A secret, but not a crime

The precocious poetry of Charlotte Brontë

An extramarital affair, a crushing professional dismissal, a shoplifting compulsion. Cyan Turan explores the psychology of secret-keeping, plus 12 women reveal what they’ll never share out loud

Andrew Doyle is an author, journalist and satirist

There are far worse celebrity writers than Nicola Sturgeon. That doesn’t make her a novelist

L If they’re ever looking to recruit spies, forget handsome, fit, blue-eyed Bonds. Forget gym-buffed Daniel, impossibly good-looking Tom and danger magnet Matt. Look instead for a middle-aged woman in

The imagined gardens within the pages of our favourite books can seem as real as the flower beds outside our door. Here, author Sandra Lawrence explores three evocative literary landscapes