While we are all thinking about New Year resolutions, I am reminded of the horror with which I contemplated the hideous prospect of gettin...

Jane Austen born at Steventon Rectory, Hampshire on a freezing December 16th, in 1775, and today is her 243th birthday. She is many peop...

The new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs , is, as you might expect, a feast for the eyes, especially ...

A quick search on Amazon for “amnesia historical romance” produces 221 results. If you cut out the historical and go for “amnesia romance”...

The last book in the Shaws series is out next month, but instead of a straight "buy me," post, I'd prefer to talk about an asp...

As a writer, I need inspiration and I find water is one of the most inspiring elements.   Whether it is looking out...

In Chapter VIII of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice , a militia regiment arrives in Meryton, to the delight of Lydia and Kitty Bennet. ‘T...

Our ancestors were no less given to ways of foretelling the future than we are. Whether you regularly read your star sign in the newspaper...