1. First hand experience of hospital: In The End of Men a virus to which women are immune kills 90 per cent of the world’s men. An early scene happens in A ...
In 2003, Jan Rothney was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS - then known as M.E.). She recovered partially but relapsed severely in 2006 and spent several years struggling to ...
I grew up in the Lake District, and it’s shaped who I am very strongly. When I lived in London, I’d yearn for it like a long-distance love. I spent ...
New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical fiction author Liz Trenow’s newest novel, Searching for My Daughter, is set against the backdrop of the Second World War. She ponders ...
My dad is blind but he loves books and listens to them via screen reader. Growing up, the sound of electronic voices was a constant background presence. Instead of doing ...
1. I grew up in a cult. It was like a cross between an Indian ashram and a Victorian boarding school. We studied Sanskrit and eastern philosophy, and were beaten ...
A big challenge when it comes to combining entrepreneurship with parenting is a feeling of guilt. You feel guilty that you’re not focussing on your business whilst you’re with your ...
Shortly after our twin daughters were born in 2014, Thomas (my husband) and I started to look for ways to begin nurturing and developing their curiosity and foundational STEM skills. ...
‘Be kind’ they told us, when the world lost Caroline flack. And those two words flew swiftly around the internet, spreading their message. Yet in no time at all, you ...
It’s never a good idea to look back and lament on things I cannot change. But if younger me had met current me- she’d have met someone not only older ...
I am a photojournalist and portrait photographer. My specialties traditionally were author portraits and photographing indigenous cultures, such as tribal groups in northern Vietnam and the people who live in ...
Cathy Gunn was a financial journalist and editor before turning to fiction. Scottish by descent, she was born in Tanzania and grew up in Nigeria, Scotland and parts of England ...
In Stuff Happens Norwegian-born Tor looks back on a life packed with adventures, starting in 1947 when he set off from Oslo – aged just 16 – as a deckhand ...
1. My writing career began as something of a dare: I’d always been a voracious reader, but I never actually saw myself writing, talk less of having anything published. I ...
Everyone who writes whodunnits is looking for an amateur detective with a unique set of skills. Literary crimes are more fun when they’re solved by gardeners, vicars, magicians and chefs. ...
- A flow state is when you are completely absorbed in a task, not thinking about anything else and not trying to multitask. It’s really good for your mental well-being ...
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder worldwide, affecting at least 1 in 10 women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB). It is a complex condition ...
I am a trained classical pianist... at least I used to be, along with the violin, viola, guitar and a bit of flute. I also used to sing until years ...
- 1. I never dreamed I would ever be successful as an author. After having such a brilliant career as a showbiz agent for twenty years I had almost given up ...
Since the earliest days of cinema, the romantic comedy has been a mainstay. Many of those whom we think of as “the greats” – from Cary Grant to Katharine Hepburn ...
Clytemnestra and Elektra are an infamously dysfunctional mother-daughter pairing of Greek mythology and it was the twisted dynamic of their relationship that drew me irresistibly towards writing my novel Elektra. ...
