My parents were ... eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life - like me.

Paula Green reviews four new collections of poems

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.

A newly revealed collection of love letters shows another side of former US President John F Kennedy.

Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.

Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.

Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.

Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.

Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.

Greg Dixon looks back on 10 years of terror, pointless technology, cultural decline and bad TV.