Shine on

...yet no matter how far you travel, some things never change, remembers Caro Giles

EVERYONE seems to have a favourite season, don’t they? My sister, for example, has always loved winter. She says there’s nothing to beat a cold, clear day when the ground is hard and sparkling with fr

Although it was lovely to have nice weather and sunshine on an almost regular basis again, Liz knew that not everyone loved summer the way she did. For her grown-up daughter, Megan, it simply represen

Fire up the Kindle or hit the airport bookshop for one of these poolside scorchers

I WAS only five when Elaine first came into my life. She was tall and dark skinned, with a perfume that smelled of roses and big necklaces in bright colours that bounced as she laughed. Whenever my da

Single, in her late 40s and without children, author Glynnis MacNicol found herself craving touch, companionship and joy. So she set off to Paris to seek out indulgence and downright debauchery