Fresh ginger root often costs as little as 55p at the supermarket, and yet, despite the humble price tag, it packs a lot of punch. As well as being a key ingredient in Asian and African cooking, the ...

Writing a song is “a shot of espresso, whereas writing a novel is a feast,” says Geri Halliwell-Horner. Best known as Ginger Spice, one-fifth of the ’90s pop phenomenon the Spice Girls, ...