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ANNABEL FENWICK ELLIOTT: I lived with my mother until I was 32. What it did to us BOTH should act as a stark warning to anyone whose own adult child refuses to fly the nest

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Annabel Fenwick Elliott when she lived at her mother's home in West Kensington. She was charged £500 a month

Thirty-two years. That’s how long it took me to finally fly the nest and move out of my mother’s two-bedroom London flat for good. Pathetic, you might say. As someone who was always rebellious and fiercely independent, living at home was never very ‘on-brand’ for me. At the time, I felt I had little choice … Read more

I was so desperate to be a mother I told the adoption agency I’d take any child. But the first time I held my baby I felt repulsed. Now after 11 terrifying years that have left my life in ruins, this is the bleak truth

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Daniel and Elinor regret adopting their children who have learning difficulties and mental health conditions (image posed by models)

For so long, I was desperate to be a mother. So after struggling to conceive, I saw adoption as the answer to my prayers. My husband Daniel and I were advised that the more ‘flexible’ we were, the faster we would be matched with a child. And so, naively, we ticked the box saying we … Read more