My most memorable meal

The bestselling author and former UK Children’s Laureate looks back on her low-key elopement to Vermont and a blissfully simple menu served at twilight

Devastating condition means I haven’t had a proper meal for 10 years

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

Enjoying a day at the beach with pals, Tessa had no idea what danger was awaiting her in the water…

IT was one of those conversations on the bus that makes you keen to hear the rest of it. “You know, I really wasn’t in the mood to go,” the woman on the seat in front of me was saying to her companion

So much went unspoken in her past – so much love never expressed