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Last year we went to Mauritius. This will come to no surprise to anyone who has ever had more than a fleeting acquaintance with me, as for six months beforehand […] Read More

Hello! Just wanted to apologise for the brief hiatus – I have been dragging the offspring around various bits of Europe. Blog to follow. But I just wanted to do […] Read More

  I had always assumed that by the time I hit 40 I’d have the whole Put Together thing sorted. I would have a wardrobe of quirky, well-cut pieces in […] Read More

  So, several weeks ago lovely T who lives in Paris said, rashly: “I’ll be in the South of France for the summer. So my apartment will be empty, if […] Read More

So, four days ago I took the decision to cut 70,000 words out of my finished book, and rewrite them. Yup, I’ll say that again. Seventy thousand words. Or, to […] Read More

So, like half the Western World, I have been mildly obsessed by George R R Martin’s A Game Of Thrones, with its politicking, bloodthirsty battles and – ahem – fruitiness. […] Read More

So last week the lovely Daily Telegraph contacted me to ask: would I be interested in going to meet the stunt horses from Spielberg’s new War Horse film? I managed […] Read More

I’ve been mildly obsessed by this article all morning http://www.stylist.co.uk/life/the-best-100-opening-lines-from-books and after scrolling through the readers’ comments realised, to my shame, that I could remember the opening lines of – at […] Read More

… I show them sites like this. I could stare at these images all day. I’m guessing there’s a book behind every one of them. spitalfields orphans Read More