An Author's Notebook

Christmas is an elaborate production. The sheer brilliance of it is that everyone collaborates in one way or another - whether that's bu...

A friend and I were discussing what I should buy her little girl for Christmas. We hit upon Lego. "Friends Lego, the pink stuff?" ...

Closing the door on the past It's finally happening. After three years of viewing properties and hoarding house particulars, we ar...

Book Review These days a working knowledge of nutrition has become part of a parent's job description. I'm forever persuading my k...

You know it's Christmas when... Credit: William Lam you lose track of time your belly feels permanently distended you...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum My children still believe in Father Christmas - even the eldest one, aged 12. It amazes me ...

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

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

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...