I don’t even want to imagine a childhood without The Cat in the Hat or Yertle the Turtle . I can still recite the first ten pages of The Sl...

Some years ago, I was lucky enough to spend a few days immersed in an old book at the British Library. This one was called THE Amorous Ga...

Some measure their lives in teaspoons, but I measure mine in cat litter. My cats perform their piccoli bisogni in an air-conditioned sta...

   Title page to Emily M. Madddon's sketchbook containing numerous pencil and ink drawings concerning the adventures of Mouton t...

I’ve written before about the Natural History Museum in Venice , quite recently reopened after decades of restoration. I’ve recorded how, ...

Sometimes, as a vegetarian, it's distressing to wander around Venice. There’s a great deal of carnivorous behaviour going on. I write...