A hand written letter can end up as a treasured possession, or in some cases, of historic significance.

Famously, the Peter Pan Cup requires participants to swim 100 yards through the Serpentine’s Christmas Day waters.

The wren is very common in folklore literature.

One piece of advice I think is crucial is this: as soon as you have completed the resits, try to forget about them.

Emily Dickinson says how ‘November always seemed to be the Norway of the year’. Maybe this metaphor is linked to the month’s darkness.

Today, if you think about American spellings of words like ‘color’ (in the UK, we’d write ‘colour’), much of it is linked to American dictionary pioneer Noah Webster.

Whatever your personal circumstances, you are likely to rise to the challenge and move forward on your journey successfully.

Young adult (YA) readers are spoilt for choice – there is so much to choose from nowadays that no-one can say ‘there’s nothing to read’.

Capture the Sunset week begins on Monday.

A poem can take you somewhere special in very few words. Here are some of my favourites…