Louise brown

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender...

Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life...

I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.

I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

I never felt any different from anyone else though.