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Those of us in long term relationships can feel a bit ‘meh’ about Valentine’s Day. All that romantic posturing and expense; we’re just over it. We have to keep love alive on the other 364 days of the year, too. We suspect, in any case, that it isn’t really aimed at us. But on the [...]

I’m delighted to announce that The 52 Seductions is now available in UK mass-market paperback (I know, the last edition looked pretty  much like a paperback too, but this one is a bit smaller and cheaper). If you haven’t already read it, you can download a free sample if you click on the book-cover on [...]

Austerity measures are in place in the B&H household. Budgets have been drawn up. Certain parties (ahem) have vowed to not be quite so profligate with money. There is a distinct whiff of penitence in the air. But for each item we have ruthlessly slashed from our budget (newspapers, meals out, the prospect of a [...]

We’re all supposed to be merrily doing our Kegels, right? Well, maybe not, actually.

I had always imagined that women skip along to their first ultrasound with a great sense of excitement. I hadn’t thought for one minute about the crippling terror that might descend in the days before it. My main thought is: what if it’s not there at all? What if it turns out to be a [...]

No sooner did I find out I was pregnant than I started to feel pregnant too. How does that work? I was perfectly fine the day before I took the test. And then, a mere 24 hours later, I was feeling a little bit weak at the knees. Two days on, I felt like The [...]