Like all children, our columnist worked herself into a frenzy in the run-up to Christmas day!

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top

MARION looked at the packs of crisps stacked on the supermarket shelf and sighed. No, there was no point in getting the multipack. She and Kenny would never get through that. And it wasn’t as if the H

I’m so glad that you decided to come.’ I took hold of Penny’s arm and ushered her inside. ‘Laura and Judith are in the living room, waiting to carve the jack-o’-lanterns.’ Penny looked less than keen

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THE Misses Frobisher were new to Durham. They had chosen the city as their place of residence for its size. It was a proper city, but not so large that one could not walk from one end to the other eas