Claudia Savage-Gore ponders the pros and cons of stalking

The thumping that had been going on overhead all morning suddenly stopped. Clara paused, red pen hovering over one of her pupil’s dogeared exercise books. A strand of brown hair fell across her sea-gr

My daughter’s having to start thinking about what she wants to study at university. Aside from the fact that I can’t believe I’m old enough to have a daughter that’s almost an adult, it’s naturally pr

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

‘Is this your random fact of the day?’ I laughed, his excitement making me smile. ‘I’ve been reading about the hottest chilli pepper in the world,’ he grinned, then proceeded to tell me all about it.

It might have happened 10,000 miles away, but Australia’s ban on social media for under-16s has sparked new conversations in the UK about how we can better protect children from the harms of the inter