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The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1
Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor.
Maxwell Smart was just 11 years old in 1941 when the Nazis t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Never ever give up: how Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida
American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad faced down box jellyfish, cold and extreme fatigue to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida with…
1 year, 6 months ago
The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle
Gilbert Alaskadi grew up in the African country of Chad. His family was poor, and he spent much of his childhood hungry, with people frequently makin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey
Osel Hita Torres was a Spanish toddler when he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of a well-known Tibetan Buddhist monk and teache…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2
At the age of 11 in 1985, Salva Dut was separated from his family by the Sudanese civil war. After a decade moving between different refugee camps, a…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1
Salva Dut is one of Sudan's so-called 'Lost Boys.' Separated from his family at the age of 11 when the civil war reached his village in 1985, Salva w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth
In the early 1980s Jason Evans' father was given a blood product called Factor 8 to treat his haemophilia, which infected him with HIV. He was one of…
1 year, 7 months ago
The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets
Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin’s closest allies.
Nick Stride, a builder from the UK, feared for his family’s safety af…
1 year, 8 months ago
'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'
Anoosheh Ashoori was visiting Iran when he was snatched off the street by security forces. He was falsely accused of espionage, and spent years in on…
1 year, 8 months ago
Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty
When Sister Helen Prejean agreed to write to a convicted murderer on Louisiana’s death row in 1982, she had no idea what was coming. She would end up…
1 year, 8 months ago