Lavender marriages in the Hollywood Golden Age

Lavender marriages in the Hollywood Golden Age

In the 1930s, Cary Grant lived with actor, Randolph Scott. Initially they shared a small home in Beverly Hills and later, they moved to a beachside house in Santa Monica where guests including Noel Coward and Errol Flynn. Grant and Scott lived together, on and off,...
The inspiration behind The Last Mrs Sinclair

The inspiration behind The Last Mrs Sinclair

The idea for The Last Mrs Sinclair came, as novels often do, from a combination of different inspirations. In early 2024, I was reading articles about how some younger women, disillusioned with the promises of feminism, had decided to abandon their careers and their...
The Joys of Gaming: A blog by Kate Hewitt

The Joys of Gaming: A blog by Kate Hewitt

When I started writing Playing for Keeps in Starr’s Fall, I was excited to explore the world of boardgame cafés because I’ve loved going to a few different ones with my children and discovering new games. But what really took me down memory lane was the character of...
The Untold History of Covent Garden

The Untold History of Covent Garden

In the early 17th Century, the mixed orchard, meadow, pasture and arable land referred to as “the Convent Garden” was owned by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of St Peter, Westminster lying between modern-day St Martin’s Lane, Drury Lane, and...