Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations.

Political biography is in the doldrums. No one wants to read 800 pages or so of cradle-to-grave dead politics, especially if it's familiar stuff and has all been written about before.

Romantic love came under attack, first from the Freudians and then from the neuroscientists, who said that being in love was a chemical reaction in the brain. Marriage is no longer seen as a lifetime commitment.

Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent.

It was hard saying goodbye to the 'iCarly' family just because we have become such a family, but I do get to see them all the time, and I stay in touch with them.

When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.

Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if it's just for a moment.

For Mum and Dad... work and home is family, so work is family and home is family. We grew up with that.