For any lover of wildlife, or in my case particularly big cats, given half the chance who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to go exploring jungles, swamps, rain forests and ...
Rosie Day is the star of new black and white movie Butterfly Kisses, which delves deep into the controversial and political subject of paedophilia. Turning the traditional coming of age ...
There are plenty of ways hotels can improve guest experience, without a complete hotel refurbishment. Daniel Tabbush, author of hotelier guide 1500 Hotel Nights details the top 10 things that ...
I’ve always liked detective thrillers and the opportunity came up to have a go at writing them myself. I like pace and quirkiness, so I am keen to write in ...
The Little Theatre by the Sea by Rosanna Ley is out on 9th March (Quercus, £20.99) Discover Rosanna’s other bestselling novels at http://www.rosannaley.com/ ...
We often think and are told that random acts of kindness are for others only. BUT, what would life be like if we adopted this for ourselves too? Our subconscious ...
Sheryl Browne brings you edgy, sexy contemporary fiction and psychological thrillers. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Romantic Novelists’ Association and awarded a Red Ribbon by The Wishing Shelf ...
In The Founder, Laura Dern stars as Ethel Kroc, the wife of Ray Kroc – a traveling salesman from Illinois who transformed a successful restaurant run by brothers Mac and ...
Angela Burdett Coutts was described by King Edward VII as ‘the most remarkable woman in the kingdom’, summing up the feelings of the entire country at her funeral in January ...
I’ve never been good at book dedications. I’m not sure what it is about them, but I find them incredibly intimidating. How do you thank hundreds, sometimes thousands of people ...
We live nine miles from the nearest secondary school. That's an eighteen mile daily round trip with no buses or trains. That's ninety-five miles a week. This is just one ...
There are many traditions that govern weddings in Africa. In Africa weddings are social because they involve the combining of two families; not only two families but two communities as ...
I was the product of his second marriage in his sixties to my mother, who was almost thirty years his junior. She was younger than her step-son (my half-brother) which ...
I find I’m usually most creative in the mornings, so that’s when I always aim to start writing. I try to avoid the distraction of emails, social media and so ...
I love history. Especially women’s history. I love finding out all those stories behind all those facts we were taught at school. History can be unbelievably exciting, and then there ...
São Paulo – what a city: rich in culture, dripping with cash, undermined by political corruption, marked by a rich/poor disparity which fuels desperation and a life-is-cheap criminal ethos. The ...
About the author: Sam Taylor-Pye grew up on the border between Washington state and British Columbia, Canada and currently lives in Ashford, Kent in the UK. She received her BA from ...
I was sitting by the pool of The Foreigners’ Club in Jakarta reading a novel. The waiter, an elderly man dressed in black trousers and white shirt, arrived silently at ...
The “Deadly Intent” series is set in and around my hometown of Bisbee, Arizona, which just happens to be the #1 Best Historic Small Town on the USA Today’s 10 ...
Author and journalist Carol Lee spent many years helping her god-daughter, Emma, in her battle with anorexia and bulimia. Myth: The person suffering from it is fragile and needs treating ...
For those who may be new to your music, how best would you describe your sound? Tucker: Just a couple of guys trying to do weird shit without anybody noticing ...