An Author's Notebook

Notes from the Henley Literary Festival 2017 My son meets children's author Katherine Rundell, who researched her latest novel Th...

Notes from the Henley Literary Festival 2017 I've always been slightly intrigued by  Nick Clegg . A silver-tongued, liberal politician...

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 ...