One day while working as a plainclothes police officer, my team and I chased a drug dealer who threw his stash into the sea. The tide was going out and ...
I was born in America but grew up in Canada. I was young when we moved, which meant lots of failed spelling tests (color vs. colour, check vs. cheque). Perhaps ...
I USED TO BE OBSESSED WITH BBC WAR CORRESPONDENT KATE ADIE I grew up watching her reporting from battle zones and was amazed at how she could remain so calm ...
This will take some filtering as I write. Not only because every day is so different in my life, but also because I seriously fit that much into my day, ...
Up to the age of twenty-one, the only literature I was interested in was ‘The Classics’. I avidly read the great novelists: George Eliot, DH Lawrence, Thomas Hardy. Crime fiction? ...
When I think about the time I spent writing and revising the stories in Back Talk, I think less of the years they consumed—15 or so, from first draft to ...
‘Be childlike and feminine at all times’. This was one piece of advice given to women in fifties Britain. At first glance it was a dull decade, squished between the ...
I’ve spent my life travelling around the world, working as a British diplomat. In my novels, I only write about the countries I’ve lived in. I hope my experience ...
I wrote my first ‘novel’ at 8. It consisted of handwritten pieces of paper stapled together into a book. It was a story about a deer fawn in the highlands ...
With the release of the new movie, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, based on the bestselling book, we’ve decided to check out ten additional novels set on ...
I’m a TV presenter and writer now, but I originally trained as a zoologist. I have a zoology degree from Trinity College, Dublin and my first job was collating data ...
How do you begin to divine the specific nature of ingredients when you’re shopping, since you can’t usually taste them? (Though, of course, if they’re offering, sample away!) Bring all ...
This week, Netflix will play host to brand new series Safe, starring the brilliant Amy-Leigh Hickman alongside the likes of Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington, Freddie Thorp, Amy James-Kelly, Hero ...
I’m a wandering spirit. I walked 5,500 miles across three continents – London to Moscow, Melbourne to Sydney and LA to New York. I stayed with families, new friends, in ...
I spent all my childhood summers in Wiltshire where my mum and dad had a tiny cottage, with no bathroom, no telephone and no TV. It was memories of those ...
With over 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, a million Facebook followers and over 2.6 million loyal fans on Instagram, 19-year-old HRVY looks set for super stardom. Building his profile online since ...
Following the release of her debut novel, Joy Pearson shares the top 10 things that her readers should know about her: As an imaginative observant child, my confidence to write ...
I know how these things are supposed to go. I’m supposed to make you madly jealous of my life and ways by stating that I spring out of bed, refreshed ...
A recent survey released by Dr. Oetker, the nation’s favourite baking brand, proves that baking can lift the spirits. Two thirds (67%) of Britain’s amateur bakers agree it improves their ...
Profession - Novelist. 'That Deplorable Boy', the second novel in my trilogy about a gay love affair in late 19th century Paris, has just come out. I'm now working on ...
At the top of the list is always Marie Curie. She discovered radium and polonium. She is the only woman thus far to be awarded two Nobel Prizes. Another on ...
Having a balanced body and mind requires a lifestyle change for most people. Here are 4 ways to help you achieve balance within your life. Breathing correctly is the most ...
