My Golden Retriever puppy – now ten months – eats into my word count, like my shoes. Whenever other writers ask if they should get a dog, I tell them ...
In 1976 aged 21 I joined "Attenborough's Private Army" (APA). This was a group of fifty young British actors who were brought together to train under the eagle eye of ...
Sisters are the heart and soul of author Julie Israel’s debut novel, Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index. But great sisters abound in literature, and these ten books contain some of her ...
The first of the popular mass-market kitchen tools – the apple parer, was allegedly developed and first patented by Moses Coates in the United States in 1803. The invention of ...
Imagine that we’re at a dinner party and have just been introduced. As the wine is poured, we relax into our chairs and exchange pleasantries. How was your journey? Have ...
Back for a stellar 12th season, The Real Housewives of Orange County is without a doubt one of the most successful reality shows on television! Original Real Housewife Vicki Gunvalson ...
By Nicky Dee, dinosaur expert and author of The Bone Wars. The Great Dinosaur Rush of the late 1800s is an amazing time in American history; it’s when the ...
I am a big fan of street food but even more of the Indian street food. I have so many favourites and all for different reasons and different times of ...
Half a Sixpence is Catherine’s story, the first in a series of three Victorian sagas, loosely based on my family tree. It follows the fortunes of three generations of women ...
Kid Normal is the first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for 8+ readers from popular radio personalities Greg James and Chris Smith. We caught up with Greg James ...
There’s something about bringing out your first novel that no one tells you; everyone wants to know if it’s based on your own life. The most common question I’ve had ...
I haven’t picked up a paintbrush since I was at school. However my 3 sons have all inherited an artistic gene from somewhere with one of them growing up to ...
The sight of two boxers in a boxing ring might turn some people off, but rarely will it confuse. Violent and controversial, boxing is also one of the more easily ...
Have a writing routine. The creative process is usually helped by having a writing routine: a place and time set aside for you to write and with a little ritual ...
When starting to lose weight the first thing to remember is that you will probably never feel ready to do it. Just like having a baby, or bungee jumping, sometimes ...
Everyone is in search of happiness at some conscious and sub-conscious level. Intuitively, people know that social interactions instill happiness. Some people would say that they alone can make themselves ...
500 years ago a young German monk walked from his monastery, across the town of Wittenberg, to the Castle Church. The door of the church acted as a kind of ...
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ Years Old is published on 13th July, Penguin, Paperback, £7.99, so to celebrate we have an exclusive extract for you. THE OLD-BUT-NOT-DEAD ...
When I begin writing a novel, I find it easier to kick-start my creative juices by writing by hand. It’s a case of the pen is mightier than the Qwerty ...
I enjoy the challenge of writing from a different point of view. One of my books is about my wife’s ancestor Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, who was imprisoned for ...
So you want to give up the day job and become a full-time writer? Just enjoying the act of writing isn't enough. It requires organisation and dedication. Take a look ...
I Grew Up in A Normal Place - Everyone was happy all the time, and if they weren’t there would be consequences. If anyone ever vanished there was always a ...
