Just Carry On Mary, a lively little girl with two wild pigtails always sticking out at odd angles, darted round the wide, sun-filled veranda of the...
A Place in the Kitchen Emma, are you asleep in there or what? Guests are already at the table, you know! My mother-in-laws voice sliced through...
Queen Mum, please, dont get upset. But after New Year, we might run into, well, lets say, some financial problems. Not that well starve or anything....
I stumbled through the dark streets of London, weaving about after more than a few pints at the pub. It didnt matter where Id got tothis...
He immediately recognised his mother Theyd chosen this country house so nothing would be out of place. A residence where every detail was anticipated, polished, controlled:...
The Winter Visitor In the English countryside, darkness falls quickly in winter, especially when the wind howls and the snow sweeps fiercely past the windows. By...
He Cheated Before the Wedding. Simon had never considered himself the suspicious or paranoid sort. A seasoned builder, practical to the core, he trusted figures on...
The Mute Daughter of the Farmer Winter of 1932 in the village of Greenwell End seemed to stretch endlessly. No one counted the days; folk counted...
Dont you dare sing. Your smile isnt right. For a moment, Jane didnt realise the words were meant for her. She was looking down at her...
Mother-in-Laws Rissoles For three and a half years, Oliver and Emily had shared their lives together, but in all that time Emily had only visited her...
For fifteen years, every evening at precisely six oclock, Margaret Shaw placed a steaming dish on the same greenpainted bench...
When MrThomas Avery turned thirty, he was still single, childfree and living in a modest rented cottage on the edge...
I dont love you any longer, Emma, I said firmly, feeling the weight of the words. Ive been turning it...
Two years ago Daniel had everything: a family, a wife, plans for the future, hope Now there is nothing left....
Ill be there for you, Ill help you out, he promised, his voice steady as a Sundaymorning newsreader. I should...
I still remember that Saturday, many years ago, when I, at fortyeight, thought I ought to be a little wiser....
Victor Clarke finds a tiny, shivering puppy lying on the side of the A1 in October. The little dog is...
Alright, show me your countryside charm! my motherinlaw teased, stepping over the threshold of our spacious hall, bathed in the...
Come on, Rusty, shall we grumbled Victor, tightening the makeshift leash hed cobbled together from an old rope. He buttoned...
28October2026 Dear Diary, Lets move in together. Why? How come? Were grownups. And thats exactly why I dont get it...