Yesterday morning I popped into Oswestry to buy a few things.  I came home chuffed that I managed to purchase almost everything I needed without having to set foot in a supermarket or big chain store.  Yes, it took more time.  Yes, it was slightly more expensive (and...

Last night my husband annihilated my smartphone whilst trying to fix it.  I came home from my bookclub to be greeted with the confession that my phone was no more.  And I am delighted.  Because as a legal content writer, I have to do two things extremely well:...

I have always loved fiction books that provide a social commentary on the values and standards of the time they are set in and illustrate the ways in which these can be rebelled against.  Scarlett O’Hara,  Lizzie Bennet, Jo March, Cora Seaborne; these heroines...

When I was a young sales rep working for LexisNexis, I would spend a lot of time in the waiting rooms of law firms.   As someone who becomes very antsy if I do not have something to read at all times (which is why my favourite app is Flipboard), I would always try and...

Yesterday, I was listening to Radio Four’s, Only Artists, where two artists get together and talk about their work.  This week’s episode featured cellist Steven Isserlis and Irish novelist and playwright Sebastian Barry.  Mr Barry, made a comment which I...

My family and I have been fortunate enough to spend the past six weeks in Dijon, France.  Spending a summer exploring the hidden nooks of an almost untouched old town, mercifully spared any damage in both World Wars, and travelling through gorgeous Burgundy has been...