One of the unexpected outcomes of being a literary agent is that it means I am in the privileged position of knowing exactly how tough it is to forge a career with your pen. As a result, it is always

We’re told that being busy and aiming higher than yesterday leads to a more fulfilled life. Maybe so. But, what if all we really needed was to slow down and enjoy the banality of life? MH joins the Dull Men’s Club to find out

GAVIN and I turned to look at each other on the sofa as the television credits rolled. “I know we’ve agreed for a long time that ‘Inspector Bletchley’ is our favourite programme,” I said. “But that wa

An encounter in the hospital waiting room

Slippers have made their way out of the bedroom and into the street, finds Simon Mills–although not without precedent or formalities

CAMILLE gulped down her cup of coffee, snatched up her keys and hurriedly hauled back the living room curtains. It wasn’t like her to oversleep, and of course it had to be this morning, when she had a