I never believed girls were particularly more inept at DIY activities than men, I just presumed it was lack of practice and maybe some disadvantage of strength, the latter being a natural disadvantage, not something we could really help.I think I've changed my mind. My father set myself and my brother the task of securing the mud guards on our trailer with brackets, the trailer which my dad...

Okay, when my friend said there was supposed to be good weather for our walking trip over the weekend, seeing as the Lake District (where we were going) is notorious for it's wet weather, I thought good weather would be cloudy with occasional sunny spells. Boy was I wrong, in the two days we were there I only saw clouds twice, the first day in the evening, and on the second day in the morning,...

" 'Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative,' said Hermione, sounding as usual as though she had swallowed the textbook. 'It is used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed, to their original state.''Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor,' said Professor Sprout. 'The Mandrake forms an essential part of most antidotes. It is also, however, dangerous. Who can tell me...

If you were to ever publish a book, but didn't want to use your real name how would you go about choosing a name?Would you make an anagram from your real name? Or use a middle name instead of your first? Perhaps just create one from names you like or from famous people you admire.I'll tell you what though, I'll certainly not use the method that's supposed to create your "Rock Star" name or what...

I think the weather is sentient, and I don't think it likes campers.Myself and a group of friends, making six of us, decided to go camping for one night in the Lakes when another plan fell through. It's been rainy all over England this week but in the Lakes it's always rainy. Unless it's snowing of course.But the weather was nice enough to only give us rain in periodic showers so in the gaps we...