An Author's Notebook

Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum I read in The Times newspaper that a quarter of 14-year old girls are depressed . Good g...

The long days of summer are shortening and the sun has lost its satisfying sting. My kids are back at school and, after a month off, I have ...

About 10 years ago, when the kids were small, we stayed in Croyde, Devon, and it rained for the entire holiday. In fact, it bucketed down, a...

A much-loved grandmother leaves behind a precious legacy. My own one passed away a few years ago, but every so often I honour her memory by ...

Three years ago writer Ali S was due a mammogram. "I almost didn't go," she says. "At the time, I thought I really haven...

Nothing quite prepares you for a journey into your own past. Last weekend I caught the 08:42 train to Cheltenham and travelled back in time ...