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Livi Michael: When Memory Becomes Toxic

7.pm. I’m relaxing by watching TV. At this time in the evening my attention tends…

Kate Spencer on romanticising New York

There is nothing inherently romantic about living in New York City. It’s a place that…

Gareth Worthington: Time and Time, again

Time is perhaps the one thing that unifies us all—our workday, our family moments, our…

Hail the peacekeepers: Putting the mothers centre stage

When I decided to reimagine Romeo and Juliet and set it in a modern-day West…

Tracy Rees on working women in Victorian times

I’ve written five novels set in the Victorian era now – I’m endlessly fascinated by…

Alice Cavanagh on old photographs and the true story that inspired The House That Made Us

I love old photographs. That’s hardly a controversial opinion; I think most people love leafing…

Charlotte Rixon on the inspiration behind The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away was my lockdown project. I turned 40 in lockdown and…

Taleen Voskuni on growing up not quite Armenian enough and not quite American enough

I was ten years old in swim camp being told by a friend that she’d…

Peter May on the genesis for A Winter Grave

I would like to say that the idea for A Winter Grave came to me…

Nancy Barone on A Woman’s Worth

There is an old expression, ‘You are worth your weight’, which had been coined as…

Julie Houston and the real life inspiration behind The Village Vicar

It is thanks to two lovely young women, both under thirty and both now on…

Martin Griffin on micro-ideas and origin stories

Remember that famous tale about Suzanne Collins and the spark of inspiration that led to…