On the 26th March 2020, the UK saw lockdown measures legally come into force in an effort to combat Covid-19. The country was facing a situation that was, quite simply, unprecedented.   It was a necessary move in an effort to save lives. But lockdown created other problems, not least that...

The Hotspur ferry boats that plied the passage between Hythe and Southampton during the post war years still, half a century after their heyday, evoke strong memories and are spoken of with incredible fondness. They were a part of the growing up of those of us of a “certain age&rdquo...

Meet Chas McGill, the UK’s longest serving member of the fire service. Chas is the subject of a new biography by Alan Titheridge, author of The Heartbeat of Hythe, and it’s been published by Ceratopia Books.   To give you a flavour of what it’s all about, here’s a...

Ceratopia Books has once again teamed up with writer Alan Titheridge to bring you a new, fascinating non-fiction title. Chas: A Lifetime Fighting Fire.   Chas McGill is the UK's longest-serving member of the fire service, and in that time he has seen the service change significantly...

By Simon Chadwick, author of Short Stories For Kids:   For the last nine months I’ve been one of the two writers on the Short Stories For Kids podcast, and it’s been an absolutely fabulous experience.   Each week children suggest ideas for stories, then myself and the...

It's taken a while to get here, but the children's picture book that has put a smile on the face of New Zealand (not to mention Sir David Attenborough) is finally available in the UK.   Written by Helen Griffiths, this is a rhyming collective noun safari, packed full of animals of...