What is Cinquain poetry?

The news networks clamour for the latest updates regarding the ridiculous saga that has become known as 'Balloon Boy' (which for those that have somehow missed it, is not the latest comic book superhero movie about to be released), with...

On a recent vacation, a copy of the popular best seller, 'The Da Vinci Code' was left in our chalet along with a small selection of other books. I'm not sure if they were left by previous holidaymakers who had finished them and decided to...

I have seen a lot of books and articles that have been written about grief and many of them use a phrase I am a little uncomfortable with, 'living through grief'. Now, I totally appreciate the message being conveyed but the word through'...

Most writers (not all) love to know that their work is being read and appreciated. This is a perfectly normal desire, not just for writers but for all humanity. To see something we have written, built, taught, healed, fixed, discovered...

When should you avoid cheap furniture?

The diagnosis of anxiety related illness has exploded in the last couple of decades. Has life suddenly become more difficult or is it only now that the symptoms of these often invisible ailments are being officially recognised as serious? In...

Can it really rain frogs? I mean in the actual 'real, live, breathing, croaking frogs falling from the sky' sense? Well, yes I believe it can and not just because there is scientific speculation and a number of websites (give it a Google)...

Relationships are the bread and butter of life itself, so where better to start than our A to Z's? Often self explanatory, this guide runs through some crucial words that should be essential ingredients in any romantic relationship. There are...