An Author's Notebook

There comes a time in a woman's life when she doubts herself. Wonders if she's made the right choices. Inevitably, she looks around...

Someone sent me a polite message via Twitter earlier in the summer. He introduced himself as Aidan Martin  and said he wanted to flag up a b...

Throughout the coronavirus lockdown, there will be children stuck at home who have suffered emotional or physical abuse; kids who've wit...

My 10-year old son and I are playing a game at the moment: the 30-day Happiness Challenge *. I bought it after he finished his entrance exam...

Dream, believe, achieve is emblazoned on my teenager's sweatshirt when she surfaces late morning. Not that there is any rule about sque...

Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum I read in The Times newspaper that a quarter of 14-year old girls are depressed . Good g...

Self-belief is a powerful but fragile gift. One of my personal heroes has always been Amelia Earhart , a pioneering pilot and a woman of inc...