I was recently asked – as I’m often asked in interviews - how and why I began fostering, and why I continue to do so despite all the frustrations and ...
I have a PhD in psychology and worked as a research scientist for several years. What fascinates and inspires me is the common ground between art and science: both are ...
I was born and raised in Chilvers Coton, an area that frequently pops up in my books, probably because I know it so well. I love researching the areas where ...
I proposed to my husband on Leap Day 1996. He was with the British Army as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Bosnia at the time, and managed ...
Across the UK there are more than 725,000 people with eating disorders. I was one of the numbers that made up this stat, living with anorexia in a mental health ...
Taylor Edison has written this piece based on her own experiences of living with Asperger’s and shares her story in her new book I Know What You Are- she writes; ...
I worked for the Education Board in Shizuoka Province south of Tokyo. I taught English in junior high and elementary schools. I couldn’t speak any Japanese when I went- and ...
Between 1989 -1994 I took my annual holidays by travelling around Brazil in public buses. Ostensibly I was investigating Cordels, street ballads composed and performed by folk artists. But I ...
Milton re-creates the Bible account of Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit. God gives them free will to choose how to behave and the power of reason ...
I love conversation. There is a real pleasure in chatting to someone and seeing a spark of interest in their eyes when a topic of mutual interest materialises. For example, ...
“Men and women can't be friends. So where does it leave us?” - When Harry Met Sally I didn’t believe Harry when he said this. I still don’t, and I’m ...
When you spend your childhood hiding in notebooks and creating worlds of your own, you inevitably hear some version of the question, "What are you writing?" If you were anything ...
For those who may be new to your music, how best would you describe your sound? Hmmm. It's tough to pin it down. I'd say my new material is darkwave ...
I’m obsessed with exploring, most notably in the form of travel. Japan is the place I most want to go, since a previous trip had to be aborted when an ...
Writing a book is a wonderful, yet often lonely business, especially when writing a book about togetherness and the power of camaraderie, like The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir. After spending days ...
Though they’re already a group with a reputation for hugely entertaining and engaging live shows, Brighton-based Army Of Bones admit that the hardest part of their career within the music ...
Few have the privileges I was brought up with: a famous father, a nanny, public school, travel, a childhood spent in different countries. It’s certainly true, though, that wealth and ...
P59 – “The underside of the roof is swathed in a cotton canopy. (There is a timber roof above.) A storage area to the far end is created with a stud ...
“I knew that everybody would go insane when they saw this killer cast,” admits Michelle Visage, talking of course about the slew of incredible Drag Queens that have been announced ...
Unless you’re based in a big city it’s likely that your lunchtime choices are fairly limited. Research shows that many of us are eating the same things most days. We ...
Trevor Dennis’s brand new book The Gospel Beyond the Gospels is out on Thursday 16th February. Pre-order it here today: http://www.eden.co.uk/shop/the-gospel-beyond-the-gospels-4435480.html ...
