Tall orders and school dinners
Journalism is a fantastic job – but unless you’re Emily Maitlis or Natasha Kaplinsky the one thing it isn’t is glamorous. One minute you’re reporting a grim murder trial at the Old Bailey, the next...
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“Where d’you wanna get to?” asked a woman as I puzzled over my subway map. It was my first ever trip to New York and I couldn’t figure out how to get from my hotel to Madison Avenue. In London...
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If the arguments were anything to go by, finding a holiday that suited both my 18 year old fashionista daughter and my bike-mad 16 year old son seemed impossible. She craved sunshine, art galleries and...
View ArticleJeffery Deaver and the art of the crime novel
I’ve admitted it before and I’ll admit it again. I’m ridiculously squeamish and recoil from reading anything gory. But after reviewing books by writers like Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride...
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