? Whitley Bay, Germany, Scotland and Devon. That's why my accent's a little bit odd.What did you love about the place you grew up? Moving around meant I had to be resourceful and sociable - life lessons which serve me well, even now. Although I'm not sure I

in the house. Every time I drove past that house for the rest of my life, I imagined the day they must have found those rotten eggs because they would have smelt something… That’s the sort of thing that would happen to Greg. How would you define “wimpy”? I

but this was probably done in half that time. My children – Owen, Alison and Ralph - are grown up now but when they were little, I used to work on Old Bear at night. This time I was doing it 15 hours a day. It was quite intensive but really enjoyable. Luckily my husband

This Nacho flavoured popcorn is a tasty variation on buttered popcorn that one of my Little Kitchen teachers, Lisa, taught my cooking students. Serve it at your next party or for National Popcorn Day –19 January. It’s sure to be a hit

Once upon a time, there was a little princess who wanted nothing more than to hear exciting tales of faraway lands and mythical creatures. But the ruler of the land decreed that such tales were banished in favour of tried-and-tested texts

mastered this recipe, it will be a loyal friend to you in your cake-decorating quest. We use it every day at my cake boutique Fancy Nancy, for piping messages, trims, borders and patterns, covering cakes or making run-out decorations to go on cakes

' expectations of them. Inone famous Sixties psychology study, six researchers were told that theirrats had superior intellects; another six researchers were told their ratswere particularly dim. Within days, the researchers with the supposedlyintelligent rats