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There were no rich Christmas Cakes or puddings in the shops during wartime… These are authentic recipes from Christmas 1942 courtesy of Women’s Weekly.

Christmas is a whole different ballgame as an adult, and a parent, to how it used to be when I was the one excitedly waiting for Father Christmas to visit.

You could smell the scent of Christmas of the air as you exited the car. Roast lamb, pork, turkey, roast veggies, Christmas pudding and the all time favourite, Nanna’s apple pie.

Oprah, my mom’s piano, and Christmas Once Again… I was halfway out the door when the telephone rang. Who could be calling me this early in the morning? 

It was December 21st, the last day of term. The hard bite of the air and the hunched backs against the cold foreshadowed Christmas…

I can’t remember where I first saw these six-pointed snowflakes being made but it was one of those Christmas crafting programmes on TV (which I LOVE!).

Christmas brings back so many memories for me. One of the happiest ones from my childhood is a skiing holiday in Austria…

One of the very many great things about living in Derry, in the North West of Nothern Ireland, is our proximity to one of the most scenic places in the world – County Donegal.

As an author, I’m often asked how a book comes to be written. Readers are keen to know what seed sparked the idea. When I started, did I know how it would end?