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The epic road trip that taught me how to live again

After surviving cancer in her twenties, Suleika Jaouad felt she'd forgotten how to live.

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The first beauty queen in a free South Africa

Basetsana Kumalo was crowned Miss South Africa after the country's first democratic vote

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I stole a safe, and faced the dilemma of my life

The burglar who discovered a terrible crime - but risked life in prison if he reported it

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Shipwrecks and Cardi B: Stories from behind the piano

Three pianists tell their stories - surviving a shipwreck, tiny toys and a viral virtuoso

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I hit puberty, then burned down my family home

As a teenager Nikki Owen's mental health and behaviour quickly spiralled out of control

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The sinking of a pirate radio ship

Nick Richards was a DJ with an offshore radio station, but the ship was falling apart

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The heavy metal boys from the dump

The heavy metal band who grew up on Cambodia's biggest rubbish dump

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Finding healing in the sea that took my family

Geraldine Mullan swims to remember her family who died when their car veered into the sea

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Flipper’s trainer turned dolphin saviour

When star dolphin Flipper died, her trainer Ric O’Barry turned to activism

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A footballing legend's gambling secret

How Steph Shilton saved husband Peter from a 45-year addiction

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Addicted to my son's addiction

David and Nic Sheff, whose struggle with addiction inspired the film Beautiful Boy

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The immigration lawyer who hid her undocumented past

Qian Julie Wang started working on immigration cases and faced a life-changing dilemma

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My teacher became my torturer

Mirsad Solakovic was just 13 when his teacher came to school and pointed a gun at him

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Protests, prison and the day I met Assad

Hassan Akkad is a Syrian filmmaker who risked his life documenting the uprising

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'The camera was my shield' - a refugee films his journey

The footage Hassan Akkad captured would help make his name as a film-maker

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The inside story of a Muslim drag queen

Amrou al-Kadhi on their complex identity - Muslim, gay, non-binary drag queen

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The Somali prisoner, the secret language and the life-saving book

Mohamed Barud’s fellow prisoner tapped out Tolstoy's Anna Karenina through his cell wall

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Agent Orange: A Vietnamese grandmother's last battle

Tran To Nga is fighting to get compensation for victims of the toxic herbicide

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Thai cave doctor: 'I feared I'd killed them'

Richard Harris anaesthetised the trapped boys believing they had no chance of survival

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The man who (re)painted the Mona Lisa

Adebanji Alade recreated a masterpiece - but he's never seen the real thing

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The uncomfortable truth hidden in my DNA

Former policeman Hiram Johnson's quest to solve a family mystery

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‘Born lucky’: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

Sieu Do’s idyllic childhood took a brutal turn when he found himself in a labour camp

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The spy who pretended to be homeless

Tom Marcus went undercover as a homeless man to stop extremist attacks in Britain

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The locked-in boy and the brain experiment

Why neurologist Phil Kennedy experimented on his own healthy brain

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The secret that nearly destroyed our marriage

Cheryl was married to Bobby Love for 30 years before she found out the truth about him

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Ice Prince: The making of a Nigerian hip hop star

How personal loss and violent conflict shaped the career of Panshak Zamani aka Ice Prince

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"I'm a fighter": The Dalit lawyer taking on the caste system

Manjula Pradeep is an Indian activist helping other Dalit women fight caste prejudice

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Looking for Mum in a city of millions

Joel de Carteret from the Philippines was just four when he got lost in a Manila market

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People used to stare at me. I fight back with my paintbrush

How artist Riva Lehrer's portraits challenge myths about disability

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Miss Pat: The Chinese-Jamaican matriarch of reggae

Patricia Chin created a musical empire that started in a Kingston grocery store

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