‘your heart breaks over and over’

For years I didn’t know why he was slipping away. Now I do, I’m fighting back

To the joggers, dog walkers and pram pushers, we must have been a familiar sight. Even the seagulls who cruised the sky scanning for any discarded sandwich crusts and fish and chip wrappers seemed to

I was waiting to meet a very special person, but losing one too

Stephanie Beacham has been nominated for her portrayal of one woman’s descent into dementia. Here, she tells Ed-in-Chief Siobhan Wykes why we all just need to seize the day…

I’D just let Joey, my young Labrador, off the lead when I saw Spike for the first time. It was early; the grass was drenched in dew and there were few people about. He was a powerful-looking man stand

Sue Hall, 68, lives near Leeds, with her husband David, 76. They have a son and a daughter, Becky, 34, who was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer last year. When Becky and Mark [her husband] said