How the toilet came to be called the Head is a really interesting question. I had to do a bit of searching to find the answer. About 600 years ago, the front of the boat was called the ‘head’. No-one knows the exact date when the word ‘head’ was used to mean the toilet. Early […]

What’s it like being an author? It’s lots of fun. I love playing with words and it’s one of the best things about writing. Sometimes the words don’t want to play, so I put the story away until they do. Visiting children at schools and libraries is another great thing about being an author. I […]