I was born in Moscow in 1960. My grandmother wanted me to be named Polina, but my parents thought that was old-fashioned and named me Tatiana instead. I wrote my first ...
I love ice skating- for its elegance and for the sheer joy of doing it. It transformed my life at a time when there appeared to be nothing, helping greatly to ...
My partner reckons I don’t know what to do with myself when I’m not writing. And it’s true, even though I’m loathe to admit it. The first day after I ...
We all want to be healthy, but is city living killing us? For the first time in human history, more of us living in towns than in rural communities. By ...
By Cathy Glass, author of Cruel to be Kind and Happy Mealtimes for Kids www.cathyglass.co.uk There are so many issues surrounding food and eating it can be a minefield for ...
A year ago I was travelling up north and listened to two lovely elderly women chatting about a mutual friend who had been an idle woman in the war. It ...
Alice supports an international charity helping abused women to become independent and self-supporting and to stand up for their rights and urges others to support them too. She has worked ...
Deadlines are important. Understanding the reason something needs to be submitted at a certain date and ensuring this is done to avoid delays. Various people are involved in the process. ...
I’ve loved crime fiction since I could read. I learnt about the different police ranks from Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven books and then moved on to Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drew. ...
I always play music when I’m writing. To work in silence feels rather bleak and lonely, and I’m distracted more easily and keep wandering off to stuff food in my ...
First, you need to know that dating isn’t really a thing. And now, in the days of Tinder, even less so because the rules are always changing. Second, the Scandinavian ...
By Anita Kelsey In-between taking over the planet and snoozing our mogs demand we supply them with first class entertainment. Here’s my 8 top mog tips for the perfect entertainment ...
Coming from the conservative South, Ava was nonetheless a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party. Her father had idolized Franklin D Roosevelt, and when in 1942 Ava met Roosevelt at ...
Nicola Graimes, cookery writer and author of I Love MY Wok shows how the wok is much more versatile than most people think. A wok is perfect for stir-frying but ...
In my novel Genuine Fraud, the con-artist kick-ass heroine (Jule) changes clothes in a Las Vegas bathroom. She emerges from the stall in a tight black dress, super-high heels and ...
Jane ate breakfast in her dressing gown, then put on a suit and a clean pressed shirt. She coiled her hair into a pleat and, on looking in the mirror, ...
Joshua Winning's novel Killing Rumer, about a troubled, wisecracking heroine battling gangsters and ghosts from her past, is crowdfunding at Unbound here [link: http://unbound.com/books/killing-rumer]; pre-order your copy of the book ...
For me summer doesn’t mean anything until I arrive at my family’s ramshackle beach house in South Australia, built by my great-grandfather early last century. He was a great recycler ...
