The more drama there is in my writing, the less it shows in my daily life. Good working days are those when almost nothing happens. In fact, the best days ...
Stephen Spinks wrote his dissertation on Edward II while reading history at King’s College London. He is a heritage professional, working for the National Trust managing three historic properties in ...
By writer and foster carer, Rosie Lewis Memoirs written by foster carers are often tense, deeply affecting reads; domestic thrillers made all the more compelling because they are true. As ...
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It’s taken me a long time to figure out what actually works for me. I’ve tried all sorts of diet and exercise programmes, the winning formula for ...
Yours might be super noble and worthy (go you!) but mine are mostly rubbish. Stop eating chocolate. Don’t drink wine for a month. The truth is, none of the lame ...
In 2008 I returned to my hometown after spending a year in Australia. And nothing had changed, except me.I knew I could never live there again. Years later I found ...
Freda Lightfoot tells us a bit about herself upon the release of her new book Peace In My Heart. In Lancashire, brought up behind my parent’s shoe shop. As an ...
You probably know them best from March’s electrifying University Challenge semi-final, which saw two of the series’ most memorable contestants, dapper Bobby Seagull and fan favourite Eric Monkman, go head-to-head in a ...
By Emine Suleyman, author of Aliya From losing weight to finding a more fulfilling career, the New Year marks a symbolic opportunity to start over. But while making resolutions is ...
I started writing as I have a life-long passion to encourage children to read more and want as many of them to become confident readers from an early age. My ...
10 Things Buddhism Can Teach Us is written by Dharmachari Nagaraja. He is the author of The Calm Buddha At Bedtime (Watkins) released on 16th November 2017 and is available on ...
Earlier this month, Amazon announced Mike Doodson from Cheshire is the winner of its UK Christmas writing competition for his original children’s book, A Christmas Squirrel. The story follows a grumpy, greedy squirrel ...
Advice taken from The Excellence Book: 50 ways to be your best by Kevin Duncan On December 1st 1862, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his annual message to Congress. The country ...
Eva McGauley was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Raised in a strongly feminist environment, McGauley became a member of the Wellington Rape Crisis centre at the age of thirteen. In ...
Following the release of his debut novel, Mark Seaman shares the 10 things that his readers should know about him. As well as being the author of A Corner of ...
By Cosmo Clark Cosmo Clark is a cybersecurity analyst and observer whose first novel, Blue Eyed Infidel, a satirical sci-fi thriller in the vein of Orwell’s 1984, hits the UK ...
‘It hurts that, despite being the most intellectual creature that has ever walked – the explosive development of our intellect is the main difference between us and the chimps – ...
Danielle Brooks was born in Augusta in Georgia, USA. She attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, then the Juilliard School in New York. Her work ...
By Ian Shepherd, author of The Sleighmaker Turn off the TV, turn up the heating, and fire the children’s imaginations this Christmas. From The Polar Express to Miracle on 34th ...
Susan Stewart researched the social, economic and even political significance of make-up under the Roman Empire for her PhD (gained in 2003). Now widely published on Roman cosmetics, she has ...
My Grandfather who was much older than my Granny, was the Governor of the Southern part of Poland in 1914 and his men captured Lenin and advised him to have ...
More and more women than ever before are choosing to start their own business; seeking flexibility, freedom and wanting to create success on their terms. As the end of 2017 approaches, aspiring entrepreneurs ...
by Robert Eddison In the Sudan, a woman gets thirty lashes if she is caught wearing trousers. Isis is STILL using kidnapped and groomed girls as sex slaves. In Britain ...
