My children love Edith Nesbit’s books. I love them too! I remember reading them when I was younger, and now my children listen to them in th...

“Where do you get your ideas from?” It’s a question I get asked all the time – and I’m sure all authors do. And every time I get asked my mi...

Remember that time when we…? We often share precious memories, don’t we? We love to look back on times, people and places which are special ...

The first holidays were religious festivals or holy days, which is of course where the word ‘holiday’ comes from.  In Britain, these were tr...

For National Technology day, I thought I would give you all an insight into the life of Forth Bridge Engineer William Arrol, one of the most...

  The high street was another matter: now that the day was underway it was a crawling, heaving, swelling mass of life. Horse-drawn omnibus c...

  What a can-do bunch the Victorians were! I decided to return to the Victorian age in my latest book Rivet Boy for a whole lot of reaso...

One of the things I used to associate with those quiet days after Christmas was having to write thank you letters. Before computers and smar...