An Author's Notebook

What secrets does our house keep? Credit: William Lam Archaeologists recently found a fragment of Roman pottery in my home town, in the...

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...

I was sorting through photos on the computer this week and came across a video clip of the children from about five years ago. Oh my! Just w...

Review:   Channel 4 TV series, Humans As the summer holidays get underway, I catch myself thinking wouldn't it be nice to have a synth...

People watching:   Roja Dove, Master perfumer I was walking through a National Trust garden the other day when I stooped to smell a rose....

It's hard to believe that the summer holidays are upon us once more. Where did the last term go? In another year, my daughter will have ...

My grandmother, Jean Morton , died two years ago this week. She was an actress and a television presenter, and also inspired me to wr...