Roseanna
Rolph

In a house, an old wooden trunk sits quietly in a corner of a room.  There is nothing particularly extraordinary about its appearance,...

BBC News and BBC Sounds - Roseanna Rolph

In this episode of Story Behind the Stone, the fantastic host Matthew Cudmore interviews me about my historical memoir, 'Dear Mr Snippet'....

When did you last handwrite a personal letter?

Unfortunately, life has a habit of throwing curveballs.  However much we plan or how settled we are, unexpected events and issues...

When my fabulous marketing exec Becca Stevenson at Cranthorpe Millner, asked me to write an article for a newspaper I really struggled to...

Sarah-Jane Houghton c1950 In January 1944 Rita wrote: 'Secundus is kicking hard and making me feel sick.  I'm wondering if this portends...

Although Rita had been reluctant to attend the New Year’s Eve party in 1932 it had turned out to be rather an eventful evening. As part...

As I researched and wrote Dear Mr Snippet, I not only learnt what it was like for my grandparents to live through WW2, but also some of...

During my primary school years, I was set a project to write a biography of someone I knew.  I chose my grandfather and during one of our...