An Author's Notebook

New research from the US shows that mums are crying out for flexible jobs. Hulafrog , a network of US parenting sites, co-founded by my frie...

Review:  A private collection of books once owned by the novelist Elizabeth Taylor provides a rare insight into her life. Elizabeth Taylor...

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...