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Over my decades-long writing life, I’ve been a reader, judge and (sometimes) an organiser for many novel-writing competitions, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s

Sometimes it’s not what is said that counts, but the unconscious messages and gestures the body gives away

Taking a trip to an old holiday destination can help you chart a new course, says Greta Solomon

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Have you ever been tempted to collect old, or perhaps contemporary, quilts? As with any collectable, rare and desirable examples can cost significant sums of money. However, despite an increase in pop

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