Two hundred years ago Jane Austen left her house in Chawton for Winchester for medical treatment, where she died in July 1817.
This is the house where Jane Austen lived from 1809 to 1817. Here, she revised her earlier novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and saw them published. She wrote Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion and began her last and uncompleted novel, Sanditon. Continue reading Jane Austen’s House Museum
Evelyn Dunbar was the only salaried female World War II artist, yet the importance of her work is continually being reassessed and belatedly recognised. Continue reading Evelyn Dunbar at The Watts Gallery
Every year while watching Wimbledon tennis I think about how it must feel to be an athlete. Continue reading Sports Psychology Could Benefit All of Us
I had a spare 10 minutes in Guildford the other day.
So I headed straight for Guildford Castle.
The RHS Hampton Court Flower show is always wonderful. My camera and I always really look forward to visiting.
The show gardens and the floral marquees are something truly special to behold.
Continue reading RHS Hampton Court Flower Show Press Day 2017
‘In a way it’s easier to do a short thing, all in one flight that a novel. Novels are frightfully clumsy and overpowering of course; still if one could only get hold of them it would be superb. I daresay one ought to invent a completely new form.’ Virginia Woolf. Continue reading Two Stories: Virginia Woolf and Mark Haddon
I have written a piece for the Spectator Health pages on Scoliosis for Scoliosis Awareness Day 2017. Click here to read it.
I’m thrilled that it’s the second most popular story on the site!
Somehow I am always drawn to visiting Wimbledon.
It must be the time of year… With tennis firmly in my mind. Continue reading Wimbledon Village
Something we’ll all be needing this week. Deodorant! Here are my favourites, mainly natural, one in between and one you’ll all know and love. Continue reading The Best Deodorants
You know summer has arrived when your mind wanders, unprompted, to thoughts of iced coffee. Luckily you won’t need to travel further than your kitchen for the ultimate choice in chilled, caffeinated beverages.
