

Downton Abbey: Best binge watching during lockdown?
Mr Carson at Downton Abbey. Credit: Jaap Buitendijk I’ve seen others write about their favourite binge watching during the Covid-19...


Social distancing? Writers are used to it.
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com I couldn’t help but think that writers are probably the one group of people most suited to social...


Social distancing? Writers are used to it.
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com I couldn’t help but think that writers are probably the one group of people most suited to social...


1950s fashion: How Julia and Catherine might have dressed
I wanted to share this little bit of Friday frivolity – these images are from this website selling custom-made frocks – and I thought...


1950s fashion: How Julia and Catherine might have dressed
I wanted to share this little bit of Friday frivolity – these images are from this website selling custom-made frocks – and I thought...
ElizaBeth Adams: her take on Julia’s Story
When I read the first few words of this review back at the end of May, I must admit I was a bit taken aback …. “All I have to say is,...
ElizaBeth Adams: her take on Julia’s Story
When I read the first few words of this review back at the end of May, I must admit I was a bit taken aback …. “All I have to say is,...


In my fiction, some bits are real
As I begin to write my 4th Belleville novel, I was reflecting on my pleasure in having my fictional characters inhabit a world that is...


In my fiction, some bits are real
As I begin to write my 4th Belleville novel, I was reflecting on my pleasure in having my fictional characters inhabit a world that is...


I’m often asked: Is your book based on a real person? My American neuro surgeon was ….
I wonder how many authors get asked this question? Is your book based on a real person? And in fact some great fictional heroes have...