An Author's Notebook

I was sorting through photos on the computer this week and came across a video clip of the children from about five years ago. Oh my! Just w...

Review:   Channel 4 TV series, Humans As the summer holidays get underway, I catch myself thinking wouldn't it be nice to have a synth...

What kind of idiot drops their mobile phone down the loo? That's what I thought to myself a few months ago when my brother lost his iPho...

Food has never been more high profile. What with Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day , the rise of the  Insta-foodies , worries over scho...

Last Sunday I spent half an hour rifling through the contents of my larder cupboard and checking the sugar count in our cereals, sauces and ...

Social conditioning has a lot to answer for. It is one of those vague terms used to explain away all sorts of injustices in the battle for g...