Her final promise

On September 6, Pippa Middleton Matthews – the sister of the Princess of Wales – turns 42. Not being a big birthday, it’s likely she’ll celebrate with closest family. In some families this would proba

It’s been more than 25 years and yet one memory of my late sister Claire remains embalmed in my mind. It was a month before she jetted off to her backpacking adventure in Australia, in October 1999. C

I’d lost my husband but I knew he was with me every step of the way

shapes who you are

WHEN Dad said that he and Kirsty were having a baby, I was surprised. Mum had always described Kirsty as “a career woman” and, when I asked her what that meant, she said Kirsty was very focused on her

The lamp in my bedroom glows for a heartbreaking reason