An Author's Notebook

Almost half a century ago, my grandmother came upon a notice in The Times  newspaper   advertising a villa for sale on the Spanish island o...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum I am packing light for our holidays this year. No more Lego, Connect 4 (travel edition), or...

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...