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              The 2014 World Cup kicks off on June 12 when hosts Brazil play Croatia. It’s a month of…

Bloody foreigners … coming over here with their brilliantly-written books and educating and entertaining our children.  What are they like? Coming here and forcing their…

I’ve been reading a book on my mobile phone. Even just writing that sentence jars with me. It’s not right, is it? I’ve accepted that…

Teachers are great. I might be slightly biased here, given that both my parents were teachers, but I still think they do an invaluable, but…

I've been invited by one of my writer friends, Helen MacKinven, to take part in a series of blog posts where writers nominate others to answer four…

Hands up who can remember the good old days of corporal punishment in Scottish schools? If you’re sitting reading this with your arm in the…

                  A happy Saint Patrick’s Day to one and all on March 17, and for this week’s…

I was recently on holiday in Lanzarote. Have I mentioned that already? Sorry, but it was a wonderful break. One of the books I read…

I’m just back from a week’s holiday in Lanzarote, having felt the need for some warm weather training ahead of writing my next novel. Well, if it’s…

I know there are two camps of readers – those who will always finish a book, regardless of the level of enjoyment and those who,…