If we don't shape up, surrender to men and reclaim our femininity, we are. That's according to Suzanne Venker, American writer and author of How to Choose a Husband (And Make Peace with Marriage.)

She cites a study from the Pew Research Centre in America, which states that 37 percent...

"I hope your writing provides you with a form of therapy," an old friend recently said to me. "Therapy?" I thought, "are you kidding me?"

Sure, the process of writing is as therapeutic as any task that focuses the mind. But reducing it to that level would make scrubbing a...

In September the music group Stone Flowers performed as part of the Peace Festival held each year in Manchester. This group of talented musicians is made up of torture victims who have fled their own countries to seek asylum in the UK.

Made up of twenty refugees, both men...

'Money can't buy feelings,' Mick tells me. We're sitting in Piccadilly Square, central Manchester. Strange faces, foreign accents and new buildings surround me. It's my first week in this city; I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm here to do a Masters in Creative Writing.

This, I hope, will be my stepping-stone...

As anyone who's spent time on dating sites knows, they can be time consuming. A growing trend, particularly amongst busy businessmen, is to hire a third party to write their profile description and manage introductory correspondence. Preferably this third party has a way with words and a curved moral compass....