Celebrity Interviews

12 November 2020

Seven signs you need therapy by Karin Blak, author of The Essential Companion to Talking Therapy

Everyone can feel down or anxious, even panicky or scared, these are all normal emotions. Most of the time we have coping strategies to guide us through our experiences. Generally, ...

12 November 2020

A good day to remember your roots by Jacqueline Winspear

When “self-help” became a trend over thirty years ago, it seemed that every latter-day guru was telling us to “live in the moment.” We were instructed to put the past ...

12 November 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Val Wood

In March at the beginning of the Covid 19 crisis I had been sitting at my computer for hours, clacking away on the keyboard in an attempt to reach the ...

12 November 2020

Author Stephen Clarke discusses his new book The Spy Who Inspired Me

As a child, I always went along to see the new Bond film. Later, as a teenager, it was more about seeing the new Bond girl. She was sold to ...

Ian Fleming James Bond Sir Roger Moore

12 November 2020

Writing about Christmas in lockdown by Rachel Wells

If the first lockdown wasn’t strange enough, it was definitely more so as I had a Christmas book to work on. Back in March, faced with the shutdown of schools, ...

Christmas

12 November 2020

General Practice then and now by Michael Dixon

General Practice has changed massively over the past forty or so years when it comes to its effectiveness and patient experience. A report from the World Health Organisation has shown ...

12 November 2020

My lockdown experience by author Anna Jefferson

For so many of us lockdown meant a juggle of working, home-schooling, and trying to keep our sanity. Novelist Anna Jefferson explains how she found salvation in the chilly welcome ...

12 November 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Sue Moorcroft

My husband’s retirement coincided with lockdown. Instead of being elsewhere every weekday he converted the garage into a workshop and built a shed. With the gym closed it seemed the ...

Christmas

10 November 2020

Viking women – No shrinking violets by Christina Courtenay

When we think about gender roles in the past, we mostly recall how women had very few rights and were virtually the chattels of their male relatives or spouses. They ...

10 November 2020

Under pressure: Writing during a pandemic by CJ Daugherty

I don’t know about you, but I had big plans for 2020. I was going to write two books, spend a week at a Jamaican holiday resort, lose 10 kilos. ...

10 November 2020

Five common mistakes when blending your family and how to prevent them

I became a stepmum to three children and not having any children of my own, it was a super swift learning curve! Throw in the mix, I trained and qualified ...

9 November 2020

The importance of family carers for those suffering with mental health by Jane Lawrence

Working for many years in mental health services I talked to countless people going through all kinds of devastating experiences. Their lives had been derailed by the more severe and ...

Mental Health

8 November 2020

So what is numerology exactly? by Denise Martinez Rossini

Numerology is said to have been discovered by Pythagoras, the Greek mystic and mathematician, although there are different forms of it dating back to old civilisations such as Babylon and ...

Numerology

8 November 2020

Sophie McCartney (AKA Tired and Tested) discusses her addictive web series and new Funny Women Award

Sophie McCartney (AKA Tired and Tested) has scooped the prestigious Funny Women Award for Best Web Series 2020 as voted for by the general public. Sophie is keen to use her ...

Facebook

6 November 2020

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Beverley Harvey

I’m a serial house mover. Since I met my partner in 2006, we’ve bought and sold seven properties between us. That’s a lot of stamp duty! We currently live in ...

6 November 2020

Author Agatha Zaza shares how she spent lockdown to celebrate her new book The Pretenders

It seems as if we’ve been in lockdowns of various types for most of the year. As I write this, New Zealand is at alert level one, which means life ...

Easter

Baskets: Projects, techniques and inspirational designs for your home

5 November 2020

3 November 2020

10 Lessons we can learn from dogs by Dr Margit Gabriele Muller

Dogs are often said to be our best friends and trusted companions but what lessons can we learn from them and how do they contribute to our personal improvement and ...