“i had a midlife crisis and wrote my f irst play now it’s been optioned by a production company.”

Last year, I was standing in the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square, surrounded by start-up founders young enough to be my children. We were waiting for the winners of the London StartUp Awards to be anno

Mythical country: the fantasy writer tells us about her new novel

Are you sure, love? Why not go on a nice holiday with a friend instead?” “Honestly, Mum,” Lucy said, a touch impatiently. “I’m thirty, not a teenager! I want to travel, be on my own for a while. Since

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Melanie Blake is being hailed as the new “queen of the bonkbuster” – and she couldn’t be more delighted at the accolade, particularly as it originally belonged to one of her idols, the late great Jill

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him