“hope spreads like butter on hot toast”

IT had been a long, hard drive. Frances had left early, hoping to get away before the rush hour – only to discover that the rush hour started earlier still. She stopped for a break further south than

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

THE clamour of seagulls woke Frances. For a moment, she was disorientated. Not so much in place – she knew this bedroom well – as in time. She had the odd feeling that none of the last 30-odd years ha

TV presenter and author Fern Britton, 67, opens up about sensible eating, returning to This Morning and loneliness

WHEN Ann Blake was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, she never dreamed that her terrifying prognosis would lead to her compiling and publishing a book. In fact, there were times when s

Novelist Amanda Smyth and her partner were aligned on never wanting children, until, at 40, she felt a deep and non-negotiable desire to reverse that decision. She explains how she navigated the path that took her in a new direction