An Author's Notebook

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum The summer holidays have begun. Sigh. I love having my children at home again, but it does ...

Last weekend I found myself in an airless marquee watching my daughter perform with the Henley Festival Youth Orchestra . As I sat perspirin...

"I didn't know ladies could smoke!" my young son once exclaimed  sotto voce after watching a (female) friend light up in the...

I took to my bed this week. After 10 days of frenetic activity, my body went on strike. Exhaustion had set in, along with a temperature. The...

When I was at school, people used to talk about the old boys' network . Last week, I decided that women have finally put the old boys ou...

My novel, A Sister for Margot , is FREE to download on Amazon this week for three days only. This is your chance to load up your Kindle (o...