mrs miniver's daughter

I have been wedged in a corner of the sofa for most of today with Thomas Cromwell and Wolf Hall, on a subsistence diet of ham sandwiches an...

It was a good weekend. The sun was blazing and my face got brown. I picked marigolds and honesty for a sizzling purple and orange posy. And ...

Would you read someone else's diary if you came upon it by accident? Hmm ... not sure I believe you! There's something about a secre...

It has been the first day of summer. I walked from Borough Market, past the Globe Theatre, listening to wavelets lapping in the river, and ...

There should have been a warning on the book-jacket. Beware: this book may damage your income and your professional reputation. Because it i...

It would be lovely to sit down to pancakes for Sunday breakfast. If somebody else made them. But when you make your own pancakes, you always...

Some weeks ago I wrote about Ham House , such a chill and gloomy place. And now, thanks to Jarvis Cocker, you can listen to the tread of gh...