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Every journey begins with the first step, so why are we so impatient to get to the destination, asks Yasmina Floyer

Don’t write what you know; write what you love. Writing my first novel, Lady MacBethad, was like the bursting of a pipe. The words gushed out of me, and the story flew onto the page with a kind of fre

Jen Grange had felt like she was living in the shadows; now she’s a warrior…

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Want more from your next holiday than a dull fly-and-flop? Perhaps you want to get fitter? There couldn’t be a more picture-perfect place to try a group Pilates holiday than Tuscany. Here, you can ind

Am I the only one who finds the word “hiking” intimidating? For me it has always conjured up images of crampons, ice-axes, carabiners and frostbite. So, when I’m invited to join a small group on a hik