Anna Bonet

It is 3.30pm on a Monday in December and there is some confusion between Josh Widdicombe and his wife over who is doing the school pick-up. The comedian and father of two has spent the past hour sitting opposite me in a café in Exeter, nursing a pot of En... See more

Do you have your life together? Is your home tidy and clutter-free; your diary neatly colour-coded; your to-do list full of satisfying ticks? If these questions feel a little like a personal attack, and your reality is far closer to balls dropping left, r... See more

Children’s books are often treated as something we grow out of, but many of the best were never really meant to be left behind. Written for young readers, they carry the confidence, clarity and narrative drive that adult fiction can sometimes forget. Revi... See more

For a year in which the barrage of headlines around fading reading habits had us fervently discussing the place of books in modern society, I can’t help but feel the books themselves told a very different story. I can’t remember a year where so many relea... See more

If there’s one universal truth about the Christmas season, it is that between work, shopping, family, cooking and the general chaos of life, keeping on top of cleaning and tidying can be near-impossible – which is unfortunate given that it is also the tim... See more