“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Brontë The day Judy and I visited the Brontë Parsonage could have come from the pages of Wuthering Heights. The wind was howling. Rain was beating against the windows....

“Time … is only a mode of thought” – Agatha Christie Agatha and Torquay Visiting Agatha Christie’s country home, Greenway, was a sort of pilgrimage for me. I’m a huge fan of the “Queen of Mystery” and her memorable characters, especially the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss...