Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper – Published by Penguin, Fig Tree I bet you’ve never read a book set in Saskatchewan! Etta and Otto and Russell live there...
Sallie Eden meets playwright, author, producer and real tennis player, Simon Brett This month I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to cross examine one of my all-time favourite writers, Simon Brett, author...
Everything Is Fine… Until It Goes Wrong The news that the large car carrier Hoegh Osaka which was beached in Southampton Water was coming to Falmouth for repair set me thinking of...
Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case by James Ward – Published by Profile Books, Sep 2014 In times of crisis, some people turn to drugs or maybe a gin and tonic....
I had to laugh when I picked up last month’s article. I said something about watering in your herbaceous plants. The heavens obviously read the article and did it for you. Oh...
This time twenty years ago Pressures of Life was founded. As I sat on my green carpet in my sitting room in Oxfordshire the ethos and following principles behind the company were...
F.A.O. Miss Mary M. Moss, 10th January 1907 I recently likened the personal notes by photographer Edward Bragg to proverbial needles in haystacks. Well, here we are at the end of February...
One of the many features that marks the Roseland as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is its Cornish hedges. They criss-cross the landscape, forming field borders, boundaries, and tunnels over our...
Winter Sleep Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal, with whom he has...