Mining my past…

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

Homework: A Memoir Geoff Dyer (Canongate, £20) ...

Danny’s bench Margaret is my mum. She died ...

Seeing her mum lying lifeless on the floor, Roann tried to reason with her attacker. Then he came at her with a knife…