Following the release of her debut book, The Girl in the Abbey, author Jessica Collett discusses the place that inspired her writing, and why you should visit: Inspiration can often ...
When someone close to you takes their own life, it feels as if a bomb has exploded in your family home. It shatters your assumptions about the solidity and safety ...
I am not very good at multitasking. In fact, I’ll admit I’m terrible. I can’t even prepare a meal if it requires cooking several things at once, (burnt chicken and ...
People always think I’m about ten years younger than I really am - which I love. I won’t ever complain about this. Indigo Lost is my first published book, but ...
Bestselling author Melodie Dubois has spent nearly 20 years studying the Enneagram – a type of personality test- and it helped her to overcome the emotional obstacles holding her back ...
Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz shares the top 10 things that her readers should know about her, following the release of her seventh collection of poetry, How to Love the Empty Air ...
When I left school, I worked in insurance during the day and studied accountancy at night. That lasted all of six hellish months before in a single day-of-enlightenment, I dropped ...
Abigail Sinclair is an author and a songwriter who has a passion for raising awareness of domestic abuse. Her ambition is to help others flee abusive relationships and to seek ...
Can any good come out of rejection? Writers learn to live with it — it’s part of the job. All the same, having your precious story or novel turned down ...
If you close your eyes and think of Italy, what comes to mind? Food, of course! And so today I’m going to introduce you to ten Italian sweet treats, starting ...
Following the release of The Cypher Bureau, which is based on Marian Rejewski’s career, author Eilidh McGinness shares the top 10 things that you should know about Marian Rejewski: Marian ...
... but after acquiring my third cat, it dawned on me that I might have overdone it. It’s like a cat lady starter kit. They’re everywhere. One of them comes ...
It was only in 1967 that love-making in private between two men over the age of twenty-one became legal in England and Wales (although not for Scotland until 1980, and ...
Veganism often has a lonely tag attached to it. Visions of people eating granola, alone, in loft-style apartments decorated only with yoga mats and slightly too well attended plants. The ...
After publishing two books, I have developed a true passion for writing. I feel liberated when I write. The pen frees me to express what is truly within my heart ...
It’s been almost five years since I started working with Damilola Idowu and finally our book, The Wiggle Woshers and their Stolen Hearts, has just been published. Dami, as he’s ...
Following the release of The Seven Pillars of Nonsense, author Michael Roselaar shares the 10 things that his readers should know about him: My father said some people are brought ...
Following the release of her debut family saga, Lochdarnock – The Kiss and Curse, author Ri Adam tells us the top 10 things her readers should know about her: Lochdarnock ...
The first thing I ever had published was a letter to a ‘countryside’ magazine about a bird I’d seen – when I was aged nine. I was overjoyed when it ...
The best thing about aging is the self-acceptance. I’m 47 now. I wouldn’t mind having the body that I had at age 20, but I wouldn’t want to be young ...
Are you or someone you know celebrating a ‘Big’ Birthday (a number with a zero at the end such as 30, 40 etc.) and contemplating writing a ‘Bucket List?’ The ...
Our skin is a living system that includes the hair, nails, glands and receptors. It performs nine essential functions for our bodies: Excretes salt, water and toxins through sweat. Protects ...
Alexandra Heminsley is a journalist, broadcaster and ghostwriter. She is the author of the bestselling memoir Running Like a Girl, which has now been published in thirteen countries, and the ...
My name is Nimrod and I’m a sellout in a world full of sold-outs. A flaccid man trying to get access. An unfollower of old friends, a click farmer. The ...
