There are many advantages to living in the modern age -  dentistry, antibiotics - and, for the record, I’m also delighted to ...

The US edition from St Martin's Press The Paris Winter came out in US on 18th November and as I was wishing it well, it struck me...

My Dad making sure Christmas goes smoothly. I’m glad to say that my family tend to get on very well, particularly at Chris...

Marie Bashkirtseff - In the Studio The Paris Winter is out in paperback this week, so while I’m copy-editing my next book,...

Forgive me, fellow History Girls! It’s going to be a short post from me this month. I’m up in my home town of Darlington cele...

The Hangover  (Portrait of Suzanne Valadon) Henri de Toulouse Lautrec I normally steer clear of using real characters in my fiction....

An early reader of Paris Winter made the mistake this week of asking me if there really were many female artists training in Paris durin...

When I tell people that my new novel is set against the backdrop of the Paris Floods of 1910, I tend to get blank looks. What floods? W...

Paris Café by Ilya Repin One of the many things I love about this blog is the opportunity to offer up bits of research that ha...