An Author's Notebook

We got our letter from Boris yesterday. Poor man - I'm sure he didn't imagine he'd end up in hospital himself when he was sittin...

Ever since I gave up full-time work to look after the kids, I've resisted - whisper it - becoming a housewife . The plan, back in 2003 w...

So it's Day One of social isolation. I feel like I can hear the Big Brother voiceover ringing in my ears, giving a running commentary o...

What strange times we live in. I walked into a petrol station yesterday to fill up my car and got terribly excited when I noticed multiple p...

It turned out to be quite an eventful holiday. At the beginning of half term, as I finished zipping up the suitcases  and disposing of the d...

This one is about friendship. The long-lasting kind. I've just got back from a reunion weekend with my university besties and I'm st...