Every Saturday the House With No Name blog features a round-up of the week’s highlights. The picture above shows the gorgeous Christmas ...

I’m a huge fan of India Knight. She’s wise, fun and talks more sense in her Sunday Times column than most other journalists put together. I...

Few people, if any, have a good word to say about journalists these days. As the Leveson inquiry reveals shocking new details about decepti...

I’m busy reviewing a batch of children’s books and can’t get over the fantastic array of titles. So far I’ve whizzed through a novel for te...

During my short-lived teaching career I was taken aback by my students' poor grasp of basic grammar. Many of them avoided capital letter...

A dynamic writer friend called Emily Carlisle is one of the organisers of a brand new literary event due to launch next year. The Chipping ...