My new man adored my beloved pet kittens, didn’t he?

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.

‘Is this your random fact of the day?’ I laughed, his excitement making me smile. ‘I’ve been reading about the hottest chilli pepper in the world,’ he grinned, then proceeded to tell me all about it.

Sitting in a restaurant in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in September 2022, Lisa, then 50, and I looked like old friends having a catch-up. In fact, we’d met for the first time that day, two grieving mums disc

A letter to ...