My current series of historical novels is set in the middle of the 14th century, a period (in)famous for its devastating plague. The events...

The season of excess in food and drink is still strong in our memories, as are thoughts of ensuing digestive difficulties.  (If you type ...

I’ve recently been given the beautiful Folio Society edition of William Langland’s Piers Plowman , which has set me thinking again about th...

Revering gods in a Chinese Joss House I have just been reading the wonderful novel ‘The Good Earth’ by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931...