‘my mother was brave to leave my dad and pursue her dream’

Seeing her mum lying lifeless on the floor, Roann tried to reason with her attacker. Then he came at her with a knife…

CANDY ADKINS can clearly remember her mum Jackie Moggridge telling her that nothing was impossible in life. Adventure, pushing boundaries and achieving what you wanted could be a reality, not a dream.

Mothers are the most familiar strangers in our lives, says novelist Abigail Bergstrom. We grow up believing we know them inside out, and, yet, how much of them do we truly see?

Screenwriter Daisy Goodwin spent her youth desperately trying to live up to a glamorous vision of her absent mother. Here’s what she learned

THIS WEEK’S COLUMNIST Broadcaster and panellist Janet Street-Porter

It has been two years since Diane Abbott ...