An Author's Notebook

Gratuitous picture of dogs... I was walking the dog this fine morning when we encountered a cockapoo bounding towards us. It was the epi...

What a week it has been. The appalling murder of MP Jo Cox has shocked us all and left many feeling bewildered and resentful about the whole...

A few weeks ago I persuaded my friend Emma to join me on an organised dog walk to raise funds for the Red Cross . "Will it be very dogg...

People watching: Greg Rook, Artist and Course Director, Fine Art, London South Bank University Hours before Paris suffered a series of de...

What kind of idiot drops their mobile phone down the loo? That's what I thought to myself a few months ago when my brother lost his iPho...

Social conditioning has a lot to answer for. It is one of those vague terms used to explain away all sorts of injustices in the battle for g...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum If I could bestow a single gift upon my children, it would be social confidence. Already I ...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Another sunny day, another date with Stay-at-home Dad. This time we take his can...