An Author's Notebook

Notes from the Henley Literary Festival...  A few years ago an editor friend of mine at Headline Review sent me a copy of My Last Duches...

I have done things this weekend that I would never have dreamed possible a year ago, including trying to foist a pair of underpants onto a p...

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

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum My voice has gone hoarse. Too much shouting. It's week six and I have cra...

Want to hear a secret? Damn right you do! When it comes to other people's business, we have an insatiable curiosity to find out more. Or...

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 ...