“Hello, I’ve never met you before, so it really is a pleasure. I hope the feeling is mutual.” So begins my grandmother’s ...

Many people organise their lives with online shared calendars and apps but, for me, there's something really helpful about actually writing things down. It helps me to keep a track of where I need to ...

At the end of every year my mother had a little ritual. She would say, “Well it looks like I survived another year. So can you buy me a diary for next year?” As she got more housebound with age, she ...