An Author's Notebook

Dubrovnik, jewel of the Adriatic, once a prosperous trading hub, now a tourist's dream. Our half-term visit in October to this beautiful...

I'm in a retrospective mood. December is a month for sorting through our photos and thinking about the year that has passed. It's n...

It turned out to be quite an eventful holiday. At the beginning of half term, as I finished zipping up the suitcases  and disposing of the d...

The long days of summer are shortening and the sun has lost its satisfying sting. My kids are back at school and, after a month off, I have ...

For 51 weeks of the year, I rule over my children's diet with a rod of iron. Not too much sugar, oily fish twice a week, live yoghurt an...

Almost half a century ago, my grandmother came upon a notice in The Times  newspaper   advertising a villa for sale on the Spanish island o...

Dear readers, last week I received a Liebster Award from fellow blogger Seven Year Hitch . Before we all get too excited, it is not re...