it about being pregnant that makes people think they can put their hands all over your stomach?' 
02 March 2006 'The familiar scent of Mark Darcy got in the way and before I knew it we were kissing each other' 
09 March 2006 'As if Rachel Weisz is always popping into Kettering for a coffee with Mum and Una' 
16 March 2006  NO BJD column this week
23 March 2006 Bridget Jones's Diary: 'I had no idea the whole nappy business would be so fascinating, or so challenging'
30 March 2006 'How in the name of arse am I going to get myself hyped up enough to get on the Tube?' 
06 April 2006 'Pregnancy jeans are so uncomfortable... am like builder with beer gut and bottom cleavage' 
13 April 2006 'Had never worried about dying before, but now I realised the baby had changed everything' 
20 April 2006 'Look,' I burst out. 'I saw three trains with human faces. I'm not imagining it. I'm not mad' 
27 April 2006 'Did you think that I was just weirdly fat in one place? Like having fat thumbs? Or fat earlobes?'
4 May 2006 'Actually, I've always found John Prescott quite attractive... if one had to sleep with a politician...' 
11 May 2006 'Turned out, horrifyingly, I'd been duped into weird American-style intervention, spearheaded by Magda'
18 May 2006 'Tiny part of self believes there is chance Paul will now marry and take care of me instead of Daniel' 
25 May 2006 'Had to agree that the crucifixion per se was fine, but Madonna's outfit was fighting the cross'
01 June 2006 'Daniel has been shamed into good behaviour since ignominious incident last week, which he blames on impending fatherhood'
8 June 2006 'Oh, Jones,' Daniel said, grasping my hand all clumsily, 'don't die in childbirth or anything, will you?' 
15 June 2006 'Have never been so happy in entire life. Have given birth to baby who is sweetest little creature ever seen'