I’m the child of an affair

Watching the band up on stage, I felt so proud. ‘That’s my dad,’ I boasted to my friends as he drummed along to rock music. Aged 10, I loved going to his gigs. I’d tag along to rehearsals and knew all

Aged 11, a shocking family secret turned Keiley’s life upside down…

My own mum despised me from the moment I was born

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

I’d grown up wondering why I looked so different from my family. But it took 35 years to discover the truth.

WHEN Jenny and Jake broke up, at first Barry and I were shocked. Jenny had met Jake during Freshers’ Week at university and they’d been together ever since. She’d brought him home to meet us that firs