We're now 10 series deep into The Real Housewives of Cheshire, and the chaotic drama shows no sign of slowing down. With the big finale airing tonight (November 11th, 2019) on ...
I think the one thing I have learned as the years advance is how it’s the small things that bring light into my life; those little pockets of joy that ...
My festive essentials… The Christmas haircut. Once I’m installed in the salon, wine glass in hand, having my grey obliterated by a generous dosage of chemical blonde - that’s when ...
We live longer than ever before. These tips will help you enjoy your additional ‘wisdom years’ by reframing your mindset so that you live life according to your functional age, ...
Author David E. Dresner shares with Female First why his experiences of teaching teenagers inspired him to create an empowering fiction for young adult readers. In my book series, ‘The ...
I was once bitten by a wild Hawaiian sea turtle. I watched it coming towards me, slowly eating the grass on the top of the water as it went. I didn’t ...
Finishing Christmas shopping by mid-December. Ha, if only! I’m that panicky person who runs from shop to shop on Christmas Eve, desperately searching for a dad-suitable present. Why are men ...
Yoga teacher and author, Nikki Lynds-Xavier shares the different ways that yoga can help improve your life: Yoga has had a dramatic effect on my life, life changing in fact. ...
I used to work in crisis management for the Government. Part of this involved thinking about the most likely worst thing that could happen during the Olympic and Paralympic Games ...
It’s not surprising that I became a crime writer. After all, crime has always played a part in my work life. I’ve worked as a university adviser for prisoners who ...
That seems way too young to be reading kissing books—but preteens are hormone central, and anyway, it wasn’t the kissing that drew me. Before romance, I read YA fantasy, and ...
- Christmas isn’t a day for me, it’s a season – and it starts the first weekend of December, with Christmas Tree Saturday. As a family, we head out to ...
A reclusive widow accused of witchcraft. A transcendentalist preacher haunted by his past. A killer who draws their inspiration from the morbid works of Edgar Allan Poe. When I sat ...
Let’s talk research. It sounds dull, doesn’t it? Dull, drab and dusty. Trawling through a never-ending pile of books and documents, trekking up to London to scour the hallowed shelves ...
I believe that a happy and successful life is not solely dependent on one’s academic ability. Character and moral development are just as fundamental, if not more, to an individual’s ...
I was doing my utmost to see a ghost. I'd booked a weekend at an ancient inn over Hallowe'een in a remote, reputedly haunted hamlet in deepest Suffolk. A suitably ...
For me, Christmas kicks off in earnest when we head to Cannock Chase to collect a real tree from the Forestry Commission. There’s nothing wrong with an artificial one, of ...
I make a rich all-butter dark fruit cake well in advance, soaking the fruit and peel for at least three days in dark rum. I usually bake at least one ...
I’m an eavesdropper. I love stories, and I’m always covertly on the lookout for inspiration! Sad, beautiful, charged moments that seem too real to be true, that random instance that ...
Beverley Bowry has two main passions, her family and composing compelling stories. Charlie Palmer Says is her debut novel. Here she shares her top tips for writing for children. As ...
When I was living in London many years ago, some friends and I drove out late one October night to shoot a dance film at Glastonbury Tor. We were making ...
Putting up the Christmas tree. Putting up the Christmas tree is the start of Christmas for me. I have fond memories of decorating the Christmas tree with my brothers when ...
