An Author's Notebook

So I was at a dinner party the other week, seated beside a veteran TV presenter. He was an engaging man with a wealth of anecdotes mined fro...

Notes from the Henley Literary Festival...  Doreen Lawrence , Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, made a startling observation at the Henley ...

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...