The first Joanna Trollope book I ever read was The Rector’s Wife . I was so captivated by her 90s tale of a vicar’s wife ...

The best news of the week is that the brilliant Marian Keyes has written a new book - and it's out this month. For the past two and a q...

It's not just the weather that's chilly right now. The economic climate is bleak too, and shopkeepers are struggling to make a livin...

Snow is on my mind.  The far north is blanketed in the stuff and there's a cold weather alert for the next couple of days, with temperat...

My serial moving habit is something I’ve written about before . We’ve moved house (take a deep breath here) an embarrassing 12 times in the ...

The queue of expectant customers snaked out of the shop, along the pavement and right round the corner. The occasion was the opening of The ...