An Author's Notebook

Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum   "Are you alright?" asks Middle Child anxiously. I am beached on the sofa, o...

Christmas with all its excesses becomes the last stop on the route to self-improvement. This seasonal splurge seems designed to usher in a p...

People watching:  Kate Williams, founder of Handpicked by Kate Some years ago, I was introduced to a young woman at a party. Around her ...

Christmas time, mistletoe and wine... Late nights, too many presents to buy/wrap and overdoses of vitamin C to keep the winter bugs at bay. ...

As the last few days of 2014 dribble out, like the dregs of champagne from an empty bottle, I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas an...

Why hello Christmas! It may only be November, but the juggernaut of spending sprees is upon us. In recent years I have felt distinctly Bah!...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Middle Child came back from school a while ago and told me he had some important n...

People watching:   Neil Nugent, executive chef for Morrisons Gingerbread houses are expected to be BIG this year Every year it ...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mother I feel as if I am emerging from a dormant state. I open my eyes wide and I finally exi...

In amongst the mobile ringtones and the ping of my computer, there is a new sound in our house: the shuffle of a letterbox opening and the p...

It is that time of year again. I work myself to a standstill and then some old guy in a red suit takes all the credit. Worse still, I am com...