An Aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.

People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing.

I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.

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.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

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