The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think.

To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.

Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.