It’s a sad fact that one in five adults experience domestic abuse during their lifetime, with women more likely to be physically injured or even killed by a partner or ex-partner. But rarely do we ima

Hiding upstairs with my brother and sister, I heard something no child ever should.

As I sat on the sofa with Dad, eating sweets, my eyes drifted to the walls. ‘Why do you have so many pictures of the devil?’ I asked. ‘I think it’s cool,’ Dad shrugged. It was 2007 and even at six, I

I trusted my friend with my vulnerable little boy. How I wish that I hadn’t…

Dressed in a fitted, grey, three-piece suit, and sporting a snappy eucalyptus buttonhole, I walked down the elegant staircase and into the hall of the historic Derbyshire country house, my dad by my s

When you imagine becoming a mum, you picture yourself holding your baby for the first time, cuddling them and cherishing every moment. When I fell pregnant in early 2009, my husband Chris and I couldn