An Author's Notebook

When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a story about an Arab princess who escaped her home country by driving over the border to a new life....

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Quiet One has sex education coming up at school. Hopefully not a demonstration of whips and...

Minutes before the dawn of the new year, I found myself locked in a dispute over gender. As our wineglasses glittered in the dying candlelig...

As the last few days of 2014 dribble out, like the dregs of champagne from an empty bottle, I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas an...

My 11-year old daughter has just discovered the photo-sharing app, Instagram . It is her first foray into the digital world. At the moment s...

My family and I took a ride into the future last weekend. We borrowed an electric car and tried out life in the green lane. I say the future...