Jacqui Paterson

As a conflict journalist, I was aware of the dangers – but nothing prepares you for the mental trauma

I tried not to think about the 1,300 metres of solid rock over my head

What it's like to live and work in Antarctica; the South Pole is one of the world's most inhospitable climates & photographer Kira Morris calls it home.

I Am Your Friend - a Book of Hope was written by author Billie Bacall after the loss of her husband, to help others cope with their own anxiety and grief

Moving forward after a traumatic brain injury - when Tamsyn's husband suffered a double brain haemorrhage, she had to find her family's 'new normal'

Roland Wessling: 'We'd brought the portable barbecue inside our tent, oblivious to the fact that it was still releasing invisible carbon monoxide'

'A bottle of wine inched across the table and toppled off, then all our papers flew off the desk'

'As I screamed, he covered my mouth with his hand. "Scream again and I'll have to kill you" '

Renee Napier: 'I wasn't letting him off easily, or betraying Meagan. I was doing it for myself: I didn't want to go through the rest of my life consumed by bitterness'

Karen Gravano: 'I knew the mafia were accused of crimes, from murder to racketeering, but I was too young to understand what it meant'

'No wonder my mother had given me up for adoption; I was an unbearable reminder of a violent attack'

Val Darger: 'Our sex lives are private, the one area we never share or discuss'

Jessica Rasdall: 'I desperately wanted to say goodbye, but her parents told me I wasn't welcome at her funeral'

Jesse Ruiz: 'Some claimed he was a bit too diplomatic, and would sit on the fence with some issues, but I never found this to be true'

Jeff Daly: 'Just before I turned six, Molly disappeared. If I mentioned her, I was sent to my room'

'Five minutes earlier I'd been laughing and flirting. Now I was frozen with terror'

Tanya Rider 'Every now and then my mobile phone would light up as someone rang. I'd claw at my seatbelt, trying to reach it, then give up in pain'

My Dad was a Murderer - the shocking true-life story of Chip St Clair, whose father turned out to be a killer, on the run from the police.