'Visitación is a splendid old house. Six bedrooms, a library and a superb view of the saints around the dome of Jerez Cathedral.'

Seeking some respite from the hot summers of Jerez, we concluded that a cottage in Northern Spain would be a useful bolt hole. We were...

When I was a child I liked to mooch through the drawers and cabinets of our fitted kitchen finding all manner of forgotten things....

Making a garden from a heap of rubble!

As editor of www.memoirist.org I occasionally write the weekly post. This week's piece recalls a bucket list style trip I embarked on...

Remembering this day nearly ten years ago with me in absurd sunglasses like a glamorous reporter. The situation wasn't glamorous and...