Isabel allende

When I was 16, my life was a strange mixture. I’d just lost my dad [Double Formula One world champion Graham Hill], but at the same time I could get a moped. So everything was opening up for me, but o

I left school at 15 and my outlook on life was the same as it is now. I was always a hopeful child if not always a happy one. I was outgoing, sociable, funny, and I was accepted by my peers. All I was

A Ukrainian PoW’s story Dmytro Chorny had been ...

When journalist and author Hunter Davies lost his wife of more than 50 years, the novelist Margaret Forster, he began writing to her instead

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer. But like many daughters of immigrant parents, I followed the safer path. I became a management consultant. I wore suits, talked strategy, and bu

The TV presenter and novelist, who turns 68 this month, on weight loss, her unusual way with words, and why she has fallen in love with going to church