Reading Alan Corbett's beautiful book is like hearing his voice, speaking sensitively, eloquently and honestly about those issues most distressing and taboo, namely the experiences of male survivors of sexual abuse. Published just before Corbett's early death from cancer, in December 2016, he was able to discuss its findings both at his book launch in the Freud Museum on 22 October, and in a fascinating BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour programme, where his voice gave no trace of his illness, and his words offered his characteristic wisdom, insight and courage. Corbett spoke out to the wider public about the shame men who have survived sexual abuse can