The crown jewels

Y ou’ve done what?’ Mel threw her bag ...

TENDERLY, Violet touched her frail mother’s cheek. Ruby gazed wide-eyed at her daughter. Eventually, shocked and disbelieving, she spoke, her voice a feeble whisper. “Violet, I’m begging you. Don’t go

Ruby had high hopes for their relationship – but were they worlds apart?

KAY wiped her clay-spattered hands, and thrust them into the pockets of her pottery dungarees as she looked around the class. She was pleased with her first effort, a four-inch coil pot. Perfect for c

I’LL buy you another one.” Bill patted Emily’s back as she cried inconsolably. “But it was so stupid of me,” she told him. “Why didn’t I take it off?” She’d been working in the garden for four hours i

Sally’s dad didn’t come back from the war – but she never gave up hope