Research for a historical novel can take you to some interesting places, no doubt about that, and it also gives you a chance to...

‘Tommy’ really existed, although no-one knows his face. In 1843 the Duke of Wellington was asked for a 'typical' soldier's name...

To Paris to do author presentations. Certainly different from trogging to Tottenham or visiting Vatersay. Invited by Superwoman Librar...

I seem to be spending my time visiting writers' houses, but what else do you do on a rainy day in the Lake District? I'd never visit...

  Today I am living in hope. The men are installing our new central heating boiler. The old one finally died more than a month ago, an...

I recently went to an exhibition at the museum in Wells in Somerset, near where I live. None of you are likely to be passing by Wells in the...

by Marie-Louise Jensen I'm taking a break this month and next from writing about my own research, to write instead about a couple of m...