With Christmas less than a month away (eek!), I’m busy writing a newspaper piece about great festive reads for children. One...

My children are both at university now – but out of sight doesn’t mean out of mind. Far from it. The fact that I don’t see the...

I’ve interviewed Professor Tanya Byron several times over the years and she talks more sense about children and teenagers than a...

Liz Jones sparks more controversy than any other journalist I can think of. She’s infuriated virtually the whole of Exmoor w...

Writer Hilary Boyd probably can’t quite believe it. A month ago, her first novel had sold just 3,000 copies – a respectable numb...

Hal Benson smoothed his crumpled charcoal jacket, adjusted the livid pink tie he’d borrowed from a friend and cleared his throat...