Darnell Moore grew up in Camden, New Jersey, a place where neighbours often felt like family. There were cheerleading squads, sports teams and regular dance parties at his grandparents’ house.
“I smil...
Lois Scott was determined to give her six children a good education.
The problem was she and her husband Leslie couldn’t afford the private school they had in mind. Undaunted, she offered to clean it....
Some photographers dread shooting demanding people, but Alistair Morrison relishes the challenge.
He has spent 40 years shooting celebrities and has captured everyone from Dame Judi Dench to Bruce Spr...
George Jones opened the door for Jane Masojada at Elbow Beach Hotel.
John Woods stood in front of her as she watched a horse race in Devonshire.
She asked if she could paint them.
“He was just such a ...
With an open house sign at the gate, visitors often pop in at Chatmore’s new location unannounced.
It is not unusual for them to find students tending the garden or lounging on beanbags in the midst ...
Sheilagh Head’s studio is chaotic. Mixed in with paint tubes and canvases are bits and pieces the artist has brought home for inspiration — leaves, bits of glass.
“I’m bursting at the seams,” said the...
Like anything, writing fiction has its challenges.
One of them, according to Liz Jones, is finding a way “into the minds of characters who are not you”.
It’s what she did with A Dark Iris.
The novel w...
It took a while for Chris Blandford to understand the significance of Stonehenge.
Granted, he was 8. Scrambling over the stones and going for an ice cream were more his speed.
A lot has changed.
At 7...
For years, Joyce Smith was terrified of speaking to anyone who wasn’t a family member or close friend.
She didn’t want them to hear her stammer.
“In school the children would laugh at me,” said the 73...
Whether at a party or the grocery store, people have no hesitation in sharing their most intimate problems with Charles Dyer.
Urinary tract infections, incontinence, prostate trouble — the questions a...
