Danny Bernardi is the author of Under the Rotunda a novel set in the UKs second city, Birmingham. Here he describes the trials and tribulations of trying to persuade his editor that Birmingham would prove a good backdrop for the book.
The Rotunda is the iconic building which dominates the city's...
In the United Kingdom The Children’s Society is to set up an independent inquiry to look at all aspects of childhood amid growing concerns over the health and quality of childrens’ lives. Complex family structures and an overwhelming number of exams and assessments means our kids are filling their f...
A friend´s recently divorced mother introduced me to the novelist, Naguib Mahfouz. She´d just returned from a Shirley Valentine style sojourn to Egypt where she´d fallen for a waiter on a Nile cruise ship. I owe this Arab Lothario a debt because he kindly gifted his newly acquired ...